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… and Lisbon. We reached Gibraltar at night and Lisbon during the daytime. We left the ship for a short time in Lisbon. I remember the … and I found the food so sweet that we refused to eat it. At that point my mother was worried that we would get sick if they did not eat. … warm. My mother kept looking out the window and saying, "Where have we come to, Siberia?". When we arrived in Montreal, my mother's cousin …
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… 18.2.1922) First in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 4th Bttn. (T.A.) and after mobilization at the outbreak of war, was transferred … learned we were unable to board a train for the Island until the next day. We were recommended accommodation in one of the boarding houses …
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… the beginning of a new and prosperous life and Nicola thought it was a chance he had to take. He would have to leave behind his parents Luigi … hour days earning $0.70/hour. They supplied room and board for $1.75 a day. After 3 weeks he switched jobs and worked in the canteen that … coaxing from his sister Apollonia, Nicola would send for Francesca to come to Ottawa. Francesca's parents knew my dad well and couldn't have …
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… with officials and told us, his children, years later that the next day he would have been taken away to jail. In the middle of the night, …
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… Teresa DiGiandomenico (Rasetta) Pier 21 Immigration Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena … arrival. He was sponsored by his brothers Guido and Giovanni, who had come to Toronto by way of Belgium. Despite our fear of leaving our safe … a bunk bed and a small sink. My sister and I slept together on the top bunk and my mother took the bottom. To my amazement, I looked out …
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… be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
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… be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
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… be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
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… be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
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… be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …