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… Edward was born on August 11, 1923 in Poland in the village of Łany Wielkie, Olkusz County, Kielce. His parents were Andrzej and Stanisława Wałach. Edward had three older …
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… The Covelli Family Nicola Covelli arrived on October 21, 1951 on the … Toronto. He was the first family member to immigrate. Mario Covelli: his son, travelled alone aboard the Conte Biancamano arriving at age 15 …
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… Halifax Age of Arrival: 27 Departed Calabria, Italy leaving behind his wife and 2 small children for a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada with dreams of creating a better life for … grandchildren. A business that he started in 1958 and now his son, Joe has brought it into the 2nd generation and still going strong! His hard …
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… Richard (Dick) Johnson served in the RCN from 1939 to 1972. He began his naval career at 17 as an …
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… Major Harry L. Mitcheltree Royal Canadian Engineers 1911 – 1977 Harry was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, raised in Banff Alberta and completed his post secondary studies in Calgary. Between December 14, 1931 and … Major Harry L. Mitcheltree …
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… The exhibition, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Art in collaboration with our own institution, is on display for a limited time. … does it have to do with Halifax? Yousuf Karsh was Armenian, born in a community targeted by the Ottoman Empire for genocide during and after … Credit: Nova Scotia Archives (1928 - WR MacAskill - 1987-453 No 2625) Barely 15 years old, Karsh arrived at Halifax’s Pier 2 (the …
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… Italy Ship Name: Castel Felice Date of Arrival: May 12, 1956 My father has forever engrained these dates in his mind and every year, early May he gets nostalgic and retells his …
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… BOHNHARDT FAMILY HISTORY Herbert Karl Bohnhardt was born in Germany on April 30, 1904. At the … Herbert and Ella …
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… Born 1918 in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba died 1996. The fourth child to John Gillis Thompson and Gudrun Thordis Gudmundson. He was a Golden glove boxer in Manitoba and this was where he got his nick name “Rocky”. A name he was called his …
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… arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23rd, 1967 on the T.S.S. Olympia, which he boarded in Haifa, Israel. He was a single man, 29 years old with two suitcases and $200 in his pocket. Ivan spoke neither English nor French and knew nobody in …