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… Families Before 1956 My dad spoke very little of his family. Few facts are known to me, he lived in a village in Hungary close to the Romanian border, his … up that dream. When he was 27 years old, married and had a baby girl (me), he borrowed money from his mother and set off to Canada. His …
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… in a family of ten. I was fifteen years old when I immigrated with my parents, one brother and four sisters to Canada in 1953. Three … depressing to say the least. I still remember my mother whispering, 'my God what did we get in to'. But the good part was that we had seen … Ontario. We raised four sons. Canada and its people have been good to me. I have always been involved in my community because I like to give …
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… The Covelli Family Nicola Covelli arrived on October 21, 1951 on the … son, travelled alone aboard the Conte Biancamano arriving at age 15 on May 9, 1953 to rejoin his Papa. Adelina Covelli and two other children: … an admired teacher - and his wife would be a native Nova Scotian. On my side: My grandparents and great grandparents came to Pier 21 from …
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… My father Stanley Clifford Jones, then age 40 years, and my mother Martha … father passed away almost 20 years ago, my mother will celebrate her 80th birthday this month in Victoria, BC. In recognition of this …
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… So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … I’ll see papà again … and I feel a little bit happy. The horn blasts from the ship. Everything is shaking. Mamma says I have to put … was seasick too! It’s been 50 years since that 1st crossing of the Atlantic. The trip that changed me forever. Canada has been good to me. I …
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… Time 0:03:32 Transcript I shivered as soon as I landed in Saskatoon airport on an early September afternoon although I … depressing when back home I enjoyed a middle class life style. I was constantly called a Paki and was told to Go Home in many occasions. One … Iran, and Egypt. They were all agriculture students and so we could compare and contrast agriculture in our respective countries. We played …
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… I didn’t know, I—I was—I remember—and most of the clients were from England originally, or from Scotland, or from Ireland because that’s the … Pedro supported the former president Salvador Allende and were under constant threat for their political beliefs. They decided to immigrate to Canada after talking to Pedro’s brother who had come to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a refugee shortly after the coup. Ruth, …
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… June 30. On July 1, 1943, he was assigned to Halifax Military Hospital (HHMI). On November 11, 1943, he qualified as Operating Room Assistant, Grade “B” and began to receive Tradesman’s Rate of Pay. On May 26, 1944 he was transferred to No. 8 Sub-section and proceeded “on …
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… Training Centre, the Canadian Army (Active) at Edmundston, N.B. on the 8th day of October, 1942. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom and … 1029 (5c1) to return to civil life upon demobilization, on November 27th, 1946. In respect of service during the war Hugh earned the … Wall of Honour) while in London, England and they were married on May 4th, 1944. A picture taken on their wedding day appears below. They …
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… I was only 6 months old when my parents and I came from England. We landed at Pier 21 on May 3 1947 on the Aquitania. My parents were both in the Royal Air …