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… in the middle of a blizzard in December 1951. He worked for 4 years in order to make enough money to send for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … age 4 boarded the ship La Biancamano in August 1955. Filena remembered how seasick many passengers were during the voyage to Canada. She was …
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… The Stories of Four English War Brides Who Adapted to Canada: How the War Bride Society Helped Them to Adapt. It is reproduced with … Hood's legend and Nottingham Castle still exists. When the war broke out, she was working at Players Cigarette factory in Nottingham. … after D-Day and the troops were more advanced in-land, however, he did go over to Europe and down to Italy until the war ended. Meanwhile, …
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… father in Montreal. “…my dad met us in Montreal…Ah, the excitement! I got off and we went to another cousin that we stayed with,” Vita explained. “They had one double bed, so there is my cousin and his wife, my little brother and myself, and … One Person’s Quarantine Room Divider is Another Person’s Fort …
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… more than any other area in England. I remember when the sirens went off, we all went to the Anderson Shelters until the all-clear was … She was married to a Canadian, and they were friends of Bill. I went out with him till he was shipped out to go home. We wrote to each other, he asked me to marry him, and I said …
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… In my case, it's true, I saw all kinds of horrible things, but we also develop this aspect, this? we develop some kind of survival, a disposition to steer through all these dangers … me to see how to use them. For, for example? just as an example: in order to go north from Beirut, we had to cross about ten checkpoints, …
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… and my sister, Maria Grazia Pagano. We came to join my father who had immigrated to Canada in 1958. We came from Italy, from a small town … behind. My uncle bought me my first coke at the port in Naples while we were waiting to board the ship. I recall how excited everyone was leaving the port and the cheering and waving …
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… the central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. Even as a child Giovanni had shown himself to be courageous, brave and a natural leader - … and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the …
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… Italy Ship: Conte Biancamano Arrival Date: September 19, 1955 For some time I have wanted to document the story of our arrival in Canada. I believe it is important for our children to have a starting … take a couple of weeks to arrive. No one in our home town in Italy had telephones even if we wanted to call them. Today we can reach …
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… was twelve years old. We came to join my husband, Antonio, who had immigrated to Canada in 1958. We came from Italy, from a small town … thirty-seven years old at the time and I remember the excitement of going to join my husband, who I had not seen in over three years, and … went to Sicily to pick up more passengers and I also remember stopping off in Gibraltar and Lisbon. We reached Gibraltar at night and Lisbon …
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… with steps forwards and backwards was a series of difficult life lessons. “I consider Canada to be my university,” he says. The youngest of … extract him from what was a dangerous situation that would close off his future. They combined resources, sold some land and secured a … He walked up to administration and said, “I am a refugee, I’ve come here, I don’t know where to go or to whom I should speak.” …