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Time 0:03:04 Transcript My childhood was in Nairobi, Kenya where my first memories are of growing up with loving parents doting neighbors and children of my age. I lived in a flat with my parents and my brother. The big house had five other flats and all of my neighbors doted on the only little …
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… September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of … We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to come to a new country, not knowing the language, not having work and … a good education and opportunities has prevailed. We are fortunate to have parents who worked so hard to make ends meet, soldiered through …
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… married Joanna Savard and lives in Welland, Ontario. Joanne and Rick have four children - Adam, Alexander, Andreas and Alyssa. Mary Jozwiak … Road in Welland Ontario. John Yarosh, born Joannes Jarosz on January 26, 1905 in the village of Dubowce, Tarnopol, Austria, to Terentius …
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… Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to Toronto where I was met by my aunt who … retire and sold the company to the couple who lived next door and they have continued to run it with great success. …
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… the Old Testament to her grandfather on Sundays. As soon as he dozed off, Karline read the New Testament however, this pleasure was brief as, Grandfather's cane and berating voice quickly forced her to resume reading the Old Testament. Karline … as they required less maintenance. Always eager to learn the latest techniques and methods she attended courses on Applied Household …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … War II, was slowly approaching the port of Halifax, N.S. Our family of four was part of a group of hundreds of immigrants assembled tightly at … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking …
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… 1951 on the ITALIA (Aquila). They arrived in Halifax (Pier 21) on June 26, 1951. They all departed Halifax by train heading to Toronto where most started their lives. Lorenzo came to Canada to have a better life for his family since life was very hard in post war … said “Italy is my birth mother but Canada is my adopted mother”. “You have to love the one that raised you more.” My mother passed away on …
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… In Canada, early scholarship focused on the settlement of the Canadian West. As a field of study, immigration history in both countries … their own community halls, parishes, businesses and banks maintain a high rate of “institutional completeness.” Breton asserts that smaller …
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… year. July 1, 2024 marked 25 years since we opened our doors, welcoming visitors to the National Historic site that would become today’s … concluded its run here at the Museum in January, and in April of 2026, travels to the Joseph Brandt Museum in Burlington, Ontario, the …