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… Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He … had money in his pocket and a full stomach. He was a grandfather and a Canadian citizen with full rights to go anywhere he pleased. This time … he arrived at Pier 21 on July 28, 1951 aboard the Saturnia. With him today were his brother, who had followed him from Italy in 1958, and his …
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… It was July 11th, 1951 when Sape (Sam) and Aaltje (Elly) Post boarded the Volendam in Rotterdam with four children in tow. Kees (Keith) … farm in Nestleton where we slept in an attic on straw. Within a day or two the family Rienstra arrived with 11 children, so definitely … Wing Orchards, and Dad worked in the cannery (Stokely Van Camp) on his days off or during shift work. As siblings we all contributed to the …
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… an island off shore from Helsinki. There several months later he would die. Pa remembered how his sister and mother cried when they found out … army and there excelled as a soccer player. Life in Finland in the days following the civil war was hard, but with his Finnish "sisu" he … and sisters. In 1929, at the urging of his mother who had emigrated to Canada the previous year, he decided to leave Finland in search of a …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …
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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
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… when a friend I worked with asked me to go on a “blind date” with a Canadian who was in London, England on leave. He had met with another … who didn’t have a date. I can still hear my friend saying: “Oh, come on Hazel, you’ll only have to see him once. You won’t have to see … as the last months of the war became less intense following the D-Day Landings of the June before. There was still little realization …
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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …
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… on February 16, 1952. Grete was seasick the whole trip except for one day and therefore spent almost all her time in the cabin. Anngret was … September 1955. Guenther, Margaret, Ann and husband on their wedding day, Flower girl is Katherine. June 1968. Margaret and Guenther, …
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… and Daniel. His family meant everything to him and he showed it every day. He had four grandchildren; Todd, Adam, Lauren and Heather and at …