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… for a green card in the United States, they applied to come to Canada as refugees. The family qualified for refugee status due to the danger they would face if they returned to El Salvador. Through the … church in Winkler, Manitoba, the family was able to come to Canada in December 1988. Although Grace was 19 when she arrived in Canada, …
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… welcomed everyone. Their generosity and kindness were reflected each day through their connections with customers, family, friends, even … for life, and dedication to those they loved were demonstrated every day. They lived their lives rooted in their Greek Orthodox faith, …
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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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… was her 13th crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Fiona had her first birthday the day we sailed. We arrived in Halifax March 19th. I remember the … buried in the snow. Our destination was St.Catharines, ON, and to this day, we have stayed in St.Catharines. In the year 2000, my daughter … Halifax. As we stood there looking at Pier 21, I realized that I had come full circle and all the memories of our journey to Canada came …
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… hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … M/n Saturnia. I guess I must have gotten better as we boarded the next day to a journey which would take us 12 days to arrive in Halifax. The Vescio family of 6 plus the remaining …
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… My husband Cpl. James Reid Paton arrived two days ahead of me on the Ile de France, a troop ship. I sailed from Liverpool. The day after I got … we got closer to inhabited areas, little towns etc., the locals would come and wave to us. Sometimes the train would stop and some of the …
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Time 0:04:01 Transcript I, originally, am from the west northern part of Iran, the country mostly known as Persia in the history. Iran is a multinational and diverse country consist of different “nations” like Fars’, Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, etc. It is normal to be anywhere having different …
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… Don Whitfield (Marie’s husband) on the occasion of Marie’s 80th birthday: “I remember the first time we met in the summer of 1943. It was at … by train with many other war brides, arriving in Toronto on Canada Day 1946. Marie and Don settled and raised four children in Etobicoke. …
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… to you: some words you understand some you don’t. At that time two ladies asked me to give blood. I didn’t understand the word blood; I had …