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… She sailed out of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice sailor like me, … me three miserable days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off my misery was to ask for a job in the ship’s …
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… It was 1942 and a lovely Sunday afternoon when I met my handsome soldier. My plans that day were to go with my cousin Muriel to watch the Highland Regiments at …
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… you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
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… Herman Blom had secured a job as a welder in Saskatoon and the family was on their way, but their brief quarantine left him jobless. His daughter, Gysje …
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… Families April 16, 1958 - Waterman After our 10-day journey on the S.S. Waterman of the Holland-America Line we arrived in Halifax around 7 o’clock in the evening of 16 April 1958, …
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… I made the difficult decision to move to Canada. Job opportunities were scarce in Italy and I had heard that there were many in Canada. I … the voyage. I recall that the ship's crew placed ropes along the hallways so that passengers had something to hold on to while attempting to … am able to rest and leisurely work in my garden. I met my wife-to-be, Vanda Gatto, through a Young Christian Workers Group at our church. We …
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… is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a brief period in Switzerland … I boarded the Cristoforo Colombo in Messina, Sicily and made my nine-day journey to Canada. As one can imagine, leaving behind your parents, … your culture and your language is both daunting and scary. I chose to come by boat to Canada, hoping for a journey with some interesting …
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… as a magical quarantine Christmas. “It was Christmas Eve, 1951, when we arrived in Halifax at Pier 21,” Christine remembered. “We were led into the large assembly hall lined with benches where we …
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… a large ship. For me, it was my first cruise. I had a good trip as the weather was beautiful. We reached Gibraltar during the daytime but the … stop was in Lisbon, Portugal for five hours, visiting the city. On our way again, no one became ill as it was beautiful weather with calm seas. I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 12, 1962 at Pier 21, the customs and …
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… not an easy task landing in Halifax in the middle of winter, the cold weather and everything from the food to the landscape was very strange … 1958 aboard the Italian Liner Saturnia. It was a very cold and windy day in Halifax Harbour for June on the day of my arrival. After customs …