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… in Villaorba, Udine, Italy on July 18, 1958. Her destination was Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario where she would marry our father Alceo D’Angelo. Our father had come to Canada previously in 1955. Travelling with my mother were two …
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… DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring or early summer of 1951. Johan grew up in … Johan under his control over night. He made Johan an offer; either come home with him for the night or spend the night locked up in a room in the immigration shed. Johan didn't have any problem figuring out that going home with …
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… in age from 2 - 16. In Rotterdam, the family boarded a boat called "De Waterman" and sailed for Halifax, N.S., Canada. Enne was hoping to purchase a dairy farm in Canada some day. It was extremely hard to obtain land in The Netherlands - hence, … was left to raise the remaining seven children on her own. In 1968, she married Klass Bouwknegt and they lived in Aylmer until Wiebrigje …
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… Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or … is where I spent my whole childhood. I continued my high school studies in Kenya and finished them, but in Kenya I couldn’t succeed … Canadian government lends students money so they can finish their studies. My dream is to study at a university here, because I want a …
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… as instructor at Witely and Aldershot) Ralston was posted to 1st Canadian Ordinance Beach Detachment at Leicester (tank section). He … Brigade (top secret). 1. back to HQs at Red Hill 2. weekend pass Saturday to Sunday evening 3. hauling stores from Midlands 4. ferrying tanks … of the war zone, air war at night... break out and rush up the coast... Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels, and Mertem- move to Holland- Belgium …
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… for a green card in the United States, they applied to come to Canada as refugees. The family qualified for refugee status due to the danger they would face if they returned to El Salvador. Through the … church in Winkler, Manitoba, the family was able to come to Canada in December 1988. Although Grace was 19 when she arrived in Canada, …
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… a home Frank shared with his parents and siblings. For the first four days, we slept in separate rooms and did not consummate our marriage. On the 5th day, we went to St. Anthony's church and received a blessing from the parish priest. A …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five … um but he had seen enough of horrors on both sides that when it was coming time for me to let them know that I was planning to go to Canada … nearby, the grandparents I knew the best. By then my grandfather had died, but my grandmother, she was under the attitude that the president …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Greece Ship Name: S.S. Queen Frederica Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: July 2, … was attending the birth of her granddaughter when the letter arrived. She looked at the caring midwife who was delivering the baby and …