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… and travelled by train to Archangel, Siberia 2,000 km from home. The conditions were deplorable. If someone died, the soldiers would throw … choice-- school or prison. Of course, I chose school, but that didn’t last long. Our language teacher said to us that “there is no God”. I … My uncle was in the Soo since after WWI. He made the papers for us to come to Canada. We said our good-byes and sailed to Canada in the hopes …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: England Ship Name: Ile De France Date of Arrival: 1945 My mother and I were born in Bradford, Manchester, England. My mother …
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… of a family full of love, faith and hope. But unlike most immigrants, my family had not left to find the land of plenty. Rather, they had … left to find a world where their love would be allowed to flourish. My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through …
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… of a family full of love, faith and hope. But unlike most immigrants, my family had not left to find the land of plenty. Rather, they had … left to find a world where their love would be allowed to flourish. My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through …
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… Ontario Occupation: Housewife /Seamstress/Factory Employee Died: May 13, 2004 Toronto, Ontario Maria was born in Fossacesia, "Blind … tree. In 1956, she, too, flew the unyielding branches of Italy to join her husband. Without a whimper she sailed across the ocean to a … providence in the fall of a sparrow. Maria and Giovanni Marrone , May 16, 1953 are pictured. Maria with grandchildren at Pier 21 Maria's …
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… of a family full of love, faith and hope. But unlike most immigrants, my family had not left to find the land of plenty. Rather, they had … Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2013.1773.1] My mother Gabriela was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner. Through … remained the jewel of her father's life. And yet the only thing that my grandfather would not allow her was the blessing of a marriage to a …
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… In 1947 I felt that there was not much future for me in Ireland as the economy was very depressed. I decided to immigrate to Canada. My mother …
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… On July 16, 1952 my family left Rotterdam Netherlands on the ship "Grote Beer" to a new … It was crowded. Many people were seasick including my mother. On July 24th, our first sight of Canada was Pier21 in Halifax, where we first …
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… I am Prairie born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. … admiration for my grandfather, whom I never knew. I have always said, "the prairies separate men from boys". How tall he stands in my eyes! … along with their children, Philip, Alice, Sydney and George William (my Dad) departed from Liverpool September 6, 1913 aboard the Teutonic …
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… I am Prairie born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. … admiration for my grandfather, whom I never knew. I have always said, "the prairies separate men from boys". How tall he stands in my eyes! … along with their children, Philip, Alice, Sydney and George William (my Dad) departed from Liverpool September 6, 1913 aboard the Teutonic …