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Families Before 1956 Steven and Margaret Kucha by Daughter Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. …
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Families Before 1956 The TAJTI family of Matramindszent, Hungary Welland City Directories show that the surname was changed to TAYTI in 1937. The earliest ancestor know to this family was Janos Tajti of Matramindszent. He was the grandfather of Istvan Tajti, who sailed from Antwerp aboard the ship …
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Families 1956 My parents and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9-day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of Rotterdam. The majority of the passengers were, as we were, refugees from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 on our way to a new life in …
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Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two years in several refugee camps in Yugoslavia and ended up in Italy. From there we found sponsors in Canada and arrived at Halifax harbor on January 18, 1958 …
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Families 1956 The journey began with a trip to a luggage shop to buy 2 bags to hold our most prized worldly possessions. The revolution that started with so much hope was beaten; Budapest was in ruins and bleeding. Mother’s yearning for the support and comfort of her brother who has been living in …
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Families 1956 From Stalin to Kellogg’s Cornflakes By: Janos Maté Had it not been for Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin my older brother Gabor and I may never have had the opportunity to crunch on Kellogg’s Cornflakes in our childhood. Such gratification would most likely have been delayed by some 35 …
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Single Men and Women July 9, 1953 – Waterman My five day journey from Rotterdam, The Netherlands on the ship SS Waterman was smooth and without incident. The accommodation was that of a troop ship with male and female passengers separated, I believe ten to a cabin. Having been discharged from the …
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Single Men and Women October 28, 1953 – Groote Beer Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of her father’s car for the trip to Rotterdam and Dad, Mother and my sister came along for the waving out ceremony. The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall just …
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Single Men and Women December 9, 1955 – Ryndam Born Melchior Franciscus van der Laan, the youngest of five children. The oldest being my brother Han, 17 years my senior, three sisters, Adre, Mien and Gre, then yours truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the …
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Time 0:03:44 Transcript Last summer, I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I saw many immigrants’ suitcases and settlement stories - both positive and negative. I told my husband that it would be nice to donate my suitcase and my story. I left everything at home, like the …