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  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … 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 … 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 me. So to make a long story short, I packed my …
  • A Lifetime of Giving
    … started. The pair, who have now been married for 61 years, recently visited the Museum. In all those years they have never exchanged … an immigrant woman who went into labour at Pier 21, and walking for four hours in one of Halifax’s worst blizzards to get to an emergency … great-grandchild, as well as travelling. Since retiring, the pair has visited numerous Canadian destinations as well as Norway and Australia. …
  • Virtual Field Trips
    … Interpreters, will dive into Canada’s immigration past. Perfect for education and community groups, and tailored for different ages. If you have … (plus local GST/HST) Where Are You Really From? Ages 12+ $140 Mystery Visit With the Museum Ages 8 - 14 $140 Immigration Simulation - Online …
  • Waldoza Andreassen Family
    … 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- …
  • Search for Research by TD
    … father was a farmer. He suffered a lot because the yield 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 … Search for Research by TD …
  • Staff Sergeant James Gregg
    … he decided to seek new adventures like many other boys and signed up for active duty in the Canadian Army much to the dislike of his Mother … be going to the front line. James, on some of his furloughs would visit relatives and friends in Scotland and England. During one of … to live there to this day. For more information on the Gregg family visit: www.crowsnest-highway.ca under communities - Sparwood, B.C. …
  • A Good Life by Metta
    … just close to Carberry. When the girls moved to Winnipeg, I would visit them on weekends. Their brother Joseph, would visit the girls too when he was hauling cattle. One time I didn’t have … the frog legs as a delicacy. I worked at the store and a museum there for 30 years. I raised five children. I now have 13 grandchildren, and …
  • Angelo Di Placido
    … I was met by my relatives at Union Station. Days later, I went to visit the nearest employment office to register my arrival. In January … travel and raising a family. I am thankful for the choice I made to come to this great country. Canada has given me opportunities and I … on January 17, 1968 I landed in the midst of a cold winter. On our visit, Antonietta and I walked through the building observing the brick …
  • John Freeman-Marsh
    … Cowboys and Indians lived there. WOW! It sounded like a great place to visit. Subsequently one day in August I found myself leaving home with … after leaving England, I went back to see my real parents for a short visit. I felt somewhat strange and uncomfortable with them, as they …
  • Ivy Livermore Kellam
    … saying, "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I wished, I had saved the money whilst working for Canadian Treasury … the fruit markets and stalls in Ontario fill me with pleasure. All our visitors from England have to go to the Farmers Markets. Later on that … still love the land of my birth and the people there. Canada gave me a chance to grow and widen my experiences and for that I am thankful. …

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