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… and very proud to be a Canadian. I am a Canadian Citizen as of January 26, 1962. Before leaving for Canada - September 29, 1956 Visiting Pier …
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… 1945, I returned to Canada on the hospital ship Letitia. I was 26 at the time. This was a memorable trip in several respects. The ship … outriggers carrying searchlights beamed on the red crosses on each side. We found this a little scary for, although the war was over, we … Of course the arrival at Pier 21 was the high point. I may have even shed a tear when I saw the signs reading "Thanks Canada. Welcome Home." …
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… could see no future for our family. When I left the U.K. at the age of 26 I had the dubious distinction of never having paid any income tax, …
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The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Daniel Libeskind, architect, unveil the Wheel of Conscience on January 20, 2011. © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Commemorating the St. Louis Voyage The Wheel of Conscience is a memorial for 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. …
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… In the spring of 1913, 26-year-old Frank Karpowich bid farewell to his … free land beckoned homesteaders. But homesteading in the jungles of South America was no agrarian dream. Disillusioned, they returned to …
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… Lawrence Joseph Hebert November 27, 1920 - October 4, 2000 My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all … Pte. Lawrence J. Hebert …
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… four children Hans (Hank), age 12, Maria Hinke, age 11, Aaltje (Alice), age 9 and Anna Maria, age 2, left Rotterdam, the Netherlands on … the Zuiderkruis was on its way to Indonesia, most of the crew on this luxury liner were Japanese. The family was able to stay together in … 60 to 80 hours per week (except Sundays), every week of every year for 26 years. Since the sponsors for the family were situated in both …
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… My father, Arthur Fisher (Pte. #M105058), was born in Hay Lakes, Alberta, November 11, 1922. His parents Emilge (Frederick) and Rudolph Fisher, were Russian … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in … Private Arthur Fisher …
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Concetta DeGasperis was the fourth of six children born to Attilio DeGasperis & Rosina Colucci, in the small central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. On February 11, 1960, Concetta along with her mother Rosina, her sister Mary and brothers, Antonio & Carlo, boarded the ‘Conte Biancamano' and headed …