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… during her crossing. Chris was a baby so diapers etc. needed to be washed etc. Mom commented on how small her room was and of course she …
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… Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom were housed with relatives for at least two months while … We went ashore at Pier twenty-one in Halifax. There we entered a large hall where we were greeted by Red Cross Volunteers, Canadian officials …
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… when my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. …
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… jeeps (one of which I drove up and then down the steps at the Old City Hall in Toronto during a Victory Loan gathering of thousands of … I became a motor mechanic; I took a course, and got 10 cents a day more! I used to give driving lessons to kids coming into Ordnance, and some of them, I'd think, "If I live through this, I'll live through the war!" I was then attached to the Royal Canadian …
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… with it to the Canadian R.T.O. who checked us in and then bundled us all into a London transport bus which took us to a Red Cross Hostel in … then Red Cross workers came round with a lovely cup of tea which was more than welcome at that early hour. We left Waterloo about 7.30am. Traveling on …
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… what would be the one word to best describe my mother. It was a challenge to put it mildly, but the only one that really fit was … a cross country train trip to Edmonton, he ultimately settled in Hairy Hill, Alberta. Due to high travel costs, the rest of the family had to …
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… the time to properly recount the story of their arrival in Canada. All my mother told me was that she had been very sick during the … leave. Before the Iron Curtain could fall upon what would thereafter become Eastern Europe, he dragged his wife and their three surviving …
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… Coming to Canada This is not only my tale of coming to Canada, but also that of … forces, plus their dependents, Joyce and I were included among a small group of civilians permitted to leave at very short notice and … how many of us were assembled there but I can't imagine there were more than 50 or 60 women with their children, mostly babies, and we …
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… still hoped to return to her home one day, her family decided to come to Canada in June 1955. “…one was in Montreal, and the others were here in Ottawa. So they convinced my in-laws, they all came before us. A few years before us. And, of course, he wanted to … where he told me, “Okay, you stay, you stay here with the girls and I’ll go and send you money, and I’ll be back when I make my millions." …