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… Anna and Willem Stokdijk first set foot on Canadian soil at Pier 21, Halifax. They got off the train … were on the train for days, going to Ontario or out west. They settled in the Truro area and with hard work established a greenhouse …
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… Stephen Tychowecky remembered having to clean the ship before they sailed to Canada.Off the British coast, they came … Arriving in Halifax at Pier 21 in the evening meant the lights of the city were quite a sight. After documents and health status were … Stephen Tychowecky …
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… From the city of Sneek, the family left Rotterdam, The Netherlands on February …
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Daphne Munday Waye, daughter Carole …
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Albert, thinking of you still Love your sister Denise. xoxo …
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… a patrol in Italy, my husband, Byron Delaney, and his partner Encel Hennigar, were spotted by a group of German soldiers who opened fire on them. As they took refuge behind a tree, Encel was killed by a shot to the neck and Byron was struck by a bullet that destroyed his …
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… Several War Brides set sail with their children from Southampton, England at the beginning … Canada to join our Canadian husbands whom we had met during World War II. The voyage was quite calm, and after seven days we arrived at the …
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… worked for Siemens & Halske in Berlin. When the Russians entered the city, she fled to the West German part. The political situation in …
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… My parents Leon and Mary Tymoschuk, and three of my older brothers, Max, Jako and Alexander, set sail from Rotterdam aboard the Volendam on July 10, 1929. They … died shortly after arriving in Canada. Travelling by train my family settled and began farming in the Swan River Valley in Manitoba. While …
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… with my parents and three sisters. I was 7 years old and was sea-sick the entire time, so that when we arrived, I was a wee skinny kid that just barely survived. We … milk jugs so I could gain some weight and strength. That didn't always sit well with my sisters, who felt I was "spoiled." In 2002, I had the …