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… where she would marry our father Alceo D’Angelo. Our father had come to Canada previously in 1955. Travelling with my mother were two … the Sobey Wall of Honour. In July 2014, almost fifty six years to the day, my mother returned to Pier 21 by ship. We took her on a Canada/New …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:12 Transcript Hi, my name is Umeeda Switlo. …
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… because the regular dinner hour was only around 7 o'clock. For holidays we went to the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia, to the Adriatic Ocean … Lake Balaton in Hungary. We stayed in luxury hotels and had to have perfect manners. We took ballet lessons which I hated. I really liked … Instead of going to university, I got pregnant and on a snowy, winter day in 1947 Mike was born. Peter, after the death of his father, took …
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… 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 point on their roots in Canada. My name is Giovanna D’Agnolo (nee Iannetta) and I was born on … were living with my paternal grandparents as was customary in those days. Our family farmed the land and as one can imagine the years …
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… passengers were promptly landed, and another seven followed after a day, based on their having established domicile in Canada before. [1] …
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… of 1947, Ottawa awarded Dad the MBE* Military. He was promoted to Wing Commander in 1944. He landed on the Niew Amsterdam in Halifax on Sept. …
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… precious freedom. My family was separated and we never again had the chance to be together. I spent five dreadful war years in my country, living each day in a state of constant fear and uncertainty. Shortly before the war … in our lives was the sudden death of my husband Zbigniew on November 26th 1967. At the age of just 56, he suffered a massive heart attack, a …
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… a home Frank shared with his parents and siblings. For the first four days, we slept in separate rooms and did not consummate our marriage. On the 5th day, we went to St. Anthony's church and received a blessing from the …
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… came to Canada in the wake of the Vietnam War and the victory of communist North Vietnam in 1975. Those escaping Vietnam became known as … government had seized power in 1975, led by the dictator Pol Pot, and committed genocide against its own people . Those targeted included … country per capita in history . When the civil war ended and the communist organization Pathēt Lao emerged victorious, 300,000 fled …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … um but he had seen enough of horrors on both sides that when it was coming time for me to let them know that I was planning to go to Canada … nearby, the grandparents I knew the best. By then my grandfather had died, but my grandmother, she was under the attitude that the president …