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  • Janet Thomson Boyle, daughter Beth
      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’ …
  • Flora M. Leslie and Edgar S. Boyes
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  • Silvio, Teresa e Marisa Bozzo
    Silvio, Teresa, e Marisa Bozzo / An Immigration Story It all began back in the beautiful, medieval town of Donnici Superiore, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy when Silvio Bozzo (born April 8, 1918) married Teresa Canale (born June 9, 1928) on January 28, 1951. During the Christmas season the happy couple …
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  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    BRAIN, Keith - Immigration Story Written by father Mark Brain Mark, Edna and Keith Brain’s Journey to Canada November 8, 1948. My wife Edna and I and our eleven months old son, Keith, left the mining village of Wheatley Hill, Durham and travelled by train to Southampton where we were to board the …
  • Riccardo Cacciotti
    Riccardo was born in Carpineto, Romano Italy on January 1, 1952. He left Naples on May 21, 1952 at the age of four months with his father Florimondo and mother Rosa. They sailed from Naples to Halifax on the Conte Biancamano. He arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on May 31, 1952. Riccardo Cacciotti …
  • Donato Cafazzo and Carmela Vivolo
    Donato Cafazzo and Carmela Vivolo …

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