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… Brunswick, and after the airport main door open… a lot of snow, … a dark and windy day, and maybe because of the stress of the trip I felt … in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government … generation we have to pay the price, but this price is cheap in comparison to all the great things that we receive every day in Canada. …
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… Yogurt Day and Gathering Furniture Time 0:01:42 Transcript OA: Oh we didn’t … was lost. So the only thing I recognized was yogurt. (laughs) So first day was yogurt day. (laughs) CB: On your first day was that all you and your daughter …
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… Volunteer Pier 21 Immigration Facility Inscription on the Cross worn by the Sisters of Service – “I have come to serve” Born in Windsor, Ontario, Florence Kelly moved with her … aunt to children everywhere. She was not your “typical nun.” The day she entered the convent, her youngest brother bet her that she …
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… Our trip commenced on the afternoon on a pleasant spring day March 2nd,1954. We were transported from our home in Trevignano by … situation. The following day March 4, 1954 was a clear but windy day. We made our way to the docks where we were processed by the … odor of the diesel motors from which one could not escape. To this day, for me the diesel smell will trigger the same feeling of sickness …
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… Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our … pictures. It was like going to the airport to see off relatives in the days when you could stand on the outside observation platform. You … knew where I was and in the event of the ship sinking, no one would come to my rescue, I panicked. Visions of water rushing in through the …
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… tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che passavano di là, dicevono che bella la … found himself on a westbound train to British Columbia. After a long 3-day journey where he could not understand a word of the language …
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… to work hard. After my brother’s visit Pete thought about it for a few days and decided that we should go. It took over one year before all … was very luxurious with great dinners. We got three hot meals a day, which for Dutch people is unusual. For entertainment they showed a … passengers were seasick-all our girls and I for one, and Pete half the day. He was too busy taking the seasick bags out and throwing them in …
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… need a better future for our children". The people in Holland had just come through a war and were trying to rebuild, but there was no housing and no money. At that time the governments of Canada and Holland and other countries as well, were setting up … a date was set and we learned that the 20 October 1953 would be the day to depart from Rotterdam on a ship called the Groote Beer. Then for …
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… – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het Trefpunt", translated it means "Meeting Point". There I met Gerald, my future husband, although at that time we … my birthday March 28 (I turned 28), we became engaged. I promised to come to Canada as soon as possible. I did not consider myself an …