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… "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I wished, I had saved the money whilst working for Canadian Treasury … Our emotions were mixed; sadness, apprehension, excitement. Each day as we ate our meals first class passengers would stand and stare at … I have to admit that England was not having an easy time during the 50s, we were so fortunate in comparison. No wonder so many families …
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… this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … remember with warmth was the fact that everybody I had met and had become temporary friends with in the college and the hostel was feeling … discomfort of life on board. With no pubs and only one cinema that I can recall, Halifax was never the most lively of towns and with troops …
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… while the wind and snow was whirling around our house near the Zuiderzee. The war came, we went to school and then occupation. Then the … 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 … board was excellent and it blew like hell on the North Atlantic. That prevented many people to come to the table due to seasickness, which …
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… of 17 when his father passed away. He immigrated to Canada on November 26, 1955 at the young age of 19 via the Olympia with only a few cents … was born in 1935 in the village of Paradeisia in Arcadia, Greece. She spent part of her childhood in the village and before the age of …
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… is to the airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force and is what "in Flander's Fields" was to the Canadian Military in the First World War." … to the thrill of my first solo flight in a Fleet Finch biplane at Cape de la Madeleine, Quebec on a clear frosty winter afternoon. With … Allen from Halifax, had been a bush pilot in the Canadian North in the 30's, as were most of the civilian instructors on our station in …
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… From Marian (Cats) Smisek, passenger on S.S. Waterman , March 25, 1952 I'm writing the stories of our journey … of the packing crate. There was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us to the pier in Rotterdam …
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… Generalkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Montreal Consulate General of the Federal … Montreal In Erinnerung und Würdigung an tausende deutsche Einwanderer, die in Kanada eine neue Heimat fanden und massgeblich zur Entwicklung … Generalkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Montreal • Consulate General of the …
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… Jewish Council, Canadian Jewish Congress and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada In honour of the thousands of Jewish immigrants who entered Canada through this port and made an enormous contribution to their adopted land. En l’honneur des … Canadian Jewish Congress and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. Dédié par le Conseil Juif de l' Atlantique, le Congrès Juifs canadien …
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… 21 on May 16. From here on Kees will write his own story. In those day, when someone emigrated to a faraway country, you never knew if you … half a grapefruit. Nobody knew what it was and when breakfast was finished, on most tables the grapefruits were still there. It was on the …
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… Brazil Community, Toronto, ON Comunidade Brasileira, Toronto, ON Viemos em busca de sonhose e a vontade de vencer. Nesta terra, encontramos apoio e amor. Hoje, … Brazil Community, Toronto, ON • Comunidade Brasileira, Toronto, ON …