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… Our mother the Heroine The date was March 14, 1952 and we're somewhere in West Germany. It's been four months since we last … aged eight, my brother Duro, jr., aged four, Erika, our mother, aged 26, and me aged six. Once on board the truck, Mom said, "Let's all hold …
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… food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
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… food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
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… I would be able to return. Travelling in convoy from Liverpool there were fifteen hundred young brides like myself on their way to a new home and life in Canada. I was extremely seasick and did … suddenly aroused from my chair on deck by wild screams, 'Land! Land! We can see land!' Coming slowly into the Halifax harbour was sheer joy …
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… of the first to open the Number 6 Operational Training Unit (RCAF) in Comox, BC in 1943. Bev was discharged on August 31, 1945. He was a … Agriculture Entomological Laboratory most of his working life. He died at age 96 on June 16, 2018 in the Camp Hill Memorial Hospital, …
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… 21, Halifax Ship: USAT General J. H. McRae Country of origin: Germany We left Bayreuth in Bavaria in the back of a USA Army 2 1/2 truck for the long ride to Bremen, our departure point. I will never forget that as I got really motion sick. We were …
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… In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we ask visitors to share with us their family traditions and customs. The point of this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them …
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… My Dad died in WWII. I got married on March 5th, 1955 to my beautiful bride Josephina. We decided to immigrate to Canada for a better life. On November 25th, …
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… We came from Oldemarkt, Holland, but sailed from Le Havre on February … family consisted of: Eisebius, age 48, Catharina, age 43. The children were: Nicolaas J. 19, Hendrikus 17, Anna Marie 16, Eisebius A. 14, … different quarters. Once in Halifax we took the train the rest of the way across Canada to our destination. It was cold with lots of snow …
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… We sometimes refer to this institution as a museum of stories. Stories … different places and time periods. They both ended with a new life in Canada . And although they are not part of our exhibitions, they are … refugees hidden under a tarpaulin until they reached the departure point. After another five days at sea, they landed at Christmas Island, …