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… Holland to Canada as told to me by my mother and father. I do have some memories of the journey though I was only 3 years old. Before … size of the packing crate. There was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us … Father could work and we lived in a former tobacco barn. Dad white-washed the inside walls, there was a sand floor, we had wooden crates …
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… Lesum where it was a gathering camp for immigrants and displaced persons (now referred to as ‘refugees') from there we were eventually … employment office which gave you the opportunity to work wherever you wished. I chose to pay in advance because in the first 3 months, I … for more than 50 years. I live in New Brunswick and every time I visit Halifax N.S. I always feel it is my duty to Pier 21. I would like …
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… he tried to find a job. At one point he became quite discouraged as someone asked him how he expected to find a job as he did not know the … new home. A year and a half later, Quinto went back to Tuenno for a visit. This is when he met Rita Leonardi. Rita was also from Tuenno, she grew up in a house not far from Quinto's. She had a very large family of 8 brothers and 4 …
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… think I have enough information” to “they arrived through Quebec City so you wouldn’t have anything for me here." However, while it helps to … arsenal. Before giving you some helpful hints to prepare you for your visit, here is a quick rundown of some of the records we are currently able to access. We have access to records for all Canadian and most United States ports of arrival, as well as some …
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… Transcript Screen Text SETTING THE TABLE: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities Screen text with audio I was born in the countryside…in the … and Community Screen text with audio (EB) MEMORY Food “is much more for us than a necessity of our physical being: it defines who we are … Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities …
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… Trace Your Roots Just as Pier 21 was a new start for nearly one million immigrants, a journey into your family history could also begin here at the Scotiabank Family History Centre. Visit In Person: Every visitor who enters the Scotiabank Family History … for someone arriving in Canada before 1865 are low, as there are no comprehensive lists. 1865 - 1935: Canada started keeping immigration …
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… trade and had real estate. Rosalind, by trade, was a seamstress and also nursed the sick. She married Thomas Charles Roberts of Garn, … Glyn, Gomer, and one daughter Ceridwen. Before passing away Thomas wished Rosalind and the children to move to Canada where Rosalind's … did sewing. On April 6, 1929, Rosalind at the age of 35 along with her four children, Idwal 16, Glyn 12, Ceridwen 10 and Gomer 5, departed …
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… 422612 104 Squadron RAF Jan-July 1944 Foggia Main and 31 Squadron SAAF Aug-Oct 1944 Celone Foggia My RAAF father was born in Sept. 1916 … 1944 [my memory is not clear enough to be exact on dates], Bob came to visit me in hospital in Naples. The Allied landing at Anzio was … Bob apparently noticed my name on the list of casualties & hence the visit. Bob was a very dear friend & I admired him greatly & was deeply …
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… “I know this door”, the thought was almost overwhelming. Somehow I has been mentally catapulted back in time almost 47 years and … somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a temporary … studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Given my age (twenty four) and the fact that I was coming to a new country, a new school, a …
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… . He had immigrated to Canada in 1951 and returned to his hometown to visit his mother who was seriously ill. When it came time for Mario to … they decided to keep in contact. They wrote letters to each other for four years. Nives often said that she was destined to immigrate to … Department of National Health and Welfare in Rome and was granted a visa to come to Canada. With the airline ticket that Mario had bought …