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… On December 31, 1958, Zio Mimi took us to Naples where we were to start a new voyage and adventure to our new home somewhere over … train. I remember my mother instructing us as to what groceries to buy. I bought bread and held it so tight that by the time I got to the …
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… Five of us, who were making the voyage, set out by foot and bicycle from Trevignano to … $20 as part of the fee we paid to cross the Atlantic Ocean. I knew to buy food for the 2-day train ride from Halifax to Niagara Falls, …
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… (My Husband) Natale Leardi His recollection of his experience on emigrating follows. Leaving family and friends at age 17, he and his mother Assunta Leardi left … do in exchange for her giving him 1,000 Lire ($1.50) a day so he could buy coffee, cigarettes, and whatever else that amount would cover of …
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… dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a pallor into the cheek, And a mist before the eye." … meaning for me than for most people, although it may be in a different way from the meaning the poet had when he wrote the poem. To me those …
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… My parents married in 1951 and managed to save enough money to buy a house in 1953 for $15,000 and 3 mortgages. They went on to have …
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… A brave little boy named Peep Aljas spent his first days in Canada under quarantine. … looked to get them as far from Europe as possible, he explained. They were fortunate to be accepted to immigrate to Canada to join his future … wastepaper basket. Not much to enable a conversation.” Not unlike the way many of us are measuring our days in meals and snacks, childhood …
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by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 21, 2021) “Conditions are so much different out here from what you have in the East” Immigration Facilities at Victoria, British Columbia The history of immigration facilities at the port of Victoria, British Columbia, extends from the mid-nineteenth …
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… on the boat lost a few pounds to seasickness, etc. The custom agents were friendly and very helpful to speed up the processing of the new … our final destination. The train would stop at some stations on the way for a period of 1-2 hours to enable passengers to stretch and buy some food, which would last to the next stop. There were no eating …
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… John Conlan was born in Clonlara, Co. Clare, Ireland on April 2, 1912. He became an electrician while working in Ardnacrusha on the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme which was completed …
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… of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice sailor like me, … me three miserable days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off my misery was to ask for a job in the ship’s … about him being related to the famous Scottish poet. Robert, by the way, does write Christmas poems to me. As a miracle, a life-long wish …