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… John Hugh Mac Eachern left via Pier 21 as a young man from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and as a member of the Royal Canadian Airforce on his way to England during World War II. Flight Sergeant Mac Eachern was …
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… 3 siblings. A brother and 2 sisters. At later dates 2 more brothers were born. When 6 years old, I went to elementary school and in 1942 … any traffic on the roads. Because of the danger of being shot at on my way to and from school, my parents thought it best at that time to take … officers. He was born in Rotterdam and came as a 13 or 14 year old boy to our village, to escape the hunger situation in the big cities. …
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… mother Teresina (aged 29), sister Tonina (aged 2), and me (aged 6), were the last to make the crossing aboard the Vulcania in 1960. The … the night, my father and I briefly de- boarded before carrying on our way. On January 30th, 1960, it was a bright and sunny day and snow …
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… An Account of the Immigration of the Romanello Family to Canada from … on the 13th of May, 1915 of Luigi Zaffalon and Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province … and live out the rest of his life. All of this effort helped pave the way for the arrival of the rest of the family, which began with the …
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… An Account of the Immigration of the Romanello Family to Canada from … on the 13th of May, 1915 of Luigi Zaffalon and Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province … and live out the rest of his life. All of this effort helped pave the way for the arrival of the rest of the family, which began with the …
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Time 0:04:04 Transcript What does a new life mean to you? There are many reasons to start a new life. I had to start a new life when the Cultural Revolution happened. When it finished, I was able to go back to school and could start life again. I decided to move to Japan to change my life then. As …
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… that they left their homeland to bring their family to Canada so that we could have a better life. This is my story: Together with my mother … to begin working in order to save money to pay for our trip and to buy a house. It took us four hours, by car, to get to the city of … never forget the look on my mother's face when she had to say good-bye to her mother because she knew deep in her heart that she would …
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Time 0:02:44 Transcript I planned my life to have a career in media communication and with my mind set I spent my life to achieve that goal. I had several opportunities to join group that allowed me to see what might my future will be in the world of media. My life was exciting attending parties, …
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… speak the language but somehow got through. She was told by someone to buy some food as there would be no food on the train. When she went to buy bread it didn’t look like any bread she had ever seen before. The …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript My Oma was always very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one another as they were growing up. When she got married, my Oma made the decision to move with her new husband to Canada. …