• Sowada Lydia Dorothea Sieg Melanie
    … Lydia was born in White Russia. As a young girl, she worked as a domestic and eventually ended up in Chorzow. She married … engine repair shop in Vancouver until it shut down. He did practice his trade in Northern BC but spent most of his working life in the … time in Kamloops where she raised her family of five girls and one boy. She did some wonderful work with mentally and physically …
  • Duro and Erika Gravonic and Family
    … aged eight, my brother Duro, jr., aged four, Erika, our mother, aged 26, and me aged six. Once on board the truck, Mom said, "Let's all hold hands and we did." Then Mom's eyes lit up and her face broke into a broad smile that traveled from … whispered, "Let me tell you about a magical voyage we are about to go on." Just as she finished her story to us, we arrived at the shipyard. …
  • Giovanni Diodato Guglietti
    … Giovanni Diodato Guglietti was born on September 27th 1935 as the first of five children born to Vincenzo Guglietti and Anna Tersigni in the central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. Even as a … to describe him ... if he had to walk anywhere, he ran, if he rode his bicycle he would ride it fast, Giovanni always strived to be in …
  • Stefan - London by Stefan
    … Time 0:04:26 Transcript Life before we had to leave Iraq, before the war, was pretty good. My dad had a really good job, and he made good money. He worked for the United Nations as a forklift driver, he would … in a factory as a labourer. It was a hard job for him, but he never complained. I also worked there too, for one summer. When metal is …
  • Eddy Baldacchino
    … Eddy was born the ninth of thirteen siblings to Frank and Lorenza Baldacchino. He … for the British forces and as a result suffered from German air raids. His family decided that immigration was crucial for the family to …
  • Gabriella Frainetti nee Di Giovanni
    … January 1966 My story started out on January 6, 1966, when myself, my parents, two younger brothers and … goodbye to our friends and went on board. We were assigned to cabins, one I shared with my grandmother and the other my parents shared with … When we got there we were all given lifejacket and asked to put them on. They told us that this was a rehearsal, hopefully nothing would …
  • Demetre Agiotis
    … Country of Origin: Greece Ship Name: Queen Anna Maria - Demetre; Queen Frederica - Marie Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: June 7, 1965 - Demetre; January 26, 1962 - Marie …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction … South Africa. Reverend William Andrew White, 1936 Credit: Wikimedia One of the most notable figures, Captain William “Andrew” White, was …
  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up against British colonial … Records at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)” is being offered on Feb 26 th , 2022, in partnership with LAC. Visit No. 2 Construction … South Africa. Reverend William Andrew White, 1936 Credit: Wikimedia One of the most notable figures, Captain William “Andrew” White, was …
  • By Sea or Land: Refugees or Displaced Persons - Van-Nha Tran
    … Becoming a Refugee Time 3:23 Transcript (This video is only available in … we? I left Vietnam on January 21st 1988. Yes, it's true, so January 26 is the anniversary of my marriage. I? I got to Thailand by boat, but … why we, uhm? the camp? in the camp, because I was the leader of a one thousand person neighborhood— we made a petition stating …