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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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… Gregg was a War Bride born and living in South Wales. She was one of four siblings (Edward, Wil, Meghan, and Mary) born to Sarah and Gwilym Price. Mary worked in a munitions factory in London before and during … , was a soldier in the Canadian Army on leave in London and planned to visit his Hewitt Family relatives in Arbroath Scotland. One night Mary …
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… My husband-to-be was able to immigrate to Canada because he was sponsored by a Canadian citizen to work on a farm near Barry's Bay. After he had worked there for about one year and … Holland-America's Wilhelminakade Quay in Rotterdam. My two sisters, four brothers and I traveled to Rotterdam in the back of a truck owned …
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… May 1, 1952. We were told that it was the last voyage for this ship. Some joked and said the one before was probably its last completed … a night and I took a room, which had running water. On a recent visit to Winnipeg, I actually found the hotel still standing amidst more modern buildings, and dropped in just to look. The price had gone up since 1952 to $25 - sharing a bathroom, and for $5 …
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… America. However, before 1876, there was no inland rail link, and so the port was not particularly useful for passenger or cargo service … landing facilities, passengers were landed at Cunard’s wharf (just south of Pier 2) and examined at the North End railway station. [7] The … between the piers to reach the immigration quarters. [9] It was also easy for authorities to lose track of arrivals as Pier 3 was not a …
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… to interact with the public on a daily basis. There are numerous reasons behind coming to Pier 21, but there is something universal I hope … in helping me do my job, and to ensure you get the most out of your visit. I thought I would take a moment and share the reasons I prize questions so highly and why you should too. First, let’s explore …
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… Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war … own food. We did not need to buy bread, potatoes or vegetables. With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning …
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… an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … that Dad needed. On the 4th of April 1949, he was issued an Immigrant Visa in Rome by a Canadian Visa Officer named J.M. Bouchard. All Dad … per person. With embarkation taxes of 6,440 lire, the whole ticket price for all was 510,440 lire which in today's dollars would have …
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… an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … that Dad needed. On the 4th of April 1949, he was issued an Immigrant Visa in Rome by a Canadian Visa Officer named J.M. Bouchard. All Dad … per person. With embarkation taxes of 6,440 lire, the whole ticket price for all was 510,440 lire which in today's dollars would have …
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… Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war … own food. We did not need to buy bread, potatoes or vegetables. With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning …