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… it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the boys and they took them to a big … as a military base. Gwendoline met and married one of the Canadian soldiers stationed there. Gwendoline’s husband returned to Canada in early …
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… 30, 1952 - Groote Beer After returning from a five-year stay in Indonesia, Toon Maas courted Trees Holdrinet for a short period before … Dutch tradition) before the Catholic Church on September 20, 1952. Two days later, Mr. & Mrs. Maas 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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Time 0:03:08 Transcript In Canada its different than Thailand, because in Thailand we don’t wear shoes. In Thailand there are no toys you have to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like Thailand. Sometimes …
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… it was my first time getting sick. My mother started the process of coming to Canada because I was gravely ill. After a bit of time I came … Canada was a country without suffering. If you are under 18, you must come to the NEEDS Centre, until you find a school. In 2010, I continued …
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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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… my mother told me that our land is almost takes over by the Burmese soldiers. My family started to move in Canada. When I am in Canada …
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… of German descent, spoke seven languages, and never went to school a day in her life. Until the invasion, the children spoke German and … time in Kamloops where she raised her family of five girls and one boy. She did some wonderful work with mentally and physically … Canada. They alternate between East and West. Dorothea worked for 26 years with the T. Eaton Co. and retired in 1993 at which time she …
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… As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and … Salaam. I used my journalistic skills to share information in schools, communities and universities to address issues are concerning the youth. This project lead me to become a youth activist. I was selected to travel to many countries in …
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… Time 0:02:44 Transcript I planned my life to have a career in media communication and with my mind set I spent my life to achieve that … Hike to Self-Rediscovery by Ardie …
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… My husband, John Sherman, left and returned to Pier 21, on the Ile de France, with the RCAF during WWII. Having met him in England, I came … in 1947. After landing, and before getting on the train for Windsor, ON, I went over to Dartmouth, N.S. to visit a family that my father had …