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… Broadbent Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: England Ship Name: Ile De France Date of Arrival: 1945 My mother and I were born in … to Canada in the fall of 1945. We crossed the Atlantic aboard the Ile De France. After arriving at Pier 21 we then boarded a train for …
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… gymnasium, and movies. So one was kept quite busy was well as the all day brunch. Every day my mother would take the dog out to exercise on a special deck for …
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Wilfred and his wife, Nancy Clouthier pictured. Wilfred and his wife, Nancy Clouthier, on their wedding day Wilfred and friends during his years of service Wilfred and friends during his years of …
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… Just the other day, to my surprise, I learned that I have been wearing a treasure … never told me that”, I replied. “I would have never thought that one day, my Canadian daughter would be coming over to my house to help me …
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… Single Men and Women June 6, 1952 – Waterman I well remember the day that I disembarked from the MS Waterman in Halifax NS on June 6, … sitting on these coach type wooden slatted benches for the six-day journey; and upon disembarking from the train you could recognize … on the seats and backs of their clothes. In fact, even after a few days I could still feel the slat imprints on my body. I have often …
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… the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada … My Bright Future in Canada by Saysayeh …
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… also sing there too. One time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I … I went back to Thailand to help my people. In my dream I don’t want to come back in Canada because all the kids in the camp want me to stay there forever but my family want me to come back in Canada. At that moment I asked my brother to make a song …
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… below deck. Our mother suffered seasickness for the entire ten-day trip. The Zuiderkruis docked at Pier 21 on February 12, 1952. I was … family met us at the station. Our father started work the very next day for the farmer, earning seventy dollars a month. So, with only …
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… children a new future in Canada. It was also my father's dream to one day own a farm, as he was a man who was close to the land. In fact, … and integrated quickly into the Canadian way of living. Eventually our day of arrival at Pier 21 was dismal gray and uninspiring, we soon …
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… Kucha Family Tajti Family Family Stories 1956 Elizabet Fajta Erzsebet Guti Eva Kende nee Varadi Janos Maté Lazslo Galambos S.I. Sipkoi De …