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… Hartman, Martin Markus’ friend had the proper departure documents to come to Canada. Instead of going to Canada, Emery had decided to travel …
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… that I studied at night. The owner of the books studied them in the daytime. I created my own grammar book and learned words, which I felt, … had no opportunity to attend school and study English since she had a daytime job and took care of all the household work as well. She … We now enjoy our retirement and look back with nostalgia to that day when we first saw Pier 21 and Canada, the land of promise for so …
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… would not move around and not being allowed out on deck because of the bad weather. We were all seasick and I remember the kindness of the … later I was to discover we sailed across on the tail end of a hurricane. One of my first memories in landing in Halifax and leaving the … Dundas. (I can only imagine the horror my mother must have felt that day). However it all turned out well with a happy reunion in Dundas and …
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Freerk and Ebeltje Jansma (Van Der Laan) from Amsterdam, The Netherlands arrived at Pier 21 on July 12, 1954 aboard the Waterman with their daughter Gerda and son Jan. Geraldine (Gerda) married George Zwaagstra on July 27, 1957. See George S and Geraldine G Zwaagstra > See Sjouke and Anna …
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Born 1918 in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba died 1996. The fourth child to John Gillis Thompson and Gudrun Thordis Gudmundson. He was a Golden glove boxer in Manitoba and this was where he got his nick name “Rocky”. A name he was called his whole adult life. He enlisted in the Princess Patricia Infantry …
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… when she and Patrick were put into isolation with others. “We were a day and a half out to sea when a little girl got meningitis,” wrote … we made it work.” If the war brides as a group had a catch phrase I can’t think of anything better than “making it work”. “When we arrived … after a long week in quarantine they boarded the train and their new Canadian lives began. “We left the hospital and boarded the train to …
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… Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video … was added: digital stories. Working with facilitators from Community Story Strategies, we offered digital storytelling workshops across Canada. Newcomers from ten cities in six provinces and one territory participated …
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… the Red Cross and other organizations) as far as Truro by car -- next day up through New Glasgow, Antigonish, and the ferry crossing at …
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… for Montreal leaving Tiny and the two girls in Holland. Within ten days of arriving in Calgary, Arie had three job offers. He was … Following the immigration process, they boarded a train for a 3-4 day journey to Edmonton. Arie and Tiny Bor have lived in a variety of …
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… married in a civil ceremony on Oosterhout on September 16, 1952. Two days later Mr and Mrs Mass boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their eight days or so was rather eventful, as the newly married couple was … officials to move onto Flin Flon Manitoba for employment. At this point Toon, with a railway ticket issued by the Canadian Embassy in the …