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… "I was just a toddler of about 2 years of age when we landed in Halifax. My parents long ago told me the story that when … Wiet meet. Then the Captain, gave Wiet and me permission to meet. Half way down the platform we embraced, and all the people on the ship …
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… Families June 1953 – Groote Beer It was in the early fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new …
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… I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It must have been a mammoth job for … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to … to be told that it still would be quite some time before my turn would come. So when I received a telegram from that Canadian Wives Bureau on …
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… of World War II the family left Switzerland, and made it to England via Portugal. Anton, his wife, and their three daughters, continued on … he volunteered for the OSS. He became a Jedburgh, a group of fewer than 300 men within the OSS. Their job was to drop in teams of 3 … and another daughter in 1954. By 1954 Arie could have been well on his way to a lucrative law career. A bona fide war hero with a top flight …
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… Daughters Maria & Carmela When my sister Carmela and I found out that we had been accepted to immigrate to Canada, we climbed on the bed and … cousins and assorted relatives and 'paesani's. Our home up to this point had been a tiny hilltop town of 700 inhabitants named Bombile, in …
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… Inscription on the Cross worn by the Sisters of Service – “I have come to serve” Born in Windsor, Ontario, Florence Kelly moved with her … aunt to children everywhere. She was not your “typical nun.” The day she entered the convent, her youngest brother bet her that she … next five years. Ships were arriving almost daily, sometimes 3 in a day, a flood of immigrants from the displaced persons camps of post-war …
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… and an M.A. from the University of Toronto. I loved all my teachers, however, on I must mention. Had it not been for the dedication of Mr. … 11, many of us in the Marquis district would not have graduated from high school. After attending Normal School in Regina and after teaching … his senior, was homesteading near Kindersley, Saskatchewan. At one point Dad worked as a farm hand just south of Saskatoon; at another he …
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… in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in Canada at Pier 21. She … and her two grandsons, Geoff and Rob Archibald. Nancy Belle Archibald (nee Chester) OUR JOURNEY TO CANADA (May 1946) (A WWII War Bride's letter to her parents recounting her voyage from …
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… By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the sky looks so huge. That was the first … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
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… at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came across … window into how passenger travel evolved after the Second World War. Today’s transportation companies increasingly cater to younger passengers … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …