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… , a young woman from England. Previously Lee had served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Artillery and Provost Corps. He was in one of the first boats to land in France on D-Day. The couple tell two different stories of how they met but agree it …
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… those peels. First peel of my ego came off when at united nation high commission for refugees I was recognized as stateless. You see, I took … If we are lucky we will experience the peeling- and our soul comes through young and vibrant with no attachment to anything …
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… 11th of June 1910. He was never sure of the birth month as birthdays were not celebrated as we do today, there wasn't the money or thought … in France, Luxembourg and Germany. During the 1930's up to and including 1945, he was working abroad. He was working in Germany pre war in … in San Martino di Colle. There was an enormous amount of despair, high unemployment and no jobs. My father wanted to get married as he …
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… Canada in June 1956, not passing through the threshold at Pier 21, but via indirect flights with British European Airways from Salzburg, Austria, through London (England), landing in … present in her life - as are for many newcomers - Brigitta’s days at the end of World War II do contain some interesting aspects …
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… from a trip to the East Coast and visited the tall ships in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Pier 21. What a magnificent experience this was for me … many immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the "Aquitania". We had sailed from Southampton, England, August 24th, 1947. She was to …
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… January 1942 and enlisted in May 1942, being sent overseas to Britain, via US and Canada in March 1943, just after I was born. He sailed from Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bournemouth, England in April 1943. Sam Marshall, a … in Naples. The Allied landing at Anzio was supported by the 205 group. We crashed at Foggia returning from this operation, lost our pilot & …
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… also sing there too. One time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I … I went back to Thailand to help my people. In my dream I don’t want to come back in Canada because all the kids in the camp want me to stay there forever but my family want me to come back in Canada. At that moment I asked my brother to make a song …
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… We arrived in Halifax on April 19, 1954 aboard "The Nuiderbrun"; … their first and difficult year in this totally new environment; far away from the family and friends they left behind in Holland. My father … children a new future in Canada. It was also my father's dream to one day own a farm, as he was a man who was close to the land. In fact, …
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… my best after six languages, you know. Biography: Monybany Minyang Dau was born in Atar, Sudan in 1975. During the Second Sudanese Civil … Monybany Dau …
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… me, when they left Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After sailing for 2 weeks they landed in Halifax at Pier 21. They had two other daughters, … South America and Canada). Canada won out, 3 consecutive times! On the way over here they said that they were going to raise their children as … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate …