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Alfonso Di Pietro …
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Teresa Fantin …
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Stories in Dutch 15 April 1953, na twee uuur slapen werden wij weer op geropen om de groten overtocht te aan vaarden. Just en op afgesproken tijd arriveer de Roetje Geelens toring wagen 7:15 begon den aftochd. Voor de Neerse kerk werd nog afscheid genomen van heer Kapelaan Haenen en pater Sillekens …
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Stories in Dutch On 15 April 1953, after two hours of sleep, we were called up to begin the voyage. Right on schedule, the Roetje Geelens intercity bus arrives. At 7:15 the voyage begins. In front of the church in the town of Neer, we bid farewell to Mr. Kapelaan Haenen and Father Sillekens, and …
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Children August 1, 1953 - Waterman We left Holland on July 24, 1953 and arrived in Halifax August 1, 1953 – my parents and sister (who was 4 at the time) and myself (10 years of age). The voyage for my mother was not one of the greatest moments in her life. Holland had had a huge flood that year …
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Children September 30, 1952 – Groote Beer (The following are my recollections, whether that be original or from hearing stories from my parents, about the trip from the Netherlands to Burdett, Alberta.) Housing in the Netherlands was terrible. My parents and three children (I was the youngest at …
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William Hodgson Bowser …
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Karl Nelson Boyd …
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Charles L. and Marion E. Boydell …
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Mum’s story Our mother, Janet Black Thomson, was born 10 January, 1922 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. She was the youngest of four children born to Elizabeth and William Thomson, a tailor and staunch Presbyterian. Called “Nettie” by family members, she grew up as the much-cherished ‘baby’ …