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… My brother and I traveled as Italian citizens with Italian passports. … in Copenhagen but was of Italian origin and was not allowed to become a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and on to us. I … remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen Elizabeth II, then princess, came to …
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… War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field Artillery, killed in action June 9, 1944. Gunner Roy F. Ludwig was my father. World War II started in 1939. My sister was one, I was three …
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… Nova Scotia and Pier 21. What a magnificent experience this was for me and one of great sentiment as I am one of the many immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the "Aquitania". We had sailed from Southampton, England, August 24th, 1947. She was to bring many of the War Brides from Britain to …
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… War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, May 12, 1945. This is my story. At age 18 I met 29 year old, Staff Sergeant, William F. … taken place and he was in a banned area, unable to make contact with me. I could do nothing but wait and hope he would arrive. Sure enough, …
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… Guidelines for Stories Word limit: 500 – 750 words Photo limit: 4 (high …
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… me out as an Ethiopian girl by making me sit separately in the class. I was born and raised in Somalia- I never really felt different … When I want to work with other Africans I am defined by the country I come from or by the tribe my last name comes from. There is so much … Canada to the point where people cannot accomplish anything without a conflict arising. I choose not to identify myself with a tribe or a …
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… Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in … in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. She is the second child of four of Romolo Milanese and Anna Pasqualini. A month … a small barn for the animals that they would use to supplement the income from the family trucking business. Romolo and one of his brothers …
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… This brick is in memory of my parents, Bruno and Rosanna Bellissimo, to show how grateful I am … My grandmother passed away in 1959. My mother went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the …
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… The “continuous journey regulation” was as an amendment to the Immigration Act in 1908, prohibiting the landing of any immigrant that did not come to Canada by continuous journey from the country of which they …
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… Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 20, 2021) Introduction: Accommodation and Detention at Pier 21 Pier 21 is best known as Halifax’s … immigrants to Canada, and as a key embarkation facility during the Second World War. However, most of the people who passed through the … in papers that required a check—applicants for entry could be delayed and detained. They would then be placed in Pier 21’s immigration …