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… it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the boys and they took them to a big … as a military base. Gwendoline met and married one of the Canadian soldiers stationed there. Gwendoline’s husband returned to Canada in early …
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… stopped at the following ports: New York, Boston, Halifax-Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona, Cannes, Genoa, Palermo, Naples, Patras, Venice …
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… Lina and Vincenza and I left Naples on March 8, on a clear and sunny day. The trip was without incident until we were midway through our … that we had a cabin 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 … 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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… my mother told me that our land is almost takes over by the Burmese soldiers. My family started to move in Canada. When I am in Canada …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to … we liked that because we didn’t feel lonely so we feel that we had company. And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had … with cheese— like fresh cheese—also from Colombia. So we liked coming to the house and having that type of food. Oral History …
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… summer to help the family budget. Like many immigrant children, I attended St. Ann's Elementary School and then went on to Cathedral Boys High … from Western's law school in 1974. In May, I started working as a student at the Hamilton law firm of Agro, Cooper, Zaffiro, Parent, Orzel & … were establishing themselves in Canada. Italians certainly have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Canada. My only hope is …
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… led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member … the country that he wanted to make a new start here. My father had to come to Canada in 1946 via Sweden and New York in Cargo Freighters …
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… house. It was filled with family portraits and china that had come from England as well as her paintings of Nova Scotia. She served … she was walking in Hyde Park with her dog. A few handsome Canadian soldiers walked past, and she coyly unleashed her dog and yelled to the soldiers to catch him. That’s how she met my grandfather. I do not know if …
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… the Soods got transferred first to Kenya and then emigrated to Canada, arriving in 1969. “They packed up what they could and basically … except us,” says Deepa Sood who was four when her parents emigrated to Canada, staying with family in Calgary before making their way to Nova … the company stretches from coast to coast. “I can remember, to this day, seeing Donald Sobey walking to work. He had a suit on, and he’d …
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… worked in the new Michelin tire plant. Daxa attended the Nova Scotia Community College for book-keeping and secretarial administration. She …