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… insists on being on a first-name basis with royalty. She negotiates uncompromisingly when she’s offered a job. As a young person, alone in a … when I’ve failed to stand up when things were wrong and I felt ashamed that I didn’t go for it in the moment and fight- verbally fight. …
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… departure as our grandparents were very upset that we were leaving. My mother came from a tight family that found immigration an alien … Elisabeth (Mary 1944), Hendrikus (Henry 1947), and Jentina Roeliena (Ina 1950). The S.S. Volendam had been a troop carrier during World War … he brought back a couple of loaves of bread and an enormous jar of jam. It was the first time we had ever seen or tasted white bread. We …
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… Giovanni Maieron shares with us his story of how he came to live in Canada. He relates his tale with pride and an unexpected softness from … owned by four partners from Montreal,Quebec and the United States. After so many years, his memory of this time is so vivid and he recalls … with a Friulano family as a boarder and it was there that Giovanni met Angela. Angela Volpatti's family lived in Trieste. She was a young …
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… insists on being on a first-name basis with royalty. She negotiates uncompromisingly when she’s offered a job. As a young person, alone in a … when I’ve failed to stand up when things were wrong and I felt ashamed that I didn’t go for it in the moment and fight- verbally fight. …
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… WAAFs, Marjorie was a driver at Coastal Command, Northwood. There she met Squadron Leader John Werner Abrams, an American from San Francisco … who had enlisted in the RCAF at the outbreak of war. They married soon after, as he was reassigned in the spring of 1944 to help with the War …
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… September 2001 She looks to the east with outstretched hand to welcome the stranger from another land "now is the time, do not fear after your journey, I'll meet you here" at Pier 21 One by one they answer the call each with an …
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… Henry M. Kaspard and I were married October 1, 1945 and shortly after, he returned home to Toronto, Canada. I followed in June 1946 on … how well we were fed aboard the ship, and how white the bread was. I met lots of friends on the ship and we were all hoping for a good life … on to the waiting trains. I arrived in Toronto and hardly recognized my new husband - he had gained so much weight! We celebrated 61 years …
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… My Mother, Jeannie Lynn Rees, born Jeannie Lynn Thomson, was a … Rees , was a handsome, charming, funny Canadian in the RCAF. They met in a dance hall in Glasgow, called the Locarno, and were married on July 25, 1945. After a brief honeymoon in Aberdeen, Dad returned to Canada on a …
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… 9 day voyage – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – Anna (Wohl) Wahl, 6 years old, born October 18 1920 in Nemetker, Hungary. Very rough seas, I was sick the entire trip. Christmas … Leamington, Ontario from 1946 to present. I retired from H.J. Heinz after thirty years of service at Christmas time 1977 and am enjoying my …
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… She is a woman of Honour... She (OLIVE MAY HALL) immigrated to Canada from Sussex,England in 1945, married to … TROOPER ERNEST WILLIAM WELLS (BILL) of the 17th D.Y.R.C.H. (HOUSARES) after WWII who was from Strathmore,Quebec. Still married to this day 56 … grand children and great grand children behind them. Personal Story: My Mum told me that there was alot of women on board and a few …