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… , was a soldier in the Canadian Army on leave in London and planned to visit his Hewitt Family relatives in Arbroath Scotland. One night Mary …
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… boarded the Queen Frederica in Genoa, Italy to join her husband in Canada. Not knowing when she would see them again, saying good-bye to … loaf of white sliced bread, a can of sardines and a jar of strawberry jam. Being accustomed to the Italian crusty bread, my mother did not … my parents lived with Zio Rinaldo and his family.Their first child, Jack, was born on October 16, 1958 - my brother was made in Italy, but …
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… had arrived in Formosa. The following weekend Cor and Nico went to visit the Remkes family. The family soon moved to Carlsruhe and then to …
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… am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate … that our parents came to this country. When my husband and I went to visit Pier 21 in 2000 and had their names placed on the Sobey Wall of …
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… I visited Halifax Nova Scotia on July 15, 2003 where I spent an interesting morning touring and researching my arrival to Canada on the ship - Vulcania. We docked in Halifax on an overcast day … the time by playing with his sister and other children, by regularly visiting the bar for an orange drink, with money he had found, probably …
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… Time 0:04:22 Transcript When people ask me about my immigration story, the first picture that comes into my mind is the snowstorm. It was January 2010, my first trip … I experienced, knowing how difficult the life would be for newcomers, I am offering landing service, helping other immigrants to … Learn from Life in Canada by Lily …
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… Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … above where passengers disembarked, were written the words “Welcome Home to Canada.” The Welcome Home to Canada sign, visible from the …
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… men. The women and children were given the staterooms. Tullio would visit his father to get some relief from seasickness. The ship sailed …
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… the train made numerous stops and had long waits in nowhere. Every chance we had when the train stopped at a station, my travel … wife and I will be traveling across Canada some day, our plans are to visit Pier 21 in Halifax, NS. Surely it will bring back many memories …
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… for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … ‘storo’. This led to some confusion when Filena returned to Italy on a visit and realized that even her language had changed. Filena and … of their parents and grandparents. Dan, their only son, was to become in 1985 the first foreign-born Canadian to be named Canadian …