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… Since I travelled alone with the children, I had to keep them with me all of the time. They would have loved to stay on deck to see how the … feet was called Pier 21. It was not a very fancy place. Just a huge hall with a number of counters where we had to line up to get our turn … with our immigration: "Yes, I am here, I am Mrs. Douma." He said: "Come quickly with me to the office here, your husband is on the phone …
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… at the National Research institute, was (am) married with one small daughter. However, long before the war, I read, as a child, a story … there must be all sorts of opportunities. I had written to Imperial Oil who answered that, if I was in Toronto, they would talk to me. Thus … to book passage. I went alone first so that my wife and child could come later after I was established. In Rotterdam (now one of the …
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… other for days. I remember one morning the stuart came and ordered all the woman to the top bunks and the children to the bottom ones and … they could see land and everyone went on deck, we were not sick anymore. A small boat came and tugged the Groote Beer in to the harbor. It … much snow there and the closer we got to Chatham there was no snow at all. The grass and wheat fields where nice and green. Southern Ontario …
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… Transcript Screen Text SETTING THE TABLE: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities Screen text with audio I was born in the … most cosmopolitan country in the world. So, I grew up with people from all cultures, races. leZlie lee kam, Toronto Screen text with audio I … Setting The Table: Food, Fusions, and Welcoming Communities …
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… I was born in a small city of Sora (Province) Frosinone, Italy in 1940. I have one … for life were taught. We were brought up as a very close lovable family. My father was an ice cream man by trade and our city all knew him … oldest sister Pierina was born in 1939 and she was learning how to become a seamstress. My brother Joe was born in 1943 and he was learning …
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… by the Museum’s "Contributions" playing in the Canadian Immigration Hall, Aquil invited participants across Canada to digitally submit …
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… I don't quite believe it, I'm actually going to Pier 21, Halifax NS. Ever since I heard about the … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On …
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… flying training overseas. There was no training available in England - all air space there was intimately connected with actual aerial … been impressed by the wide open spaces and what I thought was a much more free society. First I had to get an education, sadly interrupted …
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… anchored close by playing tune after tune in farewell for us. We finally lost sight of England. One girl, obviously Scottish, kept saying, "I'll never see Bonnie Scotland again!" Each of us had our own …