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… requirements for single people, young couples, and farm workers early on. We never quite fit the criteria until 1956, early 1957 when … week to ten days. Mom and dad discussed this and decided it could be done. Flying was out of the question as dad would not go up in an … we started over the open Atlantic. On board were mom and dad, Rita 13, Hennie 10 (11 after only a week in Canada), myself (Gerrit) 9, Corrie …
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… later I was to discover we sailed across on the tail end of a hurricane. One of my first memories in landing in Halifax and leaving the ship was … Dundas. (I can only imagine the horror my mother must have felt that day). However it all turned out well with a happy reunion in Dundas and …
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… was an avid hunter and hunted moose every season. I also remember at one time he hunted bear with a bow and arrow. He loved his family and …
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… 1952, Dutch citizens Arie and Christina (Tiny) Bor were living in Indonesia. Arie, a mining engineer, was employed in the oil business by … 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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… at age 17, he and his mother Assunta Leardi left Naples for their one-week journey and landed in Halifax on July 25, 1963, 55 years ago. … he agreed to do in exchange for her giving him 1,000 Lire ($1.50) a day so he could buy coffee, cigarettes, and whatever else that amount … remembers all the good food he ate on the ship, and that he spent his days by the pool as they had great weather the entire voyage. They left …
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… encountered a terrible hurricane, which caused it to arrive in Halifax one day later than scheduled. My father, a British Naval Officer from …
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… Noord Brabant, Holland. After returning from a five year stay in Indonesia, Toon Mass courted Trees Holdrinet for a short period before … 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 … to sleep in separate quarters for the entire journey! On at least one night the seas were so rough that Trees elected to forgo the rules …
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… day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he went. Then me …
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… Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video … was added: digital stories. Working with facilitators from Community Story Strategies, we offered digital storytelling workshops across Canada. Newcomers from ten cities in six provinces and one territory participated …