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… to Vancouver; Arrival of furniture and possessions in crates on May 23, 1956; immigrant card A family photo taken in August 2006. The …
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… Families August 11, 1953 – Sibajak My name is Anton Rouss. I arrived with my wife Paula (nee Van Den Berg, … see any sun in the morning and in the afternoon it became foggy. I can still not get over the fact that I missed the family on shore in …
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… My Mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees, born Jeannie Lynn Thomson, was a … stay behind until she could be booked passage on a "War Brides' Ship". In May of 1946, she left her family behind, in Glasgow, to go to … years old, my mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees, was the youngest war bride to come to Canada. By having her name inscribed on the Wall of Service I …
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… Time 0:03:32 Transcript I shivered as soon as I landed in Saskatoon airport on an early September afternoon although I had a woolen suit and an over coat in addition to two layers of undergarments. I … Iran, and Egypt. They were all agriculture students and so we could compare and contrast agriculture in our respective countries. We played …
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… Time 0:02:24 Transcript We are on the big ship, the Vulcania, Mamma, my sister and me. … So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … I’ll see papà again … … and forth. Now I understand why Cristoforo Colombo kissed the ground when he got off the Santa Maria, in 1492. He was seasick too! It’s been …
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… Time 0:04:49 Transcript My Father came from Iran to Kuwait in 1957 to start a … came and in front of all the students told the Bahai’s to stop coming to school from tomorrow. At this moment I felt I lost my … government discussed offering Kuwaiti citizenship to people who were loyal during the war and to people who had been in Kuwait before 1965. So …
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… My father Harold Melville Rees, was a handsome, charming, funny Canadian in the RCAF. My Mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees , born Jeannie Lynn Thomson, was a … stay behind until she could be booked passage on a "War Brides' Ship". In May of 1946, she left her family behind, in Glasgow, to go to …
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… Perfect Pairings , a program by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, brings together home cooks to create recipes by blending elements of their unique cultural food traditions. This unique recipe was a collaboration between Comfort Foodies owner Keisha Carter and Ghada Shuli, founder of Chef …
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… stay in a cottage in Bewdley on Rice Lake until we could buy a farm - my Dad's dream. My grandparents, William Alwyn Bradwell and Frances Helen (Clarke) Bradwell , followed us in January of 1954. In May 1954 we moved to a farm near Selwyn in Lakefield/Bridgenorth …
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… My name is Santina Tersigni. I was born in Sora Provincia Frosinone, … Gino 1975. Now we are living in Mississauga and have been since 1974. My heart is Italian, but my country is Canada. My parents were … Santina Tersigni …