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… well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in …
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… Concetta DeGasperis was the fourth of six children born to Attilio DeGasperis & Rosina Colucci, in the small …
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… 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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… On November 2, 1954, we arrived at Halifax Pier 21. I was four years old so I don't remember anything except for the long train … father Vittorio Ciampini (28 years old), my mother Antonia D'Alesio (26 years old), my sister Domenica (6 years old) and my brother Giacomino (six months old) and myself Francesco (4 years old). In Italy, my …
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Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Time: 2:00 pm Location: In-person event at the Museum Language: Presented in English Cost: FREE Register to attend this event → This Asian Heritage Month, the Museum presents a special edition of Canada’s Storytellers featuring award winning community historian and …
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… She married Felix Sowada and they had three Children Dorothea, Siegmund and Melanie. Felix was killed as a member of the Polish Army … in the laundry until she married Ron Fisher, on December 31, 1953. Sig and Melanie went to school, in Wadena. Lydia, who now also worked … Canada. They alternate between East and West. Dorothea worked for 26 years with the T. Eaton Co. and retired in 1993 at which time she …
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… 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 Italy … and that is where his adventure began. After 6 days of being sea sick he was to have emergency surgery to remove his appendix, and …
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… 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, … in our lives was the sudden death of my husband Zbigniew on November 26th 1967. At the age of just 56, he suffered a massive heart attack, a …
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… and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the world four sons, Silvio, Riccardo, Marco and John. Together Giovanni and …
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… thus be the last to immigrate. He boarded the Nea Hellas on November 26, 1953 with his brother George, sister Pauline and mother Lorenza. On …