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… EMIGRATION: 1951 My parents, both born in 1907, had experienced two world wars and the … Germany was so that his children would be free from war, with no chance of Hans ever being drafted into the military. He was right, too. …
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… Our furniture was put into a large wooden crates under the watchful eye of immigration officials. The box was required to be full to … Hague for check ups and shots. Our last week in Holland was spent at my parent's house with all the kids sleeping on the floor. On the … and the youngest were not. Our journey was not without incident, as you can imagine with six children. For example, we had four year old …
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… Shriners The world's greatest philanthropists, proud of their commitment to family and fellowship, the Shriners are a brotherhood dedicated to providing care for children and families in need. This plaque honours their contributions and … les Shriners sont une fraternité dédiée à fournir des soins aux enfants et aux familles dans le besoin. Cette plaque souligne leurs …
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… of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: June 7, 1957 Age on Arrival: 19 My father came to Canada as a 19- year from a town in Italy called Venzone He had papers that he would …
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… time, now it is Western Ukraine), in 1936 of ethnic German parents. My ancestors emigrated to Volhynia from Central Poland where they were … my great-grandparents came from. In 1945, before the Russian army came in, we were again moved west by horse and wagon and sometimes by train … Reinhard, Anna Lehmann …
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… knew what I had? “When I came to a few days later, I discovered that my mother was locked up in another section of the building. “I spoke … of a South German dialect and of English, the following, Hello, Thank You, and wastepaper basket. Not much to enable a conversation.” Not …
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… MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, … foggy as our ship, Vulcania, docked at Pier 21. The anxiety and excitement of our arrival were palpable among all the passengers, but …
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… 19,1891, the son of farmers Wasyl and Yarene Orleski. After completing high school where he excelled in math, history and singing he … who was required to provide lodging at $45.00/month wage for one year. In 1925 the family moved to a farm near Two Hills, Alberta which …
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… November 1918 in Berlin, East Germany, to a Jewish family of moderate means who ran a tobacco company.By the time I was two years old, my father died in the flu epidemic of 1921 and my mother was forced to … me away to Gotha, Germany, to a Jewish family who were strangers to me, when I was 8 years old. She wanted me to have the experience of …