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  • Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to Detroit. And then at Detroit, we just waited for my … claimed refugee status but they uh didn’t deal with a lot of those types of cases—claiming refugee status—so then we waiting for like seven …
  • Augusto, Maria and Ugo Chiodo
    … Chiodo immigrated to Canada in 1960, two months after the birth of his first child, Ugo. His wife, Maria, remained in Italy with their … children, Pina and Frank over the next couple of years. The family has lived in Oshawa ever since and Maria and Luigi are proud Nonno and …
  • Robert and Martha Vandekieft
    … Vandekieft family portrait Robert with his children, 2002 Robert with his grandchildren, 2002 Robert with his great grandchildren, 2002 …
  • A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War
    … Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection]   A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind artifact was added to the Museum's collection last year and is on display in the War Brides section of the Pier 21 Story exhibition. The heart-shaped glass … A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War …
  • A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War
    … Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection]   A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind artifact was added to the Museum's collection last year and is on display in the War Brides section of the Pier 21 Story exhibition. The heart-shaped glass … A Necklace Crafted with Love from the Wreckage of War …
  • Lt. Cmndr. William G. Curry
    … As a Lieutenant William G. Curry Communication officer on his first crossing of the Atlantic (on the HMCS Snowberry), not sure about his plan of action (as he was actually on route to the communications course in England). …
  • Ennio A. Paola
    … and white photograph of a group of adults and one baby dining aboard the passenger ship the Saturnia. The photograph shows two women seated … to be raising a glass. He is wearing an exaggerated bow tie around his neck that could possible be fashioned out of his dinner napkin. … 1928. The other passengers in the photo are an American-Italian family (a mother and her sons) returning to New York. According to ship …
  • LAC William Joseph Giblin
    … in 1917 in Newark, New Jersey and moved to Montreal as a child with his family in the late 1920s. In 1941, he married Rita Helen Egli, and they had a …
  • Athanasia Christoforatos
    … fell in love, and wed, after having only seen a picture of one another. Arriving in Canada in 1951 with only $15 in his pocket, Bobby worked tirelessly to create a new life in what he affectionately described as “this beautiful country [Canada]”. Initially finding work with the …
  • Charalampos Christoforatos
    … fell in love, and wed, after having only seen a picture of one another. Arriving in Canada in 1951 with only $15 in his pocket, Bobby worked tirelessly to create a new life in what he affectionately described as “this beautiful country [Canada]”. Initially finding work with the …

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