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… from Liverpool to Halifax in the ship's hospital with pneumonia, while my two daughters were looked after by the wonderful staff. … in Ottawa as a war bride, it didn't take long for me to realise that I had married an alcoholic. However, with no alternative but to keep … hard, (I was a nurse), and lives the way our parents taught us, the Good Lord guides and takes care of us. It certainly worked for me. My …
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… took seven days and I arrived in Halifax full of hope and the expectation of travelling to Alberta to meet my sponsor family and begin a … boarded a train for Lethbridge, Alberta. My first recollection of a good Canadian meal came in the form of Kelloggs Corn Flakes served in a … Never having seen this before, I wondered if everyone in Canada ate out of little one-meal boxes. Upon arriving in Lethbridge, my sponsor …
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… of Richmond . “Mostly I remember…the time my second brother arrived…I had scarlet fever. I can remember a crib in the kitchen and my brother was in it…our whole … to want to get in there and see what he was doing. But that’s all; we got in trouble for that…throwing apples at windows…I had been a devil …
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… – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – Anna (Wohl) Wahl, 6 years old, born October 18 1920 in Nemetker, Hungary. Very … One trip to the dining area, we were unable to eat as our plates got away from us. Good thing the tables had ledges on them. Remember mother and friends …
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… of Arrival: March 29, 1953 Age on Arrival: 25 Ulrich Paul Preugschat (dad) was born on 20th July, 1931 in Streuhofen, in the district of … for his birthday wish in Canada - a life companion; someone with a good heart who loved children and who was prepared to get to know him … May, 1957 by the Reverend E.J. Krisch of Martin Luther Church. They had two children - Edith Karin and Robby Wilfred. Mom passed on Easter …
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… after the Second World War and were married in Speyer in 1949. They had two children, Joachim born in 1950, and Rudy born in 1952. Germany … conflict in Europe appeared to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large …
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… I still watch the Marine Atlantic Ferries sailing from my window. We had a wonderful welcome by my husband's parents and family and have … the Harbour Board and small boat racing and sailing. We have had a full and enjoyable life, with family and friends across Canada. … my husband to cancer almost 6 years ago. Canada has certainly been good to my family and me. War Brides in our area have been friends …
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… feel like a very far away thing to me in that time. As the time pass I soon turn in to the age of 10 and the time has come. I miss everything I had in Hong Kong, but I know life is like a … to start a conversation but all I get is ignored. I knew that is not a good start for a first day immigrant student, soon after I had made …
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… a certificate of naturalization if they were determined to be of good character. Under the new measures, immigrants were required to … powers to grant and withhold certificates of naturalization, as well as revoke certificates obtained by fraud. The secretary of state …
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… Nancy. Her passage to Canada and her experiences are not well documented The only witness is with her trunk that remains within … Aili's granddaughter " that she was the kindest most generous soul he had ever met". The family does not know much about her passage to this … Montreal Cemetary next to her husband. In a time where she was from a good family she decided to travel to a foreign country and despite the …