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… Alumni Type: Immigrants Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Conte Biancamano - Concetta; Vulcania - Michele Port of … September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of … Canada on September 23, 1951, at the age of 26. A few years later, she married Michele Fusillo who joined her in June 13, 1954, at the age …
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… Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. (Istvan Kucsa, Jr.) … Fot, Hungary, with his mother (Mary), and sailed from Antwerp on the ship called the Minnedosa and arrived in Halifax July 23, 1926. He was …
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… Mary had one sister Hanja, and two brothers, John (Jan) and Michael. She arrived in Canada on October 27, 1927, on the ship Montroyal, at Halifax, at the age of 20 and went to stay with her …
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… Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to … moonlight hike on the Bruce Trail which is near Toronto. I enjoyed it so much that I joined the Toronto Bruce Trail Club which provides a … hikes in the Niagara area. I even met my wife on a Bruce Trail hike so she was able to be my assistant leader. I continued the business for …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which served during World War II, was slowly approaching the port of Halifax, N.S. Our family of four was part of a group of hundreds of immigrants assembled tightly at …
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… dashed as the USS “United States”was tied up behind the “Olympia”. The ship was twice the size and it was a thrill to see the fastest passenger ship ever in a Trans-Atlantic voyage, a … Canada. Once we were settled in our cabin, deep in the bowels of the ship, as we had no window or porthole, we learned that the “Olympia” …
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… of my neighbors doted on the only little girl in this place. I felt completely free and a sense of belonging. When I was ten we moved to … of my family. When I was twenty, my parents found a marriage match for me. This was okay as that was a part of my culture and I consented; … take me on a tour of downtown. I was very excited and dressed in my latest London fashion. When we were driving home, he asked how I …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Ship Name: T.S.S. Nea Hellas Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Date of …
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… The Immigration Story of Lorenzo Cosentino (Italian immigrant) Lorenzo … da Crissa, Calabria (Catanzaro) with several friends and relatives. They departed from Naples on June 14, 1951 on the ITALIA (Aquila). They arrived in Halifax (Pier 21) on June 26, 1951. They all departed Halifax by train heading to Toronto where …
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… was Canada's 50,000th displaced person welcomed into Canada after the Second World War, brought by the international Refugee Organization. She came through Pier 21 in February 1949. Ausma was 8 years old when …