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  • Anna Spaunberg
    … Departed Dec 19-1926, arrived Pier 21 Halifax, December 28 1926. Our 9 day voyage – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – … the dining area, we were unable to eat as our plates got away from us. Good thing the tables had ledges on them. Remember mother and friends playing cards outside the cabin, and chairs, tables and people going from one side of …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    … 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 …
  • Quotes - All Aboard
    … - On The Train “In this special train for immigrants, the passengers sat, ate, and often slept on wooden benches. At regular intervals along … immigrants and therefore did what they could to help others out. One day, between stations where we could buy food, our family ran out of bread and jam. A very kind elderly immigrant couple from Germany gave us some …
  • Uta Maria Heine Sonier
    … flashing like a beacon, was a showcase With pairs of shoes, bright and eye-catching like butterflies. In this sooty place they were like a promise of spring. Mother said that they were much too old and expensive for me; I did not agree and promised myself that some day I would walk through life on only those kinds of shoes. Onwards we …
  • Bringing My Daughter to Canada by Linda
    … after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to Canada. But my sister didn’t want to give her to me. …
  • Search for Research by TD
    … with my father on his bicycle. That time my father told me that you become a researcher, not like me. After that I participate a lot in the … my exams, I came back to my home, and my aunt was in the hospital. She died within a month. She got breast cancer This motivated me to do my … suspect malaria. I travelled 8 hours to visit him. During surgery, he died. Because of the type of malaria he had, they couldn’t identify it …
  • The Right Mixture by May
    … In some aspects our cultures seemed very different. Determined to overcome these issues we worked together to create a melded family. Language was the most worrisome. When we received company from Iceland, everyone spoke Icelandic except my husband. My … other with smoked, cured lamb. Not to mention another set of gifts! Coming from a dual cultural family, my children worked hard to find the …
  • Angelo and Livia Paladino
    … Date of Arrival: May 30, 1952 Age on Arrival: 23 // 22 Angelo This is the story of my father, Angelo Paladino and his immigration to Canada. Angelo was born in Santa Croce Di … Angelo and Livia Paladino …
  • Memories of Home by Pawknyaw
    … camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to Canada would be a better life for our family because we were … us off. After a long trip we finally got to Canada. When we got to Welcome House we were all so tired and had a lot to go through. I couldn’t …
  • Welcome to Turtle Island
    … Lake Manitoba First Nation) and Shannon Monk (Anisininew – St. Theresa Point First Nation / Mi’kmaq – Lennox Island First Nation / Celtic – … healing, and rites of passage. Adorned with quillwork, its eight-pointed star shines in the four sacred colours—white, yellow, red, and …

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