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… I am Prairie born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. … along with their children, Philip, Alice, Sydney and George William (my Dad) departed from Liverpool September 6, 1913 aboard the Teutonic …
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… full of hope and the expectation of travelling to Alberta to meet my sponsor family and begin a new life in Canada. Holland was war-torn … arriving in Lethbridge, my sponsor family failed to show up to collect me; therefore, I was placed overnight on a farm run by the Catholic …
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… vol. 3567, file c315-36-3. Page 119/136 Many Canadian cities have a Chinatown. There are neighbourhoods called Greektown, Little Italy and Little Portugal. In pre-war Vancouver, the Powell Street area in the Downtown Eastside was home to thousands of Japanese Canadians . …
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… © Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2023). Source: Library and … owned by Chinese and Japanese Canadians were smashed. Still, the community continued to deepen its roots, not only in Vancouver but … Why isn’t it called “Japantown”? …
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… After thirteen days at sea, we finally arrived in Halifax, Canada; myself, my mother, my grandmother and my younger brother Tony. The day that we arrived was also my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains my favourite number. It's been a good luck … on January 27, 1952. That is my start. Canada has always been good to me. …
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… 1956 I crossed the ocean from Naples to Halifax in 11 days. I was merely a child, 18 years old travelling alone, it was cold, and I was … the sky. I knew I would not be alone. As soon as I arrived in Toronto, my dad, my brother, some cousins, and uncles were there already. My … Amerigo Lupinacci …
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… November 23, 2015 to November 13, 2016 Video Gallery Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript … Canada's Titanic - Empress of Ireland …
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… March 1955 My name is Antonino Masciotra. My sister Giacomina and I arrived at Halifax as immigrants with our …
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… Macedonia in Northern Greece in 1951 to immigrate to Canada to join my sister who was adopted by a Macedonian Canadian family. I left Greece on my own to start a new life in Toronto at the age of 16. I travelled on … second class, sharing a cabin with a lovely Macedonian family who took me under their wing, crossing the ocean in nine days and arriving in …
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… from Liverpool to Halifax in the ship's hospital with pneumonia, while my two daughters were looked after by the wonderful staff. Arriving in Ottawa as a war bride, it didn't take long for me to realise that I had married an alcoholic. However, with no …