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  • De Francesco, Pompilio
    My Story by Pompilio De Francesco I was born in a little town in Italy called Guardiaregia, in Molise, in the province of Campobasso, on December 4, 1929. I grew up in the forested mountain area and I scrambled to get a 5 year elementary education under Mussolini's dictatorial fascist regime. At …
  • De Francesco, Rosa and Carmela
    De Francesco, Rosa and Carmela …
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    Don and Elizabeth Mills …
  • Vincenzo and Irene Antognetti
    Vincenzo and Irene Antognetti …
  • Flight Lt. O. Ross Down
    Flight Lieutenant Orland Ross Down (1922-2009) The late Orland Ross Down passed through Pier 21 four times between 1941 and 1945. He was an eighteen year old young man from Charlottetown who joined the RCAF in 1940, trained in Canada as a wireless-operator/air-gunner and left for overseas from …
  • Lambert Gielen
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Netherlands (Holland) …
  • Arcangelo, Assunta Del Duca
    Arcangelo, Assunta Del Duca …
  • Koster
    The following is the story of the Koster family. Why and how they came to Canada and how they managed in their new country. The family members are: Bep [real name Berber], our mother, Hans and Kees, the 2 oldest [twins], Walter, Ime Christine Koster-Joost and Irene Klazina Koster-Cudnohufsky. The …
  • Third Mate Alfred Zenith Mader
    Third Mate Alfred Zenith Mader …

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