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… Queen Mary. The date was August 8th, 1946 and she and young Johnnie, were stepping into a world as foreign as the accents that greeted them. … comfort of the staterooms, or even one of the lounges for that matter. "We couldn't go to our cabins, I don't know why, maybe they thought we …
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… BOHNHARDT FAMILY HISTORY Herbert Karl Bohnhardt was born in Germany on April 30, 1904. At the age of 24 (1928) Herb left his home in Berka, Germany to start a new life. His options were to immigrate to Canada or Argentina. After many weeks, sailing …
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… Life in Canada Time 4:29 Transcript: Madan Kumar Giri (MKG): We were sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. That’s what … other members of the church. When we stayed in the hotel in Quality Inn, everyday there used to be some members of the church—like, they …
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… Life in Canada Time 4:29 Transcript Madan Kumar Giri (MKG): We were … Canada—all financial help for food, for apartment rent, for buying new clothes for the first time, like jackets and these things, … to get anything. We didn’t have any difficulties. EB: What did you buy at the Superstore? Do you remember? MKG: Yes. We got, I think, …
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Time 0:05:05 Transcript In 1958, I left Hong Kong for London, England, to study a nursing program. The program is the best nursing program in the world. The British trained nurses had the best nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having …
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Time 0:04:49 Transcript My Father came from Iran to Kuwait in 1957 to start a business. So I was born & raised in Kuwait but with an Iranian passport. My family was Bahai, a religious minority in both Iran and Kuwait. As an Iranian resident in Kuwait I went to an Iranian school. At that time there …
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… Time: 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My … name is Joelle Buchanan. My name is Kateryna Stepanova. Omaira Eva Ospino Cárdenas. Yuminary Bryson. I normally go by Yumi. I was born in … have to have a special instrument to do that. And I couldn't afford buying them. And if something would happen to instrument—if it's always …
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… came to Canada I was born 1931 the second of five children into a very well off family in Vienna / Austria. After a care free wonderful … having a home since I was 13 years old it was not too hard to say good bye to my parents at the railway station. I stopped over in Switzerland …
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… age he had to contribute to the family income. He worked as a luggage boy, (photo 2) this meant that he had to transport the suitcases of … he became 2nd several times in the 100 and 200 m running. It was always the same boy who came in 1st and my father always 2nd behind him. …
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Time 0:06:17 Transcript Narrator (N): At an early age, Giovanni knew that he wanted more from his life. He knew one day he would have to leave the only place he’d ever known. Giovanni Guglietti (GG): The biggest problem was that I, I was the oldest. And I was pushing like crazy. We had to get out …