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… Teresa DiGiandomenico (Rasetta) Pier 21 Immigration Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena … arrival. He was sponsored by his brothers Guido and Giovanni, who had come to Toronto by way of Belgium. Despite our fear of leaving our safe … everything Canada has given us. How far we’ve come from that first day when we got on the Vulcania to cross the Atlantic Ocean with dreams …
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… flag on the door and a guy there saying, “Are you Molloy?” “Yes.” “Come on with me.” And he said, “I’ll take you to the hotel.” And I … looking around and I hear from the back of the thing, “Well, did you—come here to look around Molloy or are you going to get to work?” So, … anyways. And so, what do we do? And a brilliant clerk who had come along had this—had brought along a numbering machine. You know—it …
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… to join my father, Carmine Perri and older brother, Giuseppe in Sault Ste. Marie. My father emigrated in 1948 via Montreal. I was a toddler … younger brother Egidio (Ed) and I were seasick, we spent most of the days in bed. As a result, to this day I refuse to ever go on a cruise. … woman and her brother who were traveling alone and going to Vancouver. She was so attached to my mother that people thought she was her …
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… card" they boarded the train leaving for Vancouver. It was a seven day journey at that time. Upon arrival in Vancouver they were met at … who had started their own business upon their arrival in Canada. She had come to know them through the immigration assistance group. Upon return …
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… be a “look and read” type of museum. In the Pier 21 exhibition and Canadian Immigration Hall, there are places for people to touch, sit, smell, put stuff together, and take stuff apart. Visitors can pack a suitcase, decorate a suitcase, add a patch to a virtual … _____? “I would have appreciated some info about Mennonites coming to Canada not just leaving for Mexico.” Comment Card 239 “It would be …
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… for safekeeping. Travelling by peasant’s carts, by trucks and by commandeered barge through the war-torn countryside of Poland, the … staff elected to remove the treasures to France. Szczerbiec, the medieval Polish coronation sword. Credit: Consulate of the Republic of … service in Europe. [7] From bewildered British children to wounded soldiers, from broken boxes spilling golden sovereigns and classified …
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… And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
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… And I’m like ‘I don’t remember doing these. That’s weird!’” A homecoming to help move house In 2020, with life disrupted by the pandemic, … preservation and its loss- is meaningful to Lee. Last year, her mother died; her father’s memories were becoming harder to access because of … “Since the time I found the objects and moved my parents out, my mom died. Now my father is in palliative care. Working on this show is very …
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… Second World War, brought by the international Refugee Organization. She came through Pier 21 in February 1949. Ausma was 8 years old when … She was obliged to read the Old Testament to her grandfather on Sundays. As soon as he dozed off, Karline read the New Testament however, …
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… ( nee Raulf ) Irmgard, Bertine, Henny, Lina was born on September 1st, 1915 in a little town in Germany called Bueckeburg. Her parents … university town of Goettingen. Irmgard remained an only child, a fact she repeatedly referred to as being very lonely. Nevertheless, she spent many happy holidays on her grandmother's farm where she played with her cousins in a …