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  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • Cor Groenewegen
    … We both arrived by ship from The Netherlands in the same year. Cor arrived with his brother Nico on … The voyage on board the Waterman from Rotterdam to Halifax took 7 days. On the first day of their journey they found 5 more single young men on board and had a good time hanging around together. After landing at Pier 21 everyone …
  • Bernardus G. Nolte
    … was exciting, although quite a few passengers on the boat lost a few pounds to seasickness, etc. The custom agents were friendly and very …
  • 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 …
  • Run Away by Oumou
    … Sometimes I go to visit – I tell people I am going home. But when I am coming back to Canada, I tell people I am going home. So where is home? …
  • Jozef, Maria Majocha and Family
    … Poland was restricted in terms of having a decent living. Up to this point there were two classes of people; the very rich and very poor. A … a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his … into the cabin and Mom would ask, what are we going to do with them? I said I wanted to take off these pretty outfits that were posted on …
  • Margaret Felteau
    … few regrets. Somehow, I have always believed that if one works hard, (I was a nurse), and lives the way our parents taught us, the Good Lord guides and takes care of us. It certainly worked for me. My … took this picture of me, with daughters Dawn and Virginia on Mothers Day, May 12, 2002. Margaret Mew (Felteau) …
  • Catherine MacKinnon Read
    … giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I … or consider the risk involved. The following morning, Anne and I said good-bye to our parents and left by taxi. My favorite teacher, … was the largest I had ever seen. It was spectacular! The following day, we spotted an iceberg, and later, we sighted land. Then, on August …
  • Silvano Indri
    … Che bella la Casetta in Canada – What A Beautiful Little House in Canada … tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che passavano di là, dicevono che bella la …

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