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… I was 7 years old and was sea-sick the entire time, so that when we arrived, I was a wee skinny kid that just barely survived. We left war-torn Europe for a … Marinus and Jacoba Bette Staring …
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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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… the town of Mechelem, Holland. They married on February 12,1947. They were living in the town of Camerug, in the municipality of Vaals when they decided to move to Canada. "On the 19th of July 1954 we left Rotterdam for Canada on the S.S. Groote Beer. Our Five children …
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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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… 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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… 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 … departure point. I will never forget that as I got really motion sick. We were put up in a large warehouse which was filled with refugees from …
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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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… Life in Uganda - Community Involvement Time 0:01:48 Transcript My two sisters went to … became the councillor, and became the vice-chair of the finance committee, became the vice-chair of the education committee, ran some five schools under the municipal council, and …