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Maria Pia Mastrangelo Born in Oratino, Italy in October, 1934. Arrived at Pier 21 on January 15, 1953 aboard the Italian Liner Saturnia. I immigrated to Canada together with my Mother Rosa and my brother Giovanni, to join my father Michele in Ottawa who landed at Pier 21 exactly one year before. It …
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Tribute to the Lives of: Madame Mirdza Grikis Dambergs and Nickolajs (Nick) Dambergs Former ballet students, wishing to recognize the extraordinary life of Madame Mirdza Dambergs, an accomplished Prima Ballerina and teacher, along with her husband Nick, who also made a tremendous contribution to …
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Nikolajs Dambergs brought his family to Canada as a final flight from the oppressive powers of World War II. He brought with him his mother Emilija, his wife Mirdza (Mme Dambergs of Halifax ballet fame) and three children. In Halifax he found the freedom and peace which was stolen from him in his …
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Gerhard Sommer …
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Rocco DiRisio …
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Antonio and Mariannina Battaglia …
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My mother and father, Lawrence J. Hebert, met when the troops were being gathered in Lincolnshire in preparation for D-Day. My cousin, Joan Chudley, said there were men everywhere - sleeping in barns, beside roads and so on. She said on D-Day, early in the morning, the bombers took to the air. When …
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Francesco Nocera …
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Marie Uldall, Carl J. Madsen …
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Giovanni e Grazia Criminisi …