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… Name: Zuiderkruis Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: September 26, 1952 Age on Arrival: 19 years For my first transatlantic crossing, … I was surprised how smooth the voyage was. My destination was Windsor, ON, only because my Dutch Emigration Agent thought that I would somehow …
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… Tjerkwerd, The Netherlands on April 27, 1951 aboard the Georgic with his parents Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra and younger brother Broer (Gerald). His older brother …
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… 14th for the journey to Canada. Upon arrival in Quebec City on April 26th they travelled to Winkler, Manitoba. In 1933 the family moved to …
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… in Windsor, Ontario Died: September 1, 2004 in Walkerton, Ontario at the age of 85 Regiment # A58235 First Canadian Division, RCASC (Royal … France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 in Nova Scotia on his way to Greenock, Scotland and then to Three Bridges, between London …
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… First or Second World Wars were eligible for citizenship after only one year. The new legislation also granted married women greater … federal cabinet) also reserved the right to revoke citizenship from anyone other than natural-born Canadians if they were disloyal to the …
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… Families September 26, 1956 – Skaubryn Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … Our furniture was put into a large wooden crates under the watchful eye of immigration officials. The box was required to be full to …
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… was born in Tarnow, Poland in 1938. For the last two years of the war his family and five other Jews were hidden behind a false wall in the … to be interviewed for our new film in Canada . When asked about his family’s train journey from Halifax to Montreal he digressed, and … had married a girl from the Scottish Highlands and brought her home to his farm on the Prairies. In the early days of their marriage the …
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… discovered a very long queue. Keith, who had been very good, was by this time very tired and very upset and was almost hysterical. A short … eggs for breakfast every morning. Soup, chicken, vegetables, sweet and ice cream for lunch. For dinner, we were served turkey, vegetables, … would have liked more but after paying 40 pounds each boat fare and 26 pounds each train fare, we had very little money to spare for …
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… World War II had finally ended and horizons of hope beckoned beyond the mountains and coastlines of Italy. … my 27 year old father, Archimede Altorio, left the familiarity of his native Aielli in the Abruzzi Region of Italy, to cross the Atlantic …