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… married in a civil ceremony on Oosterhout on September 16, 1952. Two days later Mr and Mrs Mass boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their eight days or so was rather eventful, as the newly married couple was … officials to move onto Flin Flon Manitoba for employment. At this point Toon, with a railway ticket issued by the Canadian Embassy in the …
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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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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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… 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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… Dutch tradition) before the Catholic Church on September 20, 1952. Two days later, Mr. & Mrs. Maas boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their crossing of eight days, or so, was rather eventful as the newly married couple was … officials, to move onto Flin Flon, Manitoba for employment. At this point Toon, with a railway ticket issued by the Canadian Embassy in The …
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… the burmies. They would run, and run. Then they came to Malao Refugee camp. In Malao Refugee camp life was very hard and lot of people were poor, and can’t afford …
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… the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He … port of Naples. We arrived at Pier 21 on November 22, 1955. After a 2 day train trip, we were re-united with my father in Toronto on November … at Pier 21. I will never forget that; I appreciate this even more so today then when I was a 6 year old boy. Canada's promise of a better & …
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… hundred and forty thousand miles in England alone. I was in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and I was on what they … look at photographs. They didn't have the cameras then as they have today. They just took photographs here and there, everywhere else and you … you spent half and hour or so looking at it different things would come such as convoys, the train stations and so on. You would mark that …
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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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… home from his tour of duty gave me one of the best gifts up to that point — a package of Pauline’s Chocolate Celenos. I think I was more … in hand, and stopped me from making myself violently ill. On the four-day train trip I became quite ill with a fever of 104 degrees F. A …