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… of 1952 from Italy. They were met at Pier 21 by nuns with gifts as Christmas had just passed. My father and his brother arrived one year earlier. My father worked very hard on a … a life for themselves and their family in this new country. My father has never returned to Italy since he left in 1951 (although cold, snowy …
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… States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college … here. That’s worth telling, I guess. I was here and my dad was in the navy in the Second World War. We weren’t getting along really well at … said, “If you decide that you want to stay there, we’ll just come and visit you instead of you having to come and visit us,” which floored …
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… started. The pair, who have now been married for 61 years, recently visited the Museum. In all those years they have never exchanged … and great-grandchild, as well as travelling. Since retiring, the pair has visited numerous Canadian destinations as well as Norway and Australia. …
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… 1953 – Sibajak My name is Anton Rouss. I arrived with my wife Paula (nee Van Den Berg, married on July 15th 1953) on the M.S. Sibajack on … see any sun in the morning and in the afternoon it became foggy. I can still not get over the fact that I missed the family on shore in … hard wind blowing. Paula brought up again this afternoon. She didn’t come for lunch and went to her cot. I find that Americans people, …
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… known as Fiffe) the youngest child of James and Elizabeth Mitchell (nee Legassick), was born at home in North London in 1923. Her siblings …
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… As we re-open to the public, we ask you to work with us to keep the Museum a safe space for yourself, for all visitors and for our staff. The Museum is closely following public … under 2 are exempt, as well as children 2 to 4 when their caregiver can't get them to wear a mask. People with a valid medical reason for …
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… Denmark and made their way to Vancouver. The children came back to visit Pier 21 museum 60 years to the date for a visit. Father- Eyvind Nicolai Guldbrand Waldoza Andreassen Mother- …
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… was not good for making a lot of money. One day, I went on a land visit with my father on his bicycle. That time my father told me that you become a researcher, not like me. After that I participate a lot in the … David. We went to the forest, especially on the weekends, to study the nature. After graduation, he went camping, and got sick. They didn’t …