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… to our granddaughter Jennifer who encouraged me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name … I joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. After manning depot in Quebec City, wireless school in Montreal, Gunnery training at Mont Joli I … Air gunner.) I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in March, 1942. When we set sail for Britain there were still snow patches and a tired, dreary …
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… I met my "husband to be," Albin Carl Norlander outside the YMCA in Sheffield whilst he was on a visit to relatives of an army … landing training, he left with his Loyal Edmonton Regiment to join other allied forces for the invasion of Sicily and the long struggle up … Brides, my family waved good-bye as the local bus to Sheffield went pass my former home transporting myself, and my baby son, accompanied …
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… Act introduced in 1976. The preamble of the new measures clearly set out the objectives of Canadian immigration law, including family …
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… Nancy Archibald, a War Bride, lives in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in …
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… The Immigration Story of Lorenzo Cosentino (Italian immigrant) Lorenzo … 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 … to Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake to work in the mines to make a better pay. After two years of saving money and working hard, he called his …
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… day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in Canada. My husband and children totally surprised me by having my … thereafter, Ruth became very ill. Some kind of people looked after her. By a miracle, she found us in Kublitz by Stolp, Pommem. I was sick, close to death … The Otto Froese Family …
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… individuals, or 37 percent of the movement, chose to resettle in Canada. [1] The Netherlands experienced a surplus of farmers after the Second World War … of terminal or transfer station, and the number of the train and the car. The railway ticket was usually paid for in advance. The immigrant …
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… was Ineke’s 6th birthday. The last morning everyone got up early to see land approaching. We were to arrive at 6 A.M., It seemed to take a … in the harbour. In Rotterdam large cranes and hoists were used, but here in Halifax ropes, pulleys and manpower moved the freight. Leaving … We remember being separated as a family, women and children on one side of the ship, men and young boys on the other side of the ship. I …
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… Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes . Rather than being a detailed tour of the exhibition in itself, the tour used parts of the … to be able to come and talk with us about how we think about the past and how we relate that to specific studies and exhibitions. … Museum’s Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes exhibition. Credit: © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Credit: © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca …
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Henning and Anne-Lise Larsen …