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… Magnusdottir and Erikur Bjarnason and Sigridur Thorbergsdottir and Thorleifur Jonsson and grandparents Bjorg Petursdottir and Sigurdur … and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents were Gudrun Gudlog Kristjansson and Bjarni … moved to Minnedosain December of 1943 at age 8 and in grade 2, my teacher asked for my name. Gudrun Viola Bjarnason. The teacher remarked …
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… His parents, Willard and Annie Ripley, raised eight children on the farm. Four of them are veterans of World War II. Ralston's war … of AA Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to Sunday evening 3. hauling stores from Midlands 4. …
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… & Clasp, Defence Medal, France & Germany Star In 1941 Don enlisted in the Royal Canadian Signal Core in Toronto. While in England, he was remustered into the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. Don was … ½ May 1945 “A” Company made a night attack to cross the railway line south of Bad Zwischenahn. Sergeant Whitfield and ten other ranks formed …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, Michelina, Joseph … thousands had done before him. Three years prior to our departure, he set out for Canada with his strong faith in God and a relentless …
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… was and is a small farming community in the mountains of beautiful southern Italy with origins dating back to the mid-8th century. Mary and I … obtained his American citizenship making Mary an American citizen when she was born in Italy. She had to arrive in the States before she …
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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 … succeed in Canada. How challenging it was to find accommodation in a city where he knew nobody, couldn't translate the newspaper, couldn't …
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… and generous homeland. A ricordo degli Istriani, Fiumani, e Dalmati che, costretti ad abbandonare le loro terr, trovarono nel Canada una nuova e generosa patria. July …
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… Pier 21 on December 23, 1951 on Cunard Liner "Scythia" from Vienna via Le Havre. She got married to another landed immigrant, J. Hans Kluge , on April …
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… Transcript Growing up I never felt like I could identify with the people around me. When I was in grade two, my teacher singled me out as an Ethiopian girl by making me sit separately in … When I want to work with other Africans I am defined by the country I come from or by the tribe my last name comes from. There is so much …
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… My husband and I met on a blind date, not set up on our behalf but for my sister's friend who was not allowed to see her date alone. I don't think either of us was very taken but 5 years …