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… quite scary. Not knowing anyone or anything. The trip itself was a good experience. Oreste Campeotto shaking hands with the captain of SS …
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… Anne, Mary, Shamus and Gertrude. She married John Gray, a Canadian soldier, in October, 1945, in Fivemiletown. She left for Canada in July, … she met up with her husband, John. They started their life in a small community, Huntingford, in Oxford County. Over the next few years, they …
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… Joar Opdahl was born on June 4, 1901 in Overhalla, Norway. In 1927, he immigrated to Canada seeking employment. He worked as a farm … Field Marshall B.L. Montgomery citing recognition for "outstanding good service, and shown great devotion to duty, during the campaign in …
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April 8, 1948 - Family and friends waving good bye to the passengers on the Kota Inten leaving the harbour of Rotterdam The Terpstra family The Terpstra children Inte and Hilda …
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… The trauma of a long quarantine stripped a young Michael Frederiksen of … by water and is made up of over 500 islands,” Michael wrote. “I believe that is why Mor and Far loved the west coast of Canada so much; it reminded them of their roots.” That is a good reminder for all of us to get outside when we can and where we can …
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… Christina McKay Liness Murchison didn’t let a little scarlet fever get her down. Her family’s home was quarantined due to her illness in the … I remember…the time my second brother arrived…I had scarlet fever. I can remember a crib in the kitchen and my brother was in it…our whole … finding something to make them feel like a lucky person. I hope it is good health, a strong community, and a family that wraps you in love …
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… Families 1956 We huddled each night around our radios giving us the news from Budapest. I saw five pointed stars in our town square, … a cot in our kitchen. My sister Eva (Erdos) who was six years old and I, who was eight at the time, were told that we were going to visit our … itself was not unpleasant. I remember the green grass: it was a sunny day, and it all seemed very easy. The Red Cross was there to aid us as …
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… in Berlin, Germany in 1927. My husband's name is Manfred Bargenda and he was born in 1924 in a small village outside of Berlin. Manfred … fortunate to find a job which meant that he would leave Berlin on Monday, return on Friday, repair the truck on Saturday, have a day off on …
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… Her early school years were World War Two years with The Netherlands under German occupation. She graduated from the Gemeentelijk Lyceum in 1955. Temporary jobs in greenhouse and orchard provided her first experience in horticulture. In 1956 Ina enrolled in a … Ina met Freek Vrugtman, a graduate student from Canada. They married August 1964. On graduation (M.S.) Freek had competed for and won the …
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… March 23, 1954 Age on Arrival: 32, 29, 5 My parents, Karl Friederich Herb, Anna Katharina (Annekathe) Theresia Sterzenbach Herb, and my … money to buy a house and a car, my father walked to and from work each day, a walk that took him a couple of hours each way, in the cold of … 1961 they purchased a car and their first home in a community on the south shore of Montreal. After moving into their new home, they decided …