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… eight children on the farm. Four of them are veterans of World War II. Ralston's war service started in February, 1942, when at the age of … (tank section). He moved to Brighton and carried out disbandment of AA Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass … Ripley (Briggs), arrived on the Aquitania with other War Brides on May 1, 1946. The couple settled on a farm in River Philip and raised …
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… Waterman After our 10-day journey on the S.S. Waterman of the Holland-America Line we arrived in Halifax around 7 o’clock in the evening of 16 … for tickets for the train, to the baggage people, etc. Lining up with my two children did not actually happen. I lined up and Marten, who was … with our immigration: "Yes, I am here, I am Mrs. Douma." He said: "Come quickly with me to the office here, your husband is on the phone …
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… My Dad died in WWII. I got married on March 5th, 1955 to my beautiful bride Josephina. We decided to immigrate to Canada for a … wife and I have been married for 60 years. We both want to say...THANK YOU CANADA. …
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… Dutch Community. The Postwar Wave and Its Predecessors.” (unpublished manuscript). Curtis, Herb. The Scholten Story . Oromocto, N.B., 1996. … The Dutch in America 1609-1974 . Boston: Twayne Publishers. 1974. Delleman, Paul. The Dutch in Canada . Owen Sound, Ontario: Paul and Peter … In the Creation of a Homogenous Population in the City of London” MA Thesis. University of Western Ontario. 1964. Ganzevoort, Herman. A …
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… Being Selected to Come to Canada - Madan Kumar Giri …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian During World Refugee Year (1959-1960), the Canadian government appeased public demands for a …
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… Single Men and Women June 6, 1952 – Waterman I well remember the day that I … about all the dry goods, sheets and towels, blankets, curtains that my mother had insisted I take with me together with my own prize … benches for the six-day journey; and upon disembarking from the train you could recognize the young single men by the slat imprints on the …
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… BSc 1951, geology and geophysics). There was no particular reason for me to leave the Netherlands. I had a good position at the National … who travelled through Canada on the massive Canadian trains. Imagine me, as a young boy reading in bed this fascinating story about a boy … then occupation. Then the country was liberated by the Canadians, in my case Regiment de la Chaudiere, then followed the encouraged …