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… 1957 in Marydale, NS where they purchased a farm. They had decided to come to Canada with the hope of owning their own farm. Many relatives came from Holland to visit us at the Maas farm. One of the favorite places to take visitors was the Cabot Trail. Mom & dad traveled throughout the world …
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… Recently I have returned from a trip to the East Coast and visited the tall ships in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Pier 21. What a … It was a sentimental time for me. It was of great interest for me to visit the museum and I saw the picture #7 of the Aquitania. I had …
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… married on Feb 9, 1937 (now Olga Harwood) and returned to Europe to visit her family aboard CP steamship lines ship the Duchess of York in … old to travel. She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and … get her Canadian citizenship and she always said those who choose to come to Canada must give Canada their undying gratitude and respect, …
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… Olive familiarized herself to a new way of life: without shops to visit daily and very few neighbours close by. Ralston and Olive settled …
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… He left his entire family - 4 sisters, 2 brothers and his father to seek a better life in Canada. He did not know if he would ever see his … to have been able to return to Italy a few times over the years to visit his family he left 50 years ago. …
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… War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field … II started in 1939. My sister was one, I was three and my brother was six. My father joined the army in 1940. My sister was two, I was four and my brother was seven. My father sailed from Halifax on the …
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… 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 … ago of Ahlzeimers disease at the age of 80. When I told him of my visit to Pier 21 last week and of the Sobey Wall of Honour, he …
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… do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this was our home. For … to the seats in the train, it was a big mess of dough. I also bought a can of peaches but we had nothing with which to open it. I cried and … riding on the train I had so many questions about that first trip. I wished my mother was still alive so I could ask how she handled our …
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… final place of refuge. In Nova Scotia he found the peaceful life he wished to have in Latvia. He established a new career as a research …
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… feel different. A few years later my family went back to Ethiopia to visit our extended family. When they took me to church, I didn’t know … When I want to work with other Africans I am defined by the country I come from or by the tribe my last name comes from. There is so much … myself with a tribe or a specific African country. I want to be known for my ideas and my beliefs. We cannot overcome poverty, corruption and …