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… May 6 to October 27, 2013 Who we are is shaped by where we live. Where … essence of the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Migrating Landscapes . Visit us from May 30 to November 11, 2013 to experience how migrations, … memories. Curated by Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture and Jae-Sung Chon, Migrating Landscapes was Canada’s 2012 entry to the prestigious …
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… May 1954 As recounted to my daughter Grace - on my behalf. I married my husband Frank, before we … standing in for Frank - we became married by proxy. The following May, escorted by a family who were friends of my parents and who were … I left Italy to start my new life. Our passage was on a ship called 'La Roma' of the Lauro flotilla, and I arrived in Halifax on May 18th, …
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… watched illustrates the countless journeys that immigrants made and continue to make to come to Canada. It may have reminded you of your own family’s story. On … Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2020. Therefore most of what we will be relating refers to that long-ago era before the pandemic. As you may …
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… Glyn, Gomer, and one daughter Ceridwen. Before passing away Thomas wished Rosalind and the children to move to Canada where Rosalind's … They were called squatters on government land as the previous people may have been or may have placed a claim to the land with the idea of … The Rosalind Roberts Family …
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… MY FATHER - F/O Thomas Roberts [Bob] Millar RAAF Observer 422612 104 Squadron RAF Jan-July 1944 Foggia Main and 31 Squadron SAAF Aug-Oct 1944 Celone …
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… “My life story would not have played out… if it wasn't for the kindness …
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… My father Silvio Fiorita left Italy by air and arrived in Montreal in … for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … age 15, my brother Dionigi or Dan as he came to be known, age 8, and Laura, age 4 boarded the ship La Biancamano in August 1955. Filena …
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… Families 1956 The journey began with a trip to a luggage shop to buy 2 bags to hold … started soon after the Russian tanks ended all hope on November 4th, 1956. Now it was mid-December. We had spent the evenings of the … her husband and daughter were going, which gave mother the courage to join in this trek to the unknown. It was decided that the five of us …
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… Vandekamp was born on March 31, 1908. His name was Wounter v.d. Kamp, later changed to Walter Vandekamp. He arrived in Halifax in March of … decided to sell his property and to go back to the Netherlands for a visit. After returning to Canada, he again worked for Grauers. When Canada declared war on Germany in 1939 he joined the Seaforth Highlanders and was sent to Truro, Nova Scotia. …
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… An Immigrants Story and Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II Gentlemen, Sixty years ago, … in Greece where he had been serving in the Italian forces commencing May 23, 1940, was mobilized and sent to the front on June 9, 1940 , demobilized and returned home to Chieti Italy along with the 14th regiment infantry on November 18, 1940. The 14th infantry was …