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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … Edward and Helen Ruff left a tumultuous Crimea with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … Edward and Helen Ruff left a tumultuous Crimea with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York …
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… Life in Uganda - The Ismaili Community Time 0:01:32 Transcript Umeeda Switlo (US): When we were … in many ways. Lots of religious events, the Aga Khan would come and visit. It was very exciting. A beautiful mosque with lovely stairs … things and um, I think we really enjoyed our life in Uganda. Reasons for Leaving - Gendered Violence (Content Warning) Time 0:01:30 …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … Edward and Helen Ruff left a tumultuous Crimea with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … Edward and Helen Ruff left a tumultuous Crimea with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York …
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… My Pier 21 Story Elizabeth Heinz, Nanaimo, BC 24 August 2015 For the past 120 years, my extended family has had the privilege of … it was to find refuge as new immigrants, depart for military service, visit for pleasure or pilgrimage; the iconic Pier continues to have a … Edward and Helen Ruff left a tumultuous Crimea with their four children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York …
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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 …
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… to make his own way in a country that held a certain kind of mystic for him. Father initially departed from the port of Hamburg on the S.S. … that he had of that event to me as a young woman. Once immigration formalities were completed, Father was surprised and happy when he and … given a grocery bag filled with staples such as bread, meat and cheese for the long train journey that they were about to embark. If there was …
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… truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … with my father. Fate had a different road for me to travel. We had a visitor, one Nick Verbruggen, a bulb salesman who traveled extensively … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
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… truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … with my father. Fate had a different road for me to travel. We had a visitor, one Nick Verbruggen, a bulb salesman who traveled extensively … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …