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… boarded the Queen Frederica in Genoa, Italy to join her husband in Canada. Not knowing when she would see them again, saying good-bye to … loaf of white sliced bread, a can of sardines and a jar of strawberry jam. Being accustomed to the Italian crusty bread, my mother did not … she was served was less than appealing to her palate. After a two-day train trip via Montreal, my mother finally arrived in Sudbury, …
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… 16, 2012. December 1 st , would have been a typically beautiful day as they departed the Port of Naples. The boat named Homeland set … and the land of plenty, before moving on by train to Oshawa. Now eight days after her 30 th birthday, together with Pietro and their two sons, they were received by …
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… Canada on October 15, 1960 leaving my mother and his son. After a nine-day journey aboard the SS Queen Frederica, my father arrived in Halifax … for Ottawa with a little less then $10.00 in his pocket. After working day and night in an assortment of jobs, my father had saved enough …
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… Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT … her parents had died in Siberia, she and her compatriots “…wanted to come to Canada, we do not want to go back to Poland.” [13] Meanwhile, a … water if he worked the whole day. When asked about what the young newcomer thought of Poland, he replied, “we like our country very much but …
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… promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons … After the war we saw little of each other. Meeting again we had a chance to get reacquainted. Because of him, I had the opportunity to … were off limit to regular passengers. The Atlantic crossing took 10 days. I don’t remember all that much about it, except that we had a lot …
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… When there is a war in a country, it can become difficult for its citizens to leave... People lose their … challenges. The most important challenge, and certainly one that we can relate to, is fear. Growing up in Burundi during the civil war, where there was violence every day, my family faced so many difficulties but… we managed to stay. …
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… that, so this is going to be our new home. But have no idea what’s to come and where are we going. So those things we don’t know. So we—And … of thousands of people who left Laos after the country came under communist control in 1975. Chai and his parents and brothers fled to … two years. In 1980, the family was sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee to immigrate to Drake, Saskatchewan. Members of the Drake …
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… my family (parents and 2 older brothers) from the Netherlands to PEI, Canada in March of 1953. The decision to immigrate was made by my … while my brothers stayed with my father in separate quarters. The days spent in Halifax were with friends we had made on the boat. During … etc.) Our walks also took us up to Spring Garden Road where on the Sunday we went into Saint Mary’s Basilica, even though we were not …
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… The following is a quote from a speech Don gave on Remembrance Day 2009: “It was September 1941 when I enlisted in the Canadian Army …
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… am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate … my sisters. He made it back in time to board the Veendam on the day of sailing -- a Tuesday. They arrived in Canada with $400 (which …