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… he knew in Zaleszyczyki, Poland. It meant a rough but exciting 8 day voyage on the ship The Pilsudski with his mother and sister - … What did Morris Ladenheim eventually learn about those who did not come to Canada? He learned of the murder of his grandparents by the …
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… and still are so it was not an item that was purchased much in those days. I started school in September and was tested to see what grade I … night for over a month. A kind teacher taught me English by having me come to her desk and starting with primary books she taught me the … to us but nothing will ever replace your original homeland. We all become Canadian Citizens and I served in the Canadian Armed Forces for a …
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… Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling …
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… fell sea sick for two days, oh that was so terrible, I thought I would die. We finally arrived in Halifax late evening. As we approached the …
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… Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling …
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… called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … closer to the family’s home, where the NFB had arranged a special stop with CN rail. He says, “We got on one door of the train, sat down, … The family moved around for a few years working on farms in various communities before finally settling in the village of River John, where …
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… called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … closer to the family’s home, where the NFB had arranged a special stop with CN rail. He says, “We got on one door of the train, sat down, … The family moved around for a few years working on farms in various communities before finally settling in the village of River John, where …
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… They built their home on the SE 19-41-24 (where they still reside today). Herb and Bernice have five daughters, four son-in-laws, seven … in Birch River the fall of 1998 and in September 2000 on her 89 birthday she moved to the Benito Health Centre where she resides to this day. …
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… arrived with her first born, a son who was just shy of his first birthday. He was a toddler and she carried him in her arms as she … wasn't good. I didn't like what I saw. I thought, what the heck have I come to? I took a train from Halifax to Ottawa with John, nobody met …
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… in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from the … away in 1984 at the young age of 60, and Dad passed in 1988, two days before his 68th birthday. Lovingly remembered through the following photo gallery: Engagement …