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… prisoner for eight years “another story”. Two of the older children died because they didn’t want to go back and died heart broken. The little one, Anthony, was only one year old. He … to Montreal in 1952, Uncle Anthony Mandato said to Uncle Giuseppe “come to live in Windsor, so it will be easier for me to visit you”. One …
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… Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our doorway at 473 Schimmelweg Straat, Rijswijk, Den Haag, Nederland on the morning of our … me what that reason was. Much later, after he passed away, I asked Mom why we moved to Canada. She told me it was either Canada or France, and …
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… Addolorata Di Falco and daughters arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax aboard the … 28, 1939. My husband and I lived in the same town and our families were long time friends. We worked on one of the local farms. When we … Giuseppe, Addolorata DiFalco e figli …
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… 21 as a Private. Quite a slacker, you'd think! So, there's a story. Why in the world would any young woman of 22 join the army, especially in the first years of World War II? I did! I'm not sure why; something different; adventure; a good solid job; smart uniforms … had joined and suggested that it was a great life. She told me there were many interesting people, jobs, men. Quite a change from working in …
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… My name is William (Bill) Gouweleeuw from Parry Sound, Ontario. Recently my wife and I were on a bus … to try to co-operate by putting in my nickel's worth as to ‘how, why, and what for' I wanted to come to Canada. I worked for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven … William Gouweleeuw …
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… for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven years. During the war we had lots of damage done to our business. There were three boys in … to be married. I am the oldest and I could see that there was no way of having a future in Holland. During that time, I had my feelers … to get married before we left Holland, but the closer it came to the day of getting married and leaving the country for Canada, a sudden …
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… C.O.R.B. 1824 In the late summer of 1939, my mother, sister and I were evacuated to the village of Embleton in Northumberland from my … was presented and discussed by War Cabinet on June 17, 1940, the same day as the French Army surrendered. There were doubts the plan would proceed, but the scheme was approved by cabinet the same day. Mr. Atlee presented the Children's Overseas Reception Board plan …
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… ate, and often slept on wooden benches. At regular intervals along the way the train would stop, allowing the crew to take on coal and water for the steam engine, as well as huge blocks of ice which, when they melted, provided drinking … and therefore prepared sandwiches for all of their meals along the way.” (Kenneth Robert Vandenberg, 1953) “Thanks to a word of advice …
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… Soon it was March 11, 1953, a warm and bright spring day and also the day we steamed out of Copenhagen harbour bound for an uncertain, but, …
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… MRS. GEORGE MACBURNIE: This widowed War Bride, Mrs. Marjorie Barbara (nee Poole) MacBurnie, was interviewed Friday afternoon on January 25, … did many Canadian soldiers, George MacBurnie, stayed in England until D-Day, 1944. He was with the Canadian Ordinance Corp. and drove trucks …