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… the NKVD....he was free to go elsewhere in the USSR.......but had no way to get there. He had befriended a local man who told him to build a … to avoid this rock......just hang on! You will go under water but will come out the other side of the rock. This must have taken huge faith … He was working at a garage in Camlachie walking the 4 miles each way every day. He finally got a job at Polymer in Sarnia as a labourer …
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… We both arrived by ship from The Netherlands in the same year. Cor … The voyage on board the Waterman from Rotterdam to Halifax took 7 days. On the first day of their journey they found 5 more single young … around together. After landing at Pier 21 everyone went their own way. Nico and Cor left Pier 21 by train late in the evening for …
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… Antoni, Frankciezek, Wladyslaw, Stefka, Boleslaw, and Julian. We understand that Wincenty made two trips to the USA before 1918. He … him her maiden name Kurdziel, which he later changed to Kurdzer. One can only imagine how hard life must have been for her, not knowing if … and move to the USA. The USA had stopped taking in immigrants at that point, but Canada had opened its gates. They all sold their land and …
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… It's a warm summer's night at the Cottage, and as we sit by the fire, Giovanni Maieron shares with us his story of how he … ticket for which he paid 110,000 Lira (approx. $100.00 Cdn.) for a one-way trip aboard the ship "Atlantic" arriving at Pier 21, Halifax, … He recalls not being allowed up to the first-class deck occupied by high society lounging around the swimming pool. So he climbed by the …
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Life in Canada Time 0:00:47 Transcript Otherwise I think everything was at least as good in Canada. For me I was almost like a non-immigrant in many respects. As a child I visited Canada so I knew it was right across the border. Even when my grandmother gave me the money to buy a car, I shopped …
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… As the time pass I soon turn in to the age of 10 and the time has come. I miss everything I had in Hong Kong, but I know life is like a …
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… truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … trip to Canada was made on a troop ship, the facilities on that boat were not the best. They arrived in Halifax, NS and proceeded through … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
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… lived in Copenhagen but was of Italian origin and was not allowed to become a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and … I never had since I was living in an orphanage in Denmark. Until one day an uncle came along and took me to get ready for this long Atlantic … up immediately. I believe we left Copenhagen in and around November 26, 1951 and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on December 5, 1951. Just …
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… and the Growth of the Dutch Community. The Postwar Wave and Its Predecessors.” (unpublished manuscript). Curtis, Herb. The Scholten Story … Pub. 2000. Duivenvoorden Mitic, Trudy. Canadian By Choice . Hantsport, Nova Scotia: Lancelot Press Ltd. 1988. Elliot, Una. “Comparative Roles … Recommended Resources - Netherlands …
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… the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a … of Tibetans, founding members of today’s community in Canada, who embodied that spirit and shared it with their children. The Chyssem … sometimes when it's raining, tents are not waterproof. So many people died there too, yeah." Screen text The UNHCR assisted the Indian …