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… One of the things I love most about working in the Scotiabank Family History Centre (SHFC) at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is that every interaction is … their family members about their lives and stories when they had the chance. Too often we take our loved ones for granted, or forget that …
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… Whenever I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to … to be told that it still would be quite some time before my turn would come. So when I received a telegram from that Canadian Wives Bureau on …
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… CARMEN NELLIE JOE E TOM DI FALCO My great uncle Carmelo Di Falco was one of five brothers, Salvatore, Giovanni, Emanuele and Giorgio (who was my grandfather and my mom, Giorgia’s father). He was the only one, at the time, leaving Ibla in search of a place to call home. Alone …
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… a slacker, you'd think! So, there's a story. Why in the world would any young woman of 22 join the army, especially in the first years of … old University Avenue Armories in Toronto. I drove Staff cars, jeeps (one of which I drove up and then down the steps at the Old City Hall … and left Toronto in March, 1943 to spend four months training at Ste. Anne de Bellevue in Quebec. In July, 1943 we arrived at Pier 21 from …
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… and Righteous Gentile Nelly May 5, 1951 Editors Note: Transcription of a talk given by Ms. Sofia Dochmacka Bain I am very proud, that … brutal and bestial of all wars, a lesson to learn by mass murderers of any future age. The destruction of Poland started on Sept. 1, 1939, … up by the retreating Russians, as well as several buildings on the edge of the town went up in flames, set by the Russians. The shells …
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… der Laan, the youngest of five children. The oldest being my brother Han, 17 years my senior, three sisters, Adre, Mien and Gre, then yours … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … business was growing bulbs for export, along with my brother as his apprentice helper. In 1950, my brother decided to immigrate to …
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… The Early Years Leonard Palmer was born on September 19, 1913 in … up in Hove, Sussex in southern England in a “Victorian” household. His mother was very stern and reserved and his father was much easier …
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… wings; These are the first two lines of a poem by John Magee, Jr., one of the many pilots who did not survive World War Two. This poem is to the airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force and is what … were based on piloting a fighter plane. It would seem that anyone who has soared alone in the solitude of space must have the same reactions …
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… Catherine Read nee MacKinnon When France capitulated in June, 1940 the threat of invasion of … giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I heard about the C.O.R.B. for the … Catherine MacKinnon Read …
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… The Trans-Atlantic Passage of Rosa (Mulé) Nobile and Daughters Maria & Carmela When my … found out that we had been accepted to immigrate to Canada, we climbed on the bed and jumped and jumped for joy. In my 10 and her 8-year-old … on the Leonardo da Vinci. My mother packed three or four large trunks, one of which had to be custom-made for a treadle Singer sewing machine. …