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… The family was sponsored by Dan Blender, a gardener in Craven, Saskatchewan. The trip to … train took several says- arriving on July 1, 1952. It had rained for days in the Regina area and the roads were covered to a slimy soft …
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Jean Bowman Courchaine …
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… after they settled in Canada in June of 1950. “Soon after Labour Day, school started for John and Roger,” Jennifer wrote. “It was very …
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… idea and our father very quickly embraced the idea completely to the point where he talked of little else. Mom and dad had an eventful life … taken from school to start work at an early age. Mom went to work as a domestic in an accountant's home and dad as a labourer for a … We had to reply by 5 pm whether we would accept. The ship was due to set sail the following Saturday 13 April. I went to dad's place …
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… that I studied at night. The owner of the books studied them in the daytime. I created my own grammar book and learned words, which I felt, … had no opportunity to attend school and study English since she had a daytime job and took care of all the household work as well. She … We now enjoy our retirement and look back with nostalgia to that day when we first saw Pier 21 and Canada, the land of promise for so …
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… later I was to discover we sailed across on the tail end of a hurricane. One of my first memories in landing in Halifax and leaving the … show up, friends of my mothers' from the ship drove us to Dundas. (I can only imagine the horror my mother must have felt that day). However it all turned out well with a happy reunion in Dundas and …
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… Freerk and Ebeltje Jansma (Van Der Laan) from Amsterdam, The Netherlands arrived at Pier 21 on July 12, 1954 aboard the Waterman with their daughter Gerda and son Jan. Geraldine (Gerda) married George Zwaagstra on July 27, …
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… Philip as of 2001. The WALL OF HONOUR brick was purchased as a birthday present for Olive to commemorate her 78th birthday on July 18, 2001 by her family. Clockwise from top right - Olive in …