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… In September 1948, when I was eight years old, my mother Jean, two … in Broughty Ferry, Scotland, on our journey to Southampton, England. We were to sail on the Aquitania to Halifax and travel on to Dundas, …
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… DUFRESNE, MARIA ELIZABETH FRAUENFELDER Today at the age of 81 years, I well remember the ending of the Second World War which were dramatic … died. I saw some sitting against the wall but you passed on your way. One afternoon on the 27th of May I sat on a terrace - a real …
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… day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he went. Then me …
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… Lina and Vincenza and I left Naples on March 8, on a clear and sunny day. The trip was without incident until we were midway through our trip when the ocean became turbulent and the …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to … we liked that because we didn’t feel lonely so we feel that we had company. And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had … with cheese— like fresh cheese—also from Colombia. So we liked coming to the house and having that type of food. Oral History …
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… in one hut with 3 bunk beds and a crib. It was crowded. Many people were seasick including my mother. On July 24th, our first sight of … Canadian soil. The Gray nuns were right there to greet us. Later that day we all boarded the train for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was a very long trip across Canada, many stops along the way. At most stops, my father would get off to purchase food or drinks …
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… lost all our savings that took years to build up. But, we had our own company that we could sell and we had money to leave, lots of people … would. Lot of Icelanders were moving to Norway but we wanted something completely different, and that was Canada. I called my good friend … saying goodbye to our home country. Gimli was our new home and it was comforting to move to a place that they called New Iceland. The people …
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… was waiting for our four year old son, Francis, and me at the dock. We traveled that evening (after being welcomed at the Pier by the Red Cross and other organizations) as far as Truro by car -- next day up through New Glasgow, Antigonish, and the ferry crossing at … Mary K. Bowes Astephen …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript Choosing a university is hard. I have always lived in London and Western has always been my number one but now that French is an opportunity for me, Ottawa is moving up on the scale. There are so many things to consider when deciding what university to go to and just …
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… It was 2:00 a.m. Our family was rudely awakened by two Russian soldiers armed with rifles and were told to pack a few things, and we … Siberia 2,000 km from home. The conditions were deplorable. If someone died, the soldiers would throw the bodies off the train. I had a … My uncle was in the Soo since after WWI. He made the papers for us to come to Canada. We said our good-byes and sailed to Canada in the hopes …