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… when she and Patrick were put into isolation with others. “We were a day and a half out to sea when a little girl got meningitis,” wrote … we made it work.” If the war brides as a group had a catch phrase I can’t think of anything better than “making it work”. “When we arrived … train to New Brunswick. Things were very different to what I was used to, but I soon got used to all the new tasks, like carrying wood, …
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… they’re important because John Langley was an Irish immigrant. He’d come to Canada just the year before. The ship Empress of Ireland … and we get this kind of life-sized sense of the fateful voyage that day in 1914. Return to our Empress of Ireland video gallery. → …
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Ivan Szalai arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23rd, 1967 on the T.S.S. Olympia, which he boarded in Haifa, Israel. He was a single man, 29 years old with two suitcases and $200 in his pocket. Ivan spoke neither English nor French and knew nobody in his chosen new country. From …
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… December 27, 1927 – November 25, 1988 (60 years old) Gizella Sandor, January 30, 1900 – April 10, 1992 (92 years old) Márta, September … leave. Before the Iron Curtain could fall upon what would thereafter become Eastern Europe, he dragged his wife and their three surviving … by good Samaritans who would leave them bread and other goods by sheer chance. For clothes, they would loot soldiers and other poor souls dead …
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… I remember well how 2 friends came in company of the Ambassador had come aboard. My name was called to come to the reception. To my surprise and pleasure was welcomed to Canada by them and 'A Good Voyage!' Six days later I arrived …
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… My husband and I met on a blind date, not set up on our behalf but for my sister's friend who was not allowed to see her date alone. I don't think either of us was very taken but 5 years later … had been an error made and the initials N.O.P. had been called two days early. We weren't allowed to go home so we were housed in a kind …
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… other structures to keep men and equpment moving across Europe. One day Thomas was ordered to appear before his Commanding Officer who had …
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Silvio, Teresa, e Marisa Bozzo / An Immigration Story It all began back in the beautiful, medieval town of Donnici Superiore, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy when Silvio Bozzo (born April 8, 1918) married Teresa Canale (born June 9, 1928) on January 28, 1951. During the Christmas season the happy couple …
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… for Montreal leaving Tiny and the two girls in Holland. Within ten days of arriving in Calgary, Arie had three job offers. He was … Following the immigration process, they boarded a train for a 3-4 day journey to Edmonton. Arie and Tiny Bor have lived in a variety of …
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… be proceeding on to New York City. During the voyage, after several days of sailing, we encountered a terrible hurricane, which caused it to arrive in Halifax one day later than scheduled. My father, a British Naval Officer from WWII, … away almost 20 years ago, my mother will celebrate her 80th birthday this month in Victoria, BC. In recognition of this special occasion …