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… As we are all immigrants in this life, we search for a safe haven where to rest, … towards the end of journey with us that he regretted not helping more people. AS I was myself guided by his light and as we are still …
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… father, Jack Jakob Samchyk. In May 1928, Isaak & Uliana Samchyk sold all their possessions and left the Ukraine with their three sons to … their new life. With the money they had, they were able to buy a small farm. As the three sons got older, it became evident that they …
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… how white the bread was. I met lots of friends on the ship and we were all hoping for a good life in Canada. Arriving at Pier 21, we were …
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… rough waters for the entire trip across and my mother remembered all the people being seasick and throwing up on the decks. The waters … time. At mealtimes, my mother and I, along with another couple were usually the only ones in the dining room, because people were so seasick. …
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… the requirement to be able to walk off in order to go home, otherwise all stretcher patients had to be admitted to hospital when we landed in …
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… and have worked hard to provide a university and college education for all four of their children, including Tom and Beatrice who were born in …
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… Time 0:01:22 Transcript: In our section Escape by Sea in Refuge Canada we have these two life jackets that were worn by children who … small life jackets is this one in particular is not a life jacket at all, it’s a toy. It’s meant for playing in a backyard swimming pool. This vinyl would not stay inflated for more than a few minutes on the open ocean yet smugglers sold this to a …
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… 19 My father came to Canada as a 19- year from a town in Italy called Venzone He had papers that he would have a job with the CN … a few men to work and my dad jumped in the truck because it was .50 more an hour. Long story short my father ended up working for Poole/PCL construction for 43-years and went all the way up the ladder from a labourer to carpenter, to job site …
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… Leaving a loving family in Surrey, England, to join my Canadian serviceman husband in February 1946 was in one instance great … was an enormous fruit stand and [with] the thought that I [had] missed all that lovely food on board ship, I could not resist buying a huge … we had not seen for many years. We were given a grand welcome by the Mayor of Halifax, a very heart warming experience with much music, and …
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… Refuge Canada Tent Welcome to the Refuge Canada Tent information page. Below are documents and resources for marketing, programming, installing and maintaining the exhibition (330 sq. ft.). Exhibition … Interpretation Guidelines and Resources for Refuge Canada Tent …