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… what, resolve yourself that this is (claps) where you’re going to be for the next little while, right. There’s no turning back so might as … for, you know, things like that. So it was um—yeah, it started to become—normalized, I guess, is what you’d call it. We weren’t feeling as … Flora, Trinidad and Tobago. Santa Flora was a town owned by an oil company and Tony’s father worked as an x-ray technician at the oil …
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… Wally. “We were the last passengers to leave the ship as Wally had come down with the German measles and we were put into quarantine,” … were no handles on the inside and the windows were barred. At night we washed our underwear in the bathroom sink for the next day because we … in the hope that all you people out there will sign your donor cards. “Canada has done much for you. Maybe you can give some Canadian …
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… Ontario. It was good that I did not understand too much English, but I can remember him using the term "S.O.B." directed at me. So I was … good and I threw it out the window. This left us to eat dry bread and washed down with coke cola. Another thing I will never forget is when … and joined me. I have worked at Stelco in Hamilton, Ontario. Served six years with the Canadian Militia, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders …
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… and England, but I could not get the satisfaction I was looking for. I remembered that after the war was over, the Canadians were … going to the final round. On the 9th of March 1948, I was handed a visa. My sponsor was a Canadian farmer. Mind you, I never worked on a … and a whistle blew three times, saying goodbye to Holland. With a sigh and a tear, I thought it might be forever. We entered the Hook of …
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… 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 … and England, but I could not get the satisfaction I was looking for. I remembered that after the war was over, the Canadians were …
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… THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re leaving our home here in Kuopio, Finland, and going far away, to a country called Canada. My name is Kaarina and I’m nine … of hugging and crying. Also the people from Äiti’s work came to stand beside the railroad tracks to wave goodbye. That made her cry some …
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… of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … Due to the financial constraints and the risk involved, António was to come alone. Antonio was accepted as an "endentured worker", having the … any wages. With the assistance of a Portuguese/ English dictionary, he voiced his concerns to his employer who was only able to pay him some …
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… LT. JOHN FORBES MONROE Royal Canadian Navy John Forbes Monroe (Forbes) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, … living along the coast who were reporting mines and torpedoes being washed ashore and wanting them removed. Fortunately, most of these … occurred on one of the two jetties at the depot. There were only four people inside the Depot at the time, two naval sentries, on each …
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… The beds were double wide and double tiered, each unit slept four people. My sister and I had the bottom bed of one unit with our … As I tried to sleep I became aware of a booming noise that would come at intervals. The ship’s motion became more and more noticeable … the sounds of people in distress. The lady above us started to get sick, then our mother got sick, then vomit dripped into our bed and we …