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… and on the 20th we went to Rotterdam and boarded the Groote Beer to go to Canada and start our lives together. The food was good on the ship, what I mostly remember are the fresh fruits that … newlyweds. The weather was bad and ocean was rough, a lot of people got seasick, including us, sometimes it was so bad we could not get out …
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… allowing the crew to take on coal and water for the steam engine, as well as huge blocks of ice which, when they melted, provided drinking … “Thanks to a word of advice from my Aunt Edith Hitman, mom and dad had brought a kettle along with them on the train. It seemed that none of the other passengers had had the foresight to do so, and therefore our family’s kettle was …
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… of Toronto. I loved all my teachers, however, on I must mention. Had it not been for the dedication of Mr. M.G. Sillery who taught us … By Catherine Cannon The history of the Cannon family of Marquis is so closely linked with that of the LaLonde family that I cannot think …
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… think I have enough information” to “they arrived through Quebec City so you wouldn’t have anything for me here." However, while it helps to have a full name and birth year to get us started … records for all Canadian and most United States ports of arrival, as well as some European departure records. We often use census records …
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… the morning, before going to work, Dad weeded, pruned and planted. We had to help in order to learn manual work and to instil a love for nature. He … the discipline instilled in us were strictly obeyed. We were pretty well behaved most of the time not counting putting caterpillars down …
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… I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, … is shining and the sky looks so huge. That was the first impression I had of Canada, May 25th, 1945. I was 6th of 10 children; my father was … Warrant Officer Jack E. Mills …
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… Pasquale Iolanda Teresa e Rose Cuda …
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… which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … old RCAF Air Gunner who lost his life over France on July 14th, 1944 while serving with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried … the communal cemetery in the small French community of Ancerville. I had been waiting for some time to write this story and could never find …
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… which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … old RCAF Air Gunner who lost his life over France on July 14th, 1944 while serving with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried … the communal cemetery in the small French community of Ancerville. I had been waiting for some time to write this story and could never find …
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… which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … old RCAF Air Gunner who lost his life over France on July 14th, 1944 while serving with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried … the communal cemetery in the small French community of Ancerville. I had been waiting for some time to write this story and could never find …