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… Olive met a Canadian soldier stationed overseas in Kent waiting to go to France during WWII. In 1945 she married that soldier named … Atlantic on the Aquitania. Arriving at Pier 21 (she was the first one off the ship) and driving to northern Nova Scotia to a small community … daughters and a son who all still live in River Philip as of 2001. The WALL OF HONOUR brick was purchased as a birthday present for Olive to …
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… confiding in her about his experiences in the concentration camps and how every member of his family had been killed. He described scenarios almost impossible for the young …
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… to Mimico where he worked as a plumber for his older brother in what had been their father’s business. The couple had six children. Ms. Thomas wrote letters to her mother every week, and was very homesick – she hadn’t realized how far Canada was from England, and wasn’t able to return for …
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… contribution not only to Halifax but to all of Canada. This is something that was so dear to Herman's heart. Every year on Remembrance … make a pilgrimage to the Pier. He would gaze over the waters that had brought him and say a prayer of Thanksgiving and gratitude for his life in freedom and …
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… In the summer of 1956, while working at her parent’s bar in the town of Fagagna in the … change the course of her life. That man was Mario Chiarvesio . He had immigrated to Canada in 1951 and returned to his hometown to visit … to Canada because her birthday is on July 1st – Canada Day. As well, her dad, Luigi Zuttioni, was an Italian soldier during the Second …
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… the years. Ernie was a hockey enthusiast at various levels both on and off the ice. Besides hockey, he enjoyed other sports, including hunting …
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… August 1, 2024 to January 5, 2025 For many, Canada’s connection to slavery is the Underground Railroad. … in Canada through individual biographies and archival records. Learn how slavery came to be in Canada and find out who were Canada’s enslavers. Created with guest curator Dr. Afua … A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada …
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… Toronto. After losing track of each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 in Toronto at St. Mary of the Angels Church. They had 3 children, Daniela Franco (1964), Tonia Franco (1966) and Claudio …
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… my Master’s in India. But I knew we were moving away. I was going to come as a foreign student’s spouse – and I knew this would limit me … many things. I didn’t know what the future was holding for me. But I also wanted to be with my husband. We were supposed to go home after … found a job in Lethbridge, Alberta, I said “now it’s time for me to complete my dream.” Over the next 15 years, I worked at the University …
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… Hike to Self-Rediscovery by Ardie …