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… do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this was our home. For … was a consolation. This priest devoted himself to the children. He said mass on the Epiphany (January 6) but where was my "befana" who had … to the seats in the train, it was a big mess of dough. I also bought a can of peaches but we had nothing with which to open it. I cried and …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, … little apprehensive still when I cross the border to the US and when I come home. There's that sigh of relief as you come across to Canadian … Guilt About Leaving - Robert Porter …
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Maria (Cetta) Matteo's Travel Document, 1960 The Orlando Family, 1961 The Orlando Family, 1961 Matteo, Carmela and Maria in Italy …
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… Genoa, Italy then sailed on to Halifax arriving June 29, 1959. Adolph said he first learnt of the trip when he went into his mother’s bedroom … They brought us some spaghetti but it tasted like the stuff from the can. I played cards and looked out the window. We arrived in Toronto on …
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… the morning my Dad told me I would not go beyond grade 8. I was not able to complete my school assignment because we didn’t have the money to pay … People Do Care by Eunice …
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… Time 0:03:44 Transcript Last summer, I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I saw many immigrants’ suitcases and settlement stories - both positive and negative. I told my husband that it … my Master’s in India. But I knew we were moving away. I was going to come as a foreign student’s spouse – and I knew this would limit me …
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… Before I lived in Canada, I lived in Thailand. I lived in a village called Mae Ra Mo. I remember the houses were made out of bamboo and the … when she was a girl. She had to gather food for her family. She would compare to me because I can’t cook. She tells me that I have so many …
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John Conlan was born in Clonlara, Co. Clare, Ireland on April 2, 1912. He became an electrician while working in Ardnacrusha on the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme which was completed on July 29, 1929. As work became harder to find, he and his wife decided to immigrate to Australia. However after …
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… after 5 years at her own request due to marriage and emigrating to Canada. Due to the restrictions in the Indian Navy about marrying … Pat sent out many job applications to various companies in UK, all said to contact them again when Datta returned from India. But she also … one to Litton Systems in Rexdale, Ontario and their reply was- if you can be in Canada by February 28th- you have a job! He returned to UK at …
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… Time 0:02:31 Transcript It was never my dream to come to Canada. But I wanted to live in a country with democratic … party. One night, the authorities came to my house to arrest me. While they beat me, one of the police heard me crying in my home language. …