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… C. Romano We are Nicolangelo (Nick) Romano and Maria (Mary) C. Romano. I, Nick, was born in Roseto Valfortore, Foggia, Italia, the youngest … routes from the same small town to Canada. In 1953 after an eleven-day journey aboard the small Greek liner the Nea Hellas, I arrived at … spent the entire journey suffering sea sickness arriving in New York City in 1956. Mary lived in the Bronx and officially became an American …
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… limitations of my Japanese language skills more profoundly when my Dad died. It was difficult to talk about preparations for my Dad’s funeral, … my Dad was a Buddhist. Mum had a stroke in 2005, as a result of complications after some dental surgery. I kept thinking if only I had … He helped us through the grieving process. When both my parents died, I told them, but wasn’t able to fully express, how much I loved …
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… Children January 22, 1952 - Zuiderkruis After a tearful good-bye to friends and neighbors in our little hometown of Ens in the Netherlands, our family, consisting of Dad and Mom and four … what seemed to me to be a huge ship, the Zuiderkruis. The first few days on board were a lot of fun! We ran up and down the stairs, played …
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… So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … I’ll see papà again … …
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… Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … Our furniture was put into a large wooden crates under the watchful eye of immigration officials. The box was required to be full to … had to put on medication. There were storms to endure as well. At one point I was sleeping on the top bunk and woke up soaked in seawater, …
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… Bruce Campbell Bolin was born in 1946 in Detroit Michigan. He grew up in Dearborn Michigan with his mother, father and older … firms. He later returned to the United States for a job in New York City, working for 9 years at various positions in the financial sector … Immigration from the US - Biographies …
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… After 2 years of waiting and preparation, my parents had packed their remaining belongings, 2 small children and $60.00 Cdn cash, and … asked for my mother's hand in marriage. He was a police officer in the city of Haarlem which was considered a respectable career. In his … Bartholomeus and Hendrika Boxem …
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Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian Curling Club . Photo by @stoometzphoto For a lot of people, curling is a mystery . It doesn’t look very athletically demanding, and yet - as many Canadians have discovered while flipping through TV channels - …
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Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian Curling Club . Photo by @stoometzphoto For a lot of people, curling is a mystery . It doesn’t look very athletically demanding, and yet - as many Canadians have discovered while flipping through TV channels - …
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… Fairsea Port of entry: Halifax Age at arrival: 22 Your story: My mother was 22 years old when she arrived at Pier 21 on December 4, 1951 … leave. Before the Iron Curtain could fall upon what would thereafter become Eastern Europe, he dragged his wife and their three surviving …