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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 …
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… and anti-racism. During the residency Santiago continued to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory …
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… My brother and I traveled as Italian citizens with Italian passports. My … was of Italian origin and was not allowed to become a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and on to us. I had never met my … I spoke Italian better then Danish. My marriage to an Italian has helped me retain the language. Walter and I are married 42 years …
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… Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Time: 2:00 pm Location: In-person event at the Museum Language: … 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act Insight into how a single law separated families and subjected Chinese Canadians to decades of surveillance and …
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… mother and on welfare. She never dwelt on her relative poverty and set an example of pride in the children and their surroundings. She was … Council. In 1952, sailing on the Beaverbrae and landing in Quebec City, the family immigrated to Canada, where they joined Lydia’s … but first worked in a jet engine repair shop in Vancouver until it shut down. He did practice his trade in Northern BC but spent most of …
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… Chieti Scalo to Selva Del Montello, Italy and finally Canada. My father Elio was born on November 26th 1926 in Chieti Scalo in the region of Abruzzo which is in central … of Abruzzo as he would deliver crates of the popular soft drink on his 3 wheel bicycle. My father came from a family of 7 siblings where …
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… 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 …
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… Giovanni Diodato Guglietti was born on September 27th 1935 as the first of five children born to Vincenzo Guglietti and Anna Tersigni … 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 …
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… Pier 21 holds some very special memories in my heart - here is the abbreviated version of my story: The outbreak of … precious freedom. My family was separated and we never again had the chance to be together. I spent five dreadful war years in my country, … for me and I joined a Polish refugee camp for the meantime. It was at this camp that I met the man I would marry. His name was Zbigniew Sauter …
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… checked and our luggage was put on board the ship. After a while we said goodbye to our friends and went on board. We were assigned to … sea sick. This lasted for quite a while. The ship had ropes tied alongside the corridor walls so people that wanted to move about would be … know what to do with the life jackets and how to work them. On January 26 we docked in Halifax, we entered the Pier 21 and were told to take a …