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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 … woman. No offsprings. Canada has been good to me. It gave me a chance, but I had to work hard for it. With the same amount of hard …
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… restaurant and we got our first Canadian meal: eggs, bacon, toast, jam and coffee. We were starving since when we had brought food in Halifax, we had bought jam, cheese and bread. The bread was not to my liking since it was …
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… I was looking for. I remembered that after the war was over, the Canadians were looking good to me. Then, two boys in my neighbourhood … Two days later, we saw Halifax on the horizon. To me, it could not come fast enough. The closer we came to the city, the darker the clouds … did not get very much sleep that night because of the rattling of big chains and engines that goes with that job. The next morning (Sunday) …
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… 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 years. … did not get very much sleep that night because of the rattling of big chains and engines that goes with that job. The next morning (Sunday) …
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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 … home here in Kuopio, Finland, and going far away, to a country called Canada. My name is Kaarina and I’m nine years old. My sister, Raili, is … to go to Canada by himself and that his family was supposed to come later, after he had got himself established. But Isi and Äiti told …
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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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… ook had vergezeld schonk ons ten afscheid nog eens sijn priesterlijken zegen, ‘en v o ort ging ‘tweer met Sjeng en Tina en hun elf spruiten ‘t … de vriende venters en een van familie. Ja als men niet meer spreken kan, zegt men het met bloemen. Dit zullen we dan ook nooit vergeten bij …
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… LT. JOHN FORBES MONROE Royal Canadian Navy John Forbes Monroe (Forbes) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, … ammunition and explosives for both the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy. It was this work that helped shape his career in the … living along the coast who were reporting mines and torpedoes being washed ashore and wanting them removed. Fortunately, most of these …
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… 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 hold was a Bedlam of vomiting and moaning. I prayed for morning to come. When it came the scene was something out of a Hieronymus Bosch … light with the waves pounding the ship with such fury that they washed over top of her and waters from the wave tops cascaded onto the …
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… tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che … to my father, Aunt Maria was especially devoted to our family and welcomed us warmly whenever we visited. While needed in the family … my father applied his skills to terrazzo and marble work. The construction boom of the 1950s, 60s and 70s gave rise to an important …