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… that time, I had my feelers out in different countries – France, South Africa, Australia, and England, but I could not get the … to get married before we left Holland, but the closer it came to the day of getting married and leaving the country for Canada, a sudden …
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… Parry Sound, Ontario. Recently my wife and I were on a bus trip (15 days) that ended up in Halifax. We were told about Pier 21. Since I am … in my nickel's worth as to ‘how, why, and what for' I wanted to come to Canada. I worked for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven … that time, I had my feelers out in different countries - France, South Africa, Australia, and England, but I could not get the …
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… the next train home. But this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I felt the British could get on without me for another three …
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… (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was created by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to coincide with the Canadian … Museum, and to connect our existing visitors with other aspects of the city’s present and past. The basic theme of the exhibit is that figure … and citizens took up as a suitable use of the storied Commons of the city. (Aside: one of the builders featured in Perfect Landings is Joe …
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… DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring or early summer of 1951. Johan grew up in … Johan under his control over night. He made Johan an offer; either come home with him for the night or spend the night locked up in a room in the immigration shed. Johan didn't have any problem figuring out that going home with …
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… to death during his interment at the labour camp (he hid under his bed a bag of acorns which were normally fed to pigs to fatten them, … these early years. There was never any animosity towards Germans. He said that they were "fair" that if you earned a dollar, then you would … with little to welcome someone who had been away from his beloved city and vineyard in San Martino di Colle. There was an enormous amount …
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… describing Canada as the land of milk and honey, felt that the best thing to do was to go overseas. The voyage across the Atlantic on … below deck. Our mother suffered seasickness for the entire ten-day trip. The Zuiderkruis docked at Pier 21 on February 12, 1952. I was … away at seventy-years young. Our father is now eighty-three and has said many times over the years he would never return to Holland. Canada …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: Thursday, November 11, 1954 Age on Arrival: 16 My dad Stefano Paoli at the tender age of 16 left his small town of Vallelonga (CZ) in Calabria Italy to join my grandfather Vincenzo and my uncle Vito Paoli who …
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… 2022) The Historical Thinking Project ( www.historicalthinking.ca ) points to the importance of taking of historical perspectives as part … for the historical Acadians, amid a “single people”, there are many points of view. Some people felt that they could take an oath to the …
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… that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May 2012 to discover this lovely email from a gentleman in … give me as to where they might be would be gratefully received. With best regards Malcolm Lewendon After reading Malcolm’s email, I began to …