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… After a tearful good-bye to friends and neighbors in our little hometown of Ens in the Netherlands, our family, consisting of Dad and Mom and four … sometime that morning. We were told that, because of a clerical error, my little brother Fred was missing from the passenger list and we would …
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… night. The owner of the books studied them in the daytime. I created my own grammar book and learned words, which I felt, were essential for … as a draftsman in the engineering office of imperial Oil Ltd. In May we rented an apartment. At last we had a place which we could call …
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… Waterman After our 10-day journey on the S.S. Waterman of the Holland-America Line we arrived in Halifax around 7 o’clock in the evening of 16 … for tickets for the train, to the baggage people, etc. Lining up with my two children did not actually happen. I lined up and Marten, who was … with our immigration: "Yes, I am here, I am Mrs. Douma." He said: "Come quickly with me to the office here, your husband is on the phone …
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… My husband and I met on a blind date, not set up on our behalf but for my sister's friend who was not allowed to see her date alone. I don't …
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… against the wall but you passed on your way. One afternoon on the 27th of May I sat on a terrace - a real European event, when a young military … began. The Saturday before on the 27th of May had been his 24th birthday. I was 20 in April. We married the first of August 1946. …
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… things out of the oven of the huge old wood stove. Here was the clawfoot tub upstairs where we loved the bright orange lifebuoy soap. Grandma’s house was warm and welcoming. She was too. And I was shocked when I was six and she suddenly … took a job in England. He was allowed to work there because of my connection to Grandma. Because she was born in England, my family got …
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… HOVIUS FAMILY IMMIGRATION STORY Early in the morning of May 8, 1953 the Hovius family, consisting of Enne and … in age from 2 - 16. In Rotterdam, the family boarded a boat called "De Waterman" and sailed for Halifax, N.S., Canada. Enne was hoping to …
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… stories about seasickness from our Museum visitors who crossed the Atlantic and first arrived at Pier 21. They all laugh about it now, but … “I fra Danmark—you?” I said “Scotland?” and that was the end of our conversation. Martin took me to the first class lounge where we sat on … two heads together. That was our first beautiful kiss. We enjoyed the company of each other throughout our trip. We had many walks around the …
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… January 1966 My story started out on January 6, 1966, when myself, my parents, two … know what to do with the life jackets and how to work them. On January 26 we docked in Halifax, we entered the Pier 21 and were told to take a …
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… Ship Name: Olympia Date of Arrival: May 4, 1957 I came to Canada to work. I arrived with my cousin Virginio Michelin. Virginio had one brother living in Canada. …