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… start a successful automotive business, Mass Motors will be remembered my many foreign car enthusiasts from the 1960- 70's in Halifax. In 1967 …
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… Teresa, e Marisa Bozzo / An Immigration Story It all began back in the beautiful, medieval town of Donnici Superiore, Cosenza, Calabria, … married Teresa Canale (born June 9, 1928) on January 28, 1951. During the Christmas season the happy couple welcomed their firstborn, Marisa, … proud bisnonna of five great grandchildren. I am extremely proud of my Italian/Canadian heritage. Marisa Bozzo Sdao (written 2020 10 21) …
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… (My Husband) Natale Leardi His recollection of his experience on … Two days after arriving in Downsview (now North York, Ontario) to join his sisters who were already in Canada, and thanks to his …
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… I am writing this story on behalf of my late husband, Dr. William H. Holland. He was born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands on January 4th, 1926 and was educated by the Jesuits in Nijmegen where he attended … but there was no more proud and grateful Canadian. Written by: Mrs. Joan Holland …
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… to do so would decide to emigrate. Our mother’s parents forced her to come to Canada and marry a cousin. It was an arranged marriage. She …
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… before proposing a marriage and immigration abroad. Toon and Trees (the common Dutch form of their names) were married in a civil ceremony … of becoming Canadian! More proud Canadians cannot be found than my parents, and I believe this is what makes Canada such a rich country. …
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… it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the … across Canada. Biography: Gwendoline Goodey was born in Hampshire, England in 1920 at the Bordon Military Camp where her father was posted with the British Army. During the Second World War, the Canadian forces used Bordon as a military base. …
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… Our family story begins with my great-grandfather Nicodemo Piccolo. It amazes our family to this … make a better life for his family. We understand that he attempted to come to Canada many times but failed without the proper documents. …
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… aboard the ship called the Saturnia, through Halifax Pier 21. Our Mom, my brother and myself followed ten months later leaving from Genoa aboard the ship … and had beautiful families. We cannot think of anywhere else we would want to live and grow up. Thank You Canada …
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… town, was a mill town, um, and the mill at that time was run by MacMillan Bloedel, and other than these eighty acres, all of the land … of me that still sees this as a, as a believable response to the conditions that we face today. I mean, we saw the, uh, problems—global … Photograph of Peter Seixas splitting logs on the farming commune in Powell River, British Colombia, 1970-1973. Credit: Canadian …