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… happy times with many of Joyce’s relatives living close by. They often got together for sing songs as Ellen played the piano. Holidays were … her second level of a typing and shorthand course when the war broke out. She was only 15 years old and had to end her studies to assist with the war effort in an arms …
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… Ann and Marinus Antonius Koggel entered Pier 21 in Halifax, September 26, 1952, Arriving aboard the Zuiderkruis from the Netherlands. I left … were very few opportunities for those returning from the war and I had decided before arriving back in Holland in 1950 that I would be … in November 1951 and I asked her to marry me a few months later. We got married in August of 1952 and set sail for Canada a month later, on …
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… On the lighter side, he did mention about one night when he and some of his buddies accepted the hospitality of a French Inn-keeper, they had more than a little to drink. The next day, not remembering too much … commander that they made their way back to camp through a mine field, again good luck or divine intervention? He returned home aboard the SS …
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… and losing my parents, I had very little hope of ever having a good life in India as a single woman. So I decided to apply for immigration to Canada. It was a very big step … parts of Canada but every time I moved I had to make friends all over again. Often I had to live in far-flung places with no immigrant for …
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… leave, they would be killed. Just before my parents crossed the border, my dad was shot in his leg. An organization helped them to cross … home. But still our documents only said we are Palestinian from Iraq, so when Iraq was destroyed in war by America no other country would … scorpions, or from a tent fire. In Canada, if you need to go to have a good time they take their family and friends out with a tent. But in …
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… dinner one year as the ship's supplies were low. He also said that while at sea, the ship was under the waves more than on top of the … life, Viola Carroll (whom he always called"Pal") on June 1, 1945. He had three children; Myrna (married Roger Lintaman), Shirley (married … His family meant everything to him and he showed it every day. He had four grandchildren; Todd, Adam, Lauren and Heather and at the time …
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… resulted in Velia not making the departure time, her father wished her well and she boarded the Olympia . Thus began her voyage across the …
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… and Rudolph Fisher, were Russian immigrants. My grandfather was a well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in … importance to him. Dad was wounded during the Melfa crossing. While serving in the Netherlands, he met and married Josephina Orlemans …
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… join her father Attilio and two other brothers, Alfredo & Angelo who had already begun their aspirations of a new and better life in … together, happy and prospering. A year later, Concetta's life would again change dramatically when she met the man who would become her …
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… The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 invited visitors to find out by exploring the temporary exhibition Shaping Canada: Exploring Our … like family, faith, food, recreation and neighbourhood. The result showed aspects of how people create, maintain and experience cultural landscapes across …