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… you like to dance? I hear Icelanders like to waltz." Rigid as a pole, filled with intrepidation I got up to waltz..and so began my new … In some aspects our cultures seemed very different. Determined to overcome these issues we worked together to create a melded family. … the commonalities not the differences. My daughter became a music teacher. When she moved to a Mennonite area to teach, she was able to …
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… schooling I obtained at St. Mark's School and secondary schooling at the Marquis Public School. Later education includes an Honours B.A. from … year in the Moose Jaw area and then took a business course in Calgary where I lived until 1951 when Father Kuckartz, OMI, asked me to help him … five. At the age of sixteen the spirit of adventure overtook him and he set sail for Canada where his eldest brother George, ten years his …
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… Passengers await their train to destinations across Canada. The model … Through the 60’s, air travel began to take over as the primary way people immigrated from overseas, leading to Pier 21’s eventual closure. “ I … “The whole idea is to illustrate the processes as well as the site features - all the stages an immigrant would go through until you …
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Lenga lenga is a leafy green and common vegetable grown in Central and Eastern Africa. It can be grown in a garden and incorporated into stews or eaten as a side dish. This recipe comes from Imelde Nduwimana who came to Canada ten years ago from Burundi after living in a refugee camp in Tanzania …
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… a terrible snowstorm. Fulvia was two and a half and Liviana celebrated her five month birthday when we arrived in Canada. We travelled by … travelling in the difficult weather. As soon as we arrived in Genoa we set sail, making our way eventually to the Atlantic Ocean. I was …
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… War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, … until they reached a specific frequency. Bill and I continued to see one another and were planning to be married on June 13, 1944, about … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure …
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… We lived on a small rural farm on the outskirts of Assen, the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day sail from South Hampton, England, on the ship ‘Aquitania.’ This is my story. On …
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… Step into the past and experience what it was like to immigrate to Canada through Pier 21. From the ship you sailed … discover the past housed in the walls of our National Historic Site. Stand in history . Imagine yourself tossing at sea in the tight quarters of a replica ship’s cabin and dining room and …
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… to the east with outstretched hand to welcome the stranger from another land "now is the time, do not fear after your journey, I'll meet you here" at Pier 21 One by one they answer the call each with an …
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… MANCINI, Antonio (1923-1999) (My Dad) As there was no work in Italy at the time, in October 1948, leaving behind … part of the Township of Toronto at the time, is now part of the large city of Mississauga, and has the distinction of being Canada's first …