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… On March of 1949, Hendrik and Iefje Eyk with their three children: Cornell, Willem and Tineke, sailed on … Holland Dear Father, Mother and Ans, Again it is Sunday and once more we are sitting here writing letters. First of all, congratulations with … Oma. And Aunt Ans, when are you coming to see us? If you still want to come you will have to be quick about it; otherwise the birds will have …
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… of coal in his pocket, while mother, four of my five siblings and I, were sitting around the fire waiting for the New Year to be rung in. … After, what seemed, a lengthy discussion, my mother decided to flip a coin. Heads - Australia, Tails - Canada. It came up "tails". Canada it …
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… 1953 – Sibajak My name is Anton Rouss. I arrived with my wife Paula (nee Van Den Berg, married on July 15th 1953) on the M.S. Sibajack on … of the nine days on this ship: Monday August 3rd. – After a long wait we finally left. We passed Vlaardingen, our home town, during roll call …
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… MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, Canada along with my mother Maria and sister … Vulcania, docked at Pier 21. The anxiety and excitement of our arrival were palpable among all the passengers, but especially me – excitement … economic constraints. We left Venice on a clear, sunny and warm spring day. My godmother, one of my mother’s best friends, accompanied us to …
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… I left Gourock, Scotland on the S.S. Bayano on August 15th, 1940. As we sailed down the Clyde, we all stood at the rail on the upper deck, … your stomachs, and you won't be seasick. I did and was fine for the 14 day trip! Lifeboat drills and life belts were very important. We even …
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… July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts 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 Point". There I met Gerald, my future husband, although at that time we …
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… Yogurt Day and Gathering Furniture Time 0:01:42 Transcript OA: Oh we didn’t … was lost. So the only thing I recognized was yogurt. (laughs) So first day was yogurt day. (laughs) CB: On your first day was that all you and your daughter …
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… As a former British child war evacuee who came to Canada under the auspices of the Children's Overseas Reception Board … and me to be evacuated to Canada under the CORB plan. In due course we were selected and in early August 1940 were accompanied to an … seemed to be falling as close as the next street. Late the following day, along with 351 other CORB evacuees, we embarked in the Orient …
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… are things of which I may not speak, There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a … meaning for me than for most people, although it may be in a different way from the meaning the poet had when he wrote the poem. To me those … to speak of, because they have been so horrible; but the memory cannot die, and yet, it makes me sad to think of them. And even in such a …
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… Age on Arrival: 6 and 12 Emilia Pecchia I was almost 7 years old when we embarked on our journey to our promised land called Canada in 1959. … and my two sisters. It was the first time we had something so new. The day we left was a difficult and emotional one. I adored my grandfather …