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… Guidelines for Stories Word limit: 500 – 750 words Photo limit: 4 (high resolution) Stories cannot include logos, promotion, or links The Museum reserves the right to make small edits, and may redact any personally identifying information before publishing online Stories cannot be …
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… Italy Ship Name: Conte Biancamano Date of Arrival: November 11, 1954 Left Italy 2 November 1954, All Souls Day, arrived in Canada 11 … grandmother being part of the group it was expedited to 7 months. We visited often by bus, trains and later in 1958 I purchased a car and … seen for over 35 years and her son Uncle Anthony she hadn’t seen for 26 years with the wife Sarah and children all from Cleveland, Ohio. Of …
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… Sid B. Kelley …
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… MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, Canada along with my mother Maria and … Odi, Maria, Eliana, Fiorenza …
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… I am taken back, even more than fifty years; to the thrill of my first solo flight in a Fleet Finch biplane at Cape de la Madeleine, Quebec on a clear frosty winter afternoon. With heavy …
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… The Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect on 1 January 1947 under the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The act established Canadian citizenship as a distinct category and …
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… by Hiram and Ruth Dalrymple of Kennetcook, Nova Scotia. On September 19th, 1939, Walter married Margaret "Ellen" Blois of Gore. They resided … plaque was placed by Marilynn in honour of her father and in loving memory. "It was in West Gore when a soldier stopped to speak to me just … hardware store. The soldier asked if I would like to join the army. I told him I thought it would be a great idea. He took my name and …
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… NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … only 2 1/2 at the time so I don't remember too much. I came here with my family from Germany and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection …
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… star Italy Star France Germany Star Defense of Britain Medal CVSM (Can Volunteer Service Medal) Victory Medal … September 1939 war declared 1941 - Joined the Canadian Army and trained in Petawawa, Ontario August 1941 - Left … August 19 th , 1941 - Arrived in Scotland August-September - sent to south of England by train... stayed in Aldershot / Box Hill / Dorkin / …
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… NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … only 2 1/2 at the time so I don't remember too much. I came here with my family from Germany and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection …