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… At the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, we collect and tell the stories of immigrants who came to Canada and continue to come to Canada to make a new home for themselves. Some of these stories … Most recently, we hosted our travelling exhibit called Canada: Day 1 . This travelling exhibit explores the memories, impressions and …
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… third child of Esther Barrett and John Metcalfe. Her older siblings were Edward (Ted), born 1914, and Mary, born 1918. Mother began … and Earl quickly became engaged. Mother's wedding was on Easter Monday (April 2) 1945 at 11 AM in St. Stephen’s Church in East Dene, … portrait taken for him about three months after their wedding - that’s why she isn’t carrying flowers (her bouquet contained a silver …
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… Italy. I arrived on June 12, 1955 on the Queen Frederica. I followed my father, who had come to Canada in 1952 because of the poor economic conditions at home. The trip for me was very dramatic. The day that I boarded the ship on June 4, 1955, was a very sad one. My …
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… piled into a rented car which would bring us to Rotterdam. There we were to board the ship that would take us to our new country – … what seemed to me to be a huge ship, the Zuiderkruis. The first few days on board were a lot of fun! We ran up and down the stairs, played …
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… Time 0:02:31 Transcript I had incidents, that’s again us being a newcomer in Prince Albert, that’s later when we had the two children my … Switzerland in 1947. When Annemarie was 16, she started studying to become a home economics teacher. After four years of college, she … the Canadian government helped Heinz find a job at a manufacturing company. After one year, the couple moved to Prince Albert, …
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… Children April 2, 1954 The move to Canada seemed imminent. My father’s parents along with some of his … the Atlantic was a very difficult one. It was very rough seas when we crossed, and I can still visualize the waves coming on part of the …
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… behind a new bride (Lina) and infant daughter (Bettina), Antonio went to Brussels, Belgium to work in the coal mines. While there, a few … purchased and another daughter Cesarina was born same year. To this day, his 95-year old wife Lina still lives in this same home. He lived at this house until his death on September 16, 1999. MANCINI (nee Gualtieri) Lina & LEARDI (nee Mancini) Bettina Along with other …
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… to Toronto. I didn’t speak English. We had no money. We opened a convenience store, and I worked every day. Sometimes if it was quiet in the …
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… and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and … it was all not easy. My hope was gone. I feared I was going to die, away from my family. Our music mission there wasn’t fulfilled but … of immigrants. I visited people who were left alone by their family to die at hospitals. In my career of music production, I decided to help …
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… September 1965 The Trip It was on the 24th of September 1965, the day I turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. …