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… An Exciting Adventure in a New Land This is the story of a stubborn, ambitious man who beat the odds. A man who had … of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house … Alois Wilhelm Escher …
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… on the Empress of France from Liverpool, England. We travelled to the South of Ireland as the sea to the North was too rough for their normal route at a speed of 26 knots. Ralph had a job waiting with George A. Chase in Sussex, N.B. The family grew to 6 children scattered across …
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… Single Men and Women July 9, 1953 – Waterman My five day journey from Rotterdam, The Netherlands on the ship SS Waterman was smooth and without incident. … his fist on the desk and insisted that I go to London, Ontario. It was good that I did not understand too much English, but I can remember him …
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… to Cornelia Maria van Wijk-Goes and Johanes Gerardes van Wijk, and the youngest of seven children. On October 29, 1952 and at age 23 … in the back of a truck owned by my brother-in-law. However my parents said their good-byes at the house because they could not bear the … Cornelia Maria van Wyk Heystee …
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… NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … we boarded the train in Klosterlefeld for Munich. In Munich we visited a clinic where we were immunized according to requirements by …
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… NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On … This was probably due to the fact that my grandfather (on my mother's side) , who was already waiting for us in Canada, booked our trip …
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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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… Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast … ruining that picture and several more before they finally got a good picture. Unfortunately, this used up the little money they had and …
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… days – this is how long our wonderful Babbo, Dad, and Nonno blessed the earth with his energy, his enthusiasm, and his joy, until he was … our favourite photos of your Bisnonno features his signature signoff - “A te un ricordo, e a me, la felecita di essera ricordato.” For you a … Michele Nicola Carbone …
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… four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does … when I graduated. Always I wanted to be the top in the field I studied, and I knew I could achieve more. This was not my limit. And yet, … it change my father’s mind? But he said to her, I don’t want her to come back one day and say, you didn’t let me study further. After my …