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… a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a half on New Year’s Eve in … according to my stamped documents, December 31, 1955. My mother says it was very late at night. There were some nuns there who greeted … and gave my mother three rosaries -- one for each of us -- and welcomed us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have …
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… just close to Carberry. When the girls moved to Winnipeg, I would visit them on weekends. Their brother Joseph, would visit the girls too when he was hauling cattle. One time I didn’t have … the frog legs as a delicacy. I worked at the store and a museum there for 30 years. I raised five children. I now have 13 grandchildren, and …
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… I am a Pier 21 Alumni and I am pleased to say also a current member. I have been reluctant to tell my Pier 21 story … it was so much less interesting then the ones I heard about during my visit to the Pier21 Museum. I changed my mind after reading through the …
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… while waiting to be processed by the port authorities, I went to buy some bread and ham in order to make myself a sandwich, the bread was … I was met by my relatives at Union Station. Days later, I went to visit the nearest employment office to register my arrival. In January … travel and raising a family. I am thankful for the choice I made to come to this great country. Canada has given me opportunities and I …
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… no longer exists? While the Scotiabank Family History Centre at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not hold copies of all … records on microfilm , and information on all ports of entry into Canada. There remain some misconceptions about the nature of these … comprehensive book of names and signatures of every person who entered Canada through a port of entry. In the past, ship manifests and …
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… the young men of his era he served in World War I and was hospitalized for nine months in Prague after sustaining severe injuries to his back … a train to Ethelbert, Manitoba. They settled in the small rural community of Ukraina. When they arrived they had no home to live in. … In October, Anton and Zofia, with Julian driving, went to Ontario to visit their son Boleslaw (Bill) and his family, Anton's brother Bolek …
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… were on the first lap of our journey to Canada. On the journey down to Southampton we were quiet, each concealing the sadness we felt at … home town, friends and family. In my mind I imagined the wheels were saying, "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I wished, I had saved the money whilst working for Canadian Treasury …
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… of snow for sleighing and Cowboys and Indians lived there. WOW! It sounded like a great place to visit. Subsequently one day in August I found myself leaving home with … after leaving England, I went back to see my real parents for a short visit. I felt somewhat strange and uncomfortable with them, as they …
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… in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het Trefpunt", translated it means "Meeting … a job in Toronto as a messenger at the Imperial Bank of Canada. Gerald visited Holland in 1955 and 1957. He looked me up and something clicked … my birthday March 28 (I turned 28), we became engaged. I promised to come to Canada as soon as possible. I did not consider myself an …
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… (Michelangelo) left the small rural town of Provvidenti in the Campobasso region of Italy. We were heading for Naples to embark on a ship to join my father, Francesco Supino, and … over 30 years working in Canada and returned home very few years to visit. He retired to Italy just the year before we left. He helped us …