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… selling butter, milk and cheese. Dad delivered milk door to door, while Mom looked after the store and the kids. Having been an active resistance member during the war, Dad had many memories and disappointments to deal with in the years … wanted to re-live the war, nor did they want their children to live it again. Mom and Dad wanted to provide safety, security and opportunity …
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… children - a better life than what they felt Holland and Europe had to offer. In November of 1951, they decided to leave Holland and move to … At the time, the plan was to move with nine children. Their youngest son, Gerardje passed away at seven months of age – four months before … Mom and Dad packed all their belongings, sold their business and said goodbye to family and friends. The Streng family left Rotterdam on May …
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… Nathaline (Mother from Colombia) Nathaline is the Social Media and Communications Coordinator at the Museum. She was born in Toronto. … passionate about soccer. “When we watch the game, we have probably 20-30 people. Every square centimetre is occupied by a chair, a person or … white? Will Canada advance into the elimination series? Will it pull off a shocking upset against a soccer superpower? The coming weeks will …
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… to enter Pier 21 in Halifax. Derk and Dina Jebbink nee Bleijenberg, had left the Netherlands and were about to start their lives in a new … stayed until they obtained a small house with very little furniture. Of course, the most pressing task was finding a job. Derk was an … 4 weeks but it gave them much needed money and some experience with how things were done in Canada. While Derk was in the interior, Dina …
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… Learning English Time 0:00:42 Transcript So then I got this job at a store. And there I got off at nine o’clock, and then I could go home and do my homework. And … be approved for a green card in the United States, they applied to come to Canada as refugees. The family qualified for refugee status due …
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… poverty became a reality for many Black Refugees. White society had difficulty accepting the new immigrants as free settlers since … to the French stronghold at Île Royale in present day Cape Breton, while additional numbers of slaves arrived between 1760 and 1774 in the … Royal, Preston, and Halifax. By 1785, most Black Loyalist communities had established independent black churches and many also had their own …
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… Name: Roma // SS Argentina Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: May 30, 1952 Age on Arrival: 23 // 22 Angelo This is the story of my … Canada. Angelo was born in Santa Croce Di Magliano, Italy in 1928. He had 11 brothers and sisters, two of whom died at a very young age. The … which was not enough to feed the entire family and make a living on as well. As a result my dad was forced to leave school at at the very …
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… were on the first lap of our journey to Canada. On the journey down to Southampton we were quiet, each concealing the sadness we felt at … I imagined the wheels were saying, "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I wished, I had saved the money whilst … back the memories, so I have to presume that I blocked that night out, because it was too painful. My mother having died the year before …
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… region of Italy, for example, music has strong Celtic influences, while the southern half of the country has hints of Greek and Arabic … dating at least as far back as the 8 th century, has a polyphonic sound and is played using circular breathing. Sicily has a variety of … songs. The traditional instrument of Sicily is the flute. Opera is a well-known form of music to come out of Italy beginning as early as the …
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… Type: Immigrant Port of Entry: Halifax, Pier 21 Date of Arrival: March 26, 1964 I arrived at pier21 on March 26 1964 and took the train to Toronto where I was met by my aunt who had been living in the leaside district of Toronto and had bought a … years and joined tennis and badminton clubs. One day I was invited to go on a moonlight hike on the Bruce Trail which is near Toronto. I …