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  • Ellen Margaret Dunham LaRocque
    These are photos of Ellen Margaret Dunham, a war bride who served with the British Air Force, and George John LaRocque, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England. My parents met in Bournemouth and married in Dorchester, Dorset, U.K. on January 24, 1945. In 1946, my mother sailed on …
  • Lorill Wingrave
    August 19, 1945 This is the wedding photo of my parents, Barrie Wingrave, Canadian army and Lorill Wingrave, Royal Navy. Barrie passed through Pier 21 during WW2 both going to England and returning after the war. Lorill passed through Pier 21 in May 1946 with a bevy of War Brides. Mother is wearing …
  • My New Home by Assia
    Time 0:02:27 Transcript When I hear that we are going to Canada, I just think that it is a joke or something like that. When my mom started picking our clothes and dresses I just think that I am dreaming. I came here in Canada in 24 January, 2013. Since I came to Canada, my life has changed. In …
  • My Story from Africa to Canada by Azouber
    Time 0:01:52 Transcript Hello, that's me, Azouber, I'm going to tell you about my story. When I was in Sudan with my dad, my mom, my sister... men shoot my sister and my brother. One day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know …
  • Childhood Memories by Claude
    Time 0:02:24 Transcript (Translated from French) I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I remember when my mother was sent to Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or money or the hardship of …
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  • George and Evelyn DeLorey
    Evelyn May (Blackburn) DeLorey Daughter of Henry and Jane (Cullen) Blackburn Born March 15, 1923 in Kent, England Died September 4, 1993 in Ft McMurray, Alberta   Met her husband George Willis Renford DeLorey, a soldier with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at a social in the summer of 1940. Married …

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