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… an island off shore from Helsinki. There several months later he would die. Pa remembered how his sister and mother cried when they found out … army and there excelled as a soccer player. Life in Finland in the days following the civil war was hard, but with his Finnish "sisu" he … On September 8, 1929 the S.S. Estonia docked at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Pa stepped onto Canadian soil for the first time. He …
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… on February 16, 1952. Grete was seasick the whole trip except for one day and therefore spent almost all her time in the cabin. Anngret was … after spending about eight hours at Pier 21 and in Halifax, they left via train heading to Montreal. Before boarding the train, they bought … September 1955. Guenther, Margaret, Ann and husband on their wedding day, Flower girl is Katherine. June 1968. Margaret and Guenther, …
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… food. I met five other War Brides from different parts of England and we chummed around together during the voyage. After five years in Canada I sometimes wondered how these brides fared. Unfortunately I did … remember how elated he felt as they tied up at Pier 21 and stepped on Nova Scotian soil again. Bea (Moore) was about to board the train to …
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… and have lived there since. They had another son in 1966, Raffaele. We became Canadian Citizens in 1970. My father, Onofrio, worked as a …
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… of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we wanted the residency inspired by it to create something for … studio potter Shauna MacLeod created 300 serving bowls formed with Nova Scotia red earthenware clay. Her bowls, literally, a piece of their new land, were given to newcomer refugees by ISANS upon their arrival in HRM. …
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… and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while … During our correspondence I mentioned that a visitor had let me scan what they called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned … visitor to follow up with a story about her father and made a quick scan of the shilling but I didn’t ever get her name or have her sign a …
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… the Netherlands on March 13, 1948 and arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 22, 1948. The family arrived on board the Kota … from Halifax to Ontario, to begin their new life, settling in South-western Ontario. After arriving in Canada seven more children were added to the family. Aleta 1948, Sadie 1950, Douglas 1951, Janette …
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… Born in 1918, Rita Hilda Mitchell (nee Yeomans) grew up in the Brixton area of London, England with her … Holland. He survived the war and returned to England, where the two were married on April 14, 1945. Reginald and Rita we're delighted with the arrival of their daughter, Marion, on April 1, …
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… to imagine this is by looking at some of the photos and images that we have in our main exhibition. Take this image, for example: This … items (undoubtedly very carefully chosen among many others that were discarded) made it safely to the other side of the world—items which were now suddenly under the scrutiny and at the mercy of a Canadian …