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… I came to Canada in June 1962 to join my two brothers Gabriele and Vittorio who … trip as the weather was beautiful. We reached Gibraltar during the daytime but the ship stopped for a short time to allow passengers to … knows the way I feel I want to go back and never leave her. I want to die. But the train is running on To a city that I never saw before. I …
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… World War II broke out and was 14 when it finished. He remembered the day the Germans invaded Holland, the buzz of VI and VII bombs and the … money to his friend. He set sail for Halifax just after his 22nd birthday on March 22nd, 1953 aboard the Groote Beer (Big Bear). He had with … a room with 8 men and they all slept in bunk beds. On the fourth day out they hit a big storm and for 2 days only 200 people came to …
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… and affection that has stayed with me forever. My father immigrated to Canada in 1952, and then in May 30th, 1953, I took the journey that … Ocean most of the people at my dining table got sea sick. On the third day of the voyage, as I was going to dine, a sick lady approached me … the office. At this time I was very hungry and when she returned the can, I found out that she had opened it for me! I will never forget her …
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… we were served turkey, vegetables, sweet and ice cream. The next day we had soup, Pork and stuffing, apple sauce, a sweet and ice cream … would have liked more but after paying 40 pounds each boat fare and 26 pounds each train fare, we had very little money to spare for … past Victoria and into the Inner Harbour. We made the decision to come to Canada because there were so few career opportunities in the …
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… Isabella (Ella), and brother, Raeburn (Rae), especially after the death of their elder brother, Robert, in 1934. In 1940 she began … in the war and away from their own families to the Thomson home for Sunday dinner and Douglas, the 19-year-old Canadian, became a regular … at St. David’s on July 2 (the Sunday nearest Canada’s Dominion Day) wearing a robe made by one of Jan’s friends, cut from her own …
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… to Canada of bona fide agriculturalists who had sufficient means to commence farming in Canada. However, immigration remained prohibitive … refugee crisis, it focused its attention on the resettlement of soldiers’ dependents. The resettlement of war brides and their children … would be made for widows and children of Canadian servicemen who died abroad. Initially, the Department of Mines and Resources’ …
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… Our emotions were mixed; sadness, apprehension, excitement. Each day as we ate our meals first class passengers would stand and stare at … we saw more habitation and I must say I felt a sense of relief. Yet, today I love the wild places. As we disembarked from the train we were … still love the land of my birth and the people there. Canada gave me a chance to grow and widen my experiences and for that I am thankful. …
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… this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … remember with warmth was the fact that everybody I had met and had become temporary friends with in the college and the hostel was feeling … discomfort of life on board. With no pubs and only one cinema that I can recall, Halifax was never the most lively of towns and with troops …
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… while the wind and snow was whirling around our house near the Zuiderzee. The war came, we went to school and then occupation. Then the … to book passage. I went alone first so that my wife and child could come later after I was established. In Rotterdam (now one of the … dilapidated mining town. Sleeping at the Y. On to Toronto the next day. This time the train was nice (pool service) and on arrival in …
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… of 17 when his father passed away. He immigrated to Canada on November 26, 1955 at the young age of 19 via the Olympia with only a few cents … over the family’s riches hoping that she too would be prosperous one day. She immigrated to Canada on November 2, 1958 at the young age of … Jim and Eleni celebrating their engagement. Jim and Eleni's wedding day. Jim and Eleni at their daughter's wedding. Children and …