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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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… 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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… 1951 was the first year Germans were allowed to emmigrate to Canada. It was only six years after the war, and the situation in Germany … why many Germans tried to emigrate and find a new and better life somewhere else. We were among the first German families to settle in … and depressed by bad news, confused by so many new impressions and without much knowledge of , we started out on our own to look for shelter …
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… relieved by Amin’s seizure of power since Obote’s socialist government had planned to take a 60 percent stake in the country’s Asian-owned … businesses. [1] On 4 August 1972, President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of the country’s Asian population. Claiming that he had received an order from God, Amin gave Ugandans of Asian heritage ninety days to leave the …
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… that supplied healthy food all year around plus raising chickens and goats. Then war erupted and he could not find leather and other … you there to give you a job they have business there, to help us out but I am afraid you are too young". John got exited and said "Dad I am not young any more I am 16 already". On …
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… Like many around us, my family was poor. Many children didn’t go to school. I went to school until grade 3, however was not able to … help in the fields. In addition to the labour of his six daughters, he had to employ men as he did not have any sons to do the heavier chores. As children, we carried out the same work as the adults. In the summers, we would wake up early …
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… Friuli Venezia-Giulia. I landed at Pier 21. The documentation was in order. I boarded the train on route to Toronto. Little did I know this … to the Canadian government. My mother bought me a suit and pajamas. I had to make sure that I had $120 in a traveller’s cheque, and $30 in cash. On July 8th, I boarded the boat “Roma” in Genoa. My sister …
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… I was in Times Square, New York. I saw the declaration of war spelt out on the moving letters on the top of the clock. I should have been … this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … felt the British could get on without me for another three weeks, and so I stayed. What I do remember with warmth was the fact that everybody …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been …
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… family friend and her son who was the driver piled in to their car to go to Naples. We were immigrating to Canada. Our journey was starting … happen to us? Where would we end up? What was in store for our family? How was I going to make new friends and how quickly I could learn the …