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… and I and our 11- mouth old daughter arrived in Quebec City, Canada. We decided to leave our homeland of the Netherlands for a better life … Some unscrupulous venders aware of this kept hounding my parents to buy more of their goods and it would not surprise me if one of them, a …
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… My family is originally from Hardenberg in the Netherlands, and we immigrated to Canada in 1953. We left Rotterdam on April 15th of … a woman behind me called to a man standing next to me: "Get that boy away from there" ["Haal die jongen daar weg"], which the woman then …
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… He came on the Waterman. He began writing to Mary VanBysterveldt and went to Holland to marry her. They entered Canada through Pier 21 on … for $2000. We lived on the farm while trying to raise the money to buy it. Besides working the farm our rent was to pay the school tax: …
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… Born in Kortenhoef on December 12, 1929 to Cornelia Maria van Wijk-Goes and … boarded a train to join her husband-to-be in Ottawa where they were married within one month of arrival in Canada. Following marriage, … he was sponsored by a Canadian citizen to work on a farm near Barry's Bay. After he had worked there for about one year and had fulfilled all …
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… commenced on the afternoon on a pleasant spring day March 2nd,1954. We were transported from our home in Trevignano by a horse driven cart … The following day March 4, 1954 was a clear but windy day. We made our way to the docks where we were processed by the customs authorities and …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Ukraine Ship Name: Andania Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: … and arrived in Halifax on June 4, 1928. From there, they made their way as a family to Rama, Saskatchewan to start their new life. With the money they had, they were able to buy a small farm. As the three sons got older, it became evident that …
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… Rosevale Street Primary School, ranking 3rd in my class. As a young boy I played soccer in the streets of Partick. I completed a 6 year … and promised to care for us and together they had my half-sister. We were on coupons but thanks to the Canadian Merchant Navy ships we …
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… Halifax to Halifax and Points West By Dorothy Schofield McIlveen On the morning of June 20, …
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… Our family landed at Pier 21 on the Aquitania in December, 1948. There were four of us, my mother and father, my little sister Tina, age 3 and … keep us girls safe from all the bombing. Half of our house was bombed away at the beginning of the war, luckily we were in the other half and …
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… GEERT (GEORGE) AND GEESJE (GE) WESTERHUIS -LUNSHOF FAMILY April 2022 On February 23, 1951 Geert and … being picked up by a bus that was filled with other immigrants on our way to Rotterdam in order to board the S.S. VOLENDAM. It had been a …