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Time 0:04:55 Transcript You know, when you are working, life is so busy, you don’t have time to reflect. But once you’ve retired there is so much time. Actually I don’t know what to do. I have no projects, no deadlines, no place to go. I need to do something with mindfulness, but my mind feels like …
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… and my uncle Vito Paoli who had already immigrated to Canada. He commenced his voyage in the company of his 17 year old friend Vincenzo … 2, 1954 on SS Conte Biancamano which sailed first to Palermo, Sicily before continuing their voyage across the Atlantic and arriving at Pier … of Dad Dad locates his plaque on Wall of Honour Family photo of our visit with dad to Pier 21 …
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Time 0:03:22 Transcript My memories of the ten day voyage were very mixed. I was excited to be on a ship but I saw so many sad people that I was confused. I remember people crying hard and waving handkerchiefs in the air. I looked over the side and saw big fish following the ship. I now realize …
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… that were unclear or unseemly, and over generations those stories become our truths. But what if there was someone who could help decipher … many talented people who work here. My parents and brother had come to visit from out of province and my Dad had a few questions about his … up the story of my Dad’s great-uncle Patrick O’Brian (do you know how many people had that name at the turn of the 20 th century? It was …
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… Gregg was a War Bride born and living in South Wales. She was one of four siblings (Edward, Wil, Meghan, and Mary) born to Sarah and Gwilym … , was a soldier in the Canadian Army on leave in London and planned to visit his Hewitt Family relatives in Arbroath Scotland. One night Mary … War Brides and their children boarded a train to head across this vast unknown country called Canada for the city of Fernie, B.C. There …
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… in Canada. Not knowing when she would see them again, saying good-bye to her sister, brother and mother was extremely difficult. Her … to Canada on March 11,1958 without his bride. The Captain of the ship showed great concern for my mother - she was four months pregnant expecting her first child at the time of the …
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… was hard and her family did not adjust well to the climate of the West. The following spring (1953) Mia's father decided to take the … had arrived in Formosa. The following weekend Cor and Nico went to visit the Remkes family. The family soon moved to Carlsruhe and then to …
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… I visited Halifax Nova Scotia on July 15, 2003 where I spent an … 29, 1952. This account is the story of Peppino, a nine-year-old boy emigrating to Canada from the town of Agnone, in the Molise region … engines roar and also by looking through the porthole of the tiny bedroom to see the water splash on the window glass. On stormy days …
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Time 0:04:22 Transcript When people ask me about my immigration story, the first picture that comes into my mind is the snowstorm. It was January 2010, my first trip to New Brunswick — I had just finished my immigration interview in Fredericton when I learned my bus to Moncton was cancelled because …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …