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… March 1956 My mother Angela Stagliano, My Sisters Lina and Vincenza and I left Naples on … down below and I slept on the top of a bunk bed when all of a sudden there was a crashing noise as if the ship had hit something. I fell to … arrive to Toronto. There we met my father who was already here having come to Canada in 1951. He hugged me and raised me to his chest and …
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… to stretch and buy some food, which would last to the next stop. There were no eating facilities on the train. We had to be careful how … In those days you were on your own after your admittance to Canada, there were no social programmes. After the long trip, plus sleeping on … in Toronto on October 31, at 6 o'clock in the morning. No one was there to meet us, however, coffee was handed out by Phillip Canada Corp. …
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… we immediately had to board a train. It was to bring me to Hamilton, where a government job awaited me. However, as fate would have it, I got off the train in Montreal and have lived there ever since. In 1958, I married Helga Detje, who had emigrated with her mother, Gertrud Detje, from Hamburg, Germany in 1953. Together we …
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… their seven children left the town of Grijpskerk, Groningen in The Netherlands and traveled by car to Rotterdam. The children, Wiebrand, Heintje, Trijntje, Johannes, … was left to raise the remaining seven children on her own. In 1968, she married Klass Bouwknegt and they lived in Aylmer until Wiebrigje …
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… Leaving the United States CMIP 21 · Decision to Come to Canada Time 0:01:51 Transcript They advertised in one of the … the Canadians offered me a job. And that's ultimately, those factors combined to get me here. Oral History 07.03.02RA with Richard Allon … Decision to Come to Canada - Richard Allon …
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… How can I share my story? You can share your story by filling out the online Story Form. Is there a deadline by which to share my story? There is no deadline for …
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… In 1947 I felt that there was not much future for me in Ireland as the economy was very … immigrate to Canada. My mother decided to accompany me to Vancouver as she had a sister living there. After two medical tests I was told we …
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… My husband Cpl. James Reid Paton arrived two days ahead of me on the Ile de France, a troop ship. I sailed from Liverpool. … who were transported CPR we were put on trains and sent CN north. We say nothing but trees and lakes. Not a living soul along the way, only … we got closer to inhabited areas, little towns etc., the locals would come and wave to us. Sometimes the train would stop and some of the …
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… One of my favorite questions to ask visitors here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to … told my family that I would be leaving home. My mother looked at me - she was in tears. “Do you know where Canada is? How long do you think …
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… Transcript Both my parents were born in Belfast. During the troubled times resulting in the partition of Ireland, many found refuge by … found themselves unemployed and out of money. They managed to obtain passage back to Ireland where I was born on Nov. 11, 1934. My father … at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it …