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… of my neighbors doted on the only little girl in this place. I felt completely free and a sense of belonging. When I was ten we moved to … of my family. When I was twenty, my parents found a marriage match for me. This was okay as that was a part of my culture and I consented; … take me on a tour of downtown. I was very excited and dressed in my latest London fashion. When we were driving home, he asked how I …
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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 … front section of the vessel. The large crowd was mostly silent, and so was our family. My father Pasquale, my mother Teresa, sister …
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… he decided to seek new adventures like many other boys and signed up for active duty in the Canadian Army much to the dislike of his Mother … be going to the front line. James, on some of his furloughs would visit relatives and friends in Scotland and England. During one of … to live there to this day. For more information on the Gregg family visit: www.crowsnest-highway.ca under communities - Sparwood, B.C. …
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… reconstruction period, the Canadian Government wanted to fulfill its commitments to England by providing a vast quantity of food supplies … number of household members. To purchase rationed goods, they would visit a store, present a coupon for butter, and pay the required price. What goods were being rationed at the time? In general, rationed …
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… and barely put his pen down until he finished on February 27, 2011, some 50 pages later. He knew the clock was ticking. Six months later, … as the Otrokovice airfield. The airfield was built in the mid-1920s by J.A Bata to manufacture aircraft, sailplanes, sports aircraft and to … then never seeing them again. After several weeks he had a surprise visit from his good friends Rudolfo and Ludmila Lociga. This couple …
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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 …
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… father was a farmer. He suffered a lot because the yield was not good for making a lot of money. One day, I went on a land visit with my father on his bicycle. That time my father told me that you become a researcher, not like me. After that I participate a lot in the … Search for Research by TD …
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… farm in Littleton when he wasn't in school, and he was the eldest of "four" as I am. His sister Clara and brothers Don and Bill were also … Young Elmo worked in the woods, toiled on the "mud skunk", and fished for a living. Dad had lots of stories to relate about those days … wartime years. His little black address book had hand drawn crosses beside the names of several comrades, and there was visible sadness …
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… He helped us appreciate how adversity brings out the best in a person. Dad grew up in Rodalben, a picturesque village in the Rheinland … By the turn of the twentieth century, the village had become a shoe-manufacturing centre, and every able-bodied person in the village … with their sack full of banknotes to buy anything they could at any price. In their frenzy, they paid millions of marks for cuckoo clocks, …
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… 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 … depart from their Motherland late in December 1944, to spend the next four years as D.P. in Germany. In February 1949, Karline and daughters …