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… sons and a daughter. Helene returned to Germany on a few occasions to visit her family and relatives but Alex never did, fearing his freedom …
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… 10 days on the ocean. Dad would joke that they came on their 25-year honeymoon before dad was able to return to Holland. Mom took several … 1957 in Marydale, NS where they purchased a farm. They had decided to come to Canada with the hope of owning their own farm. Many relatives came from Holland to visit us at the Maas farm. One of the favorite places to take visitors …
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… Recently I have returned 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 and one of great sentiment as I am one of the many immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the …
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… married on Feb 9, 1937 (now Olga Harwood) and returned to Europe to visit her family aboard CP steamship lines ship the Duchess of York in … old to travel. She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and … get her Canadian citizenship and she always said those who choose to come to Canada must give Canada their undying gratitude and respect, …
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… still living in England. In 1944, Olive met a Canadian soldier stationed overseas in Kent waiting to go to France during WWII. In 1945 she … the Atlantic on the Aquitania. Arriving at Pier 21 (she was the first one off the ship) and driving to northern Nova Scotia to a small … Olive familiarized herself to a new way of life: without shops to visit daily and very few neighbours close by. Ralston and Olive settled …
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… exciting and scary. A new life in a new country. He could not speak any English, which only led to anxiety. The unknown was overwhelming. … to have been able to return to Italy a few times over the years to visit his family he left 50 years ago. …
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… War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field … F. Ludwig was my father. World War II started in 1939. My sister was one, I was three and my brother was six. My father joined the army in …
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… desperately to keep us girls safe from all the bombing. Half of our house was bombed away at the beginning of the war, luckily we were in … ago of Ahlzeimers disease at the age of 80. When I told him of my visit to Pier 21 last week and of the Sobey Wall of Honour, he …
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… do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this was our home. For … to the seats in the train, it was a big mess of dough. I also bought a can of peaches but we had nothing with which to open it. I cried and … riding on the train I had so many questions about that first trip. I wished my mother was still alive so I could ask how she handled our …
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… again. Nik, himself had achieved personal success in Latvia, as CEO of one of the largest textile companies in the Baltic area (Riga's … final place of refuge. In Nova Scotia he found the peaceful life he wished to have in Latvia. He established a new career as a research …