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… April 22, 1957 I landed in Halifax on April 22, 1957 at 9:15 in the morning. I remember it was Easter Monday; we were all there on deck … of itinerary I traced on the Canadian map, all kinds of recollections come back to my mind. The seven days at sea on the Olympia were beautiful, full of games and good food. The coach of the train from Halifax to Montreal had wooden …
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… Ship Name: Caronia , Cunard Date of Arrival: April 21, 1929 My grandmother, Ms. Aili Edit Kinnunen, at the age of 28 set sail for Canada. She arrived at the Port of Halifax in 1929 on the … Montreal Cemetary next to her husband. In a time where she was from a good family she decided to travel to a foreign country and despite the …
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… spot to be helped by the United Nations. After a year, my grandpa died, because he had no one to take care of him. We got accepted to … in a factory as a labourer. It was a hard job for him, but he never complained. I also worked there too, for one summer. When metal is …
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… an uncontrollable mob, targeting Chinese and Japanese residents of the city and destroying their personal property. [3] Following the … it was necessary to co-operate with Canada in order to maintain good relations with the British Empire. [5] Japan agreed to restrict …
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… my name is Scott Stewart. I am a Heritage Interpreter here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I’m in our Empress of … china, glassware, flatware, and what I like to ask visitors when they come to do the activity with me is where does it all go? Which piece is … won’t be as luxurious as second or first class it is still going to be good, hearty fare. So a nice simple place setting depending on what is …
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… After thirteen days at sea, we finally arrived in Halifax, Canada; myself, my mother, my grandmother and my younger brother Tony. The day that we arrived was also my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains my favourite number. It's been a good luck number for me and always will be. When we went through …
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… on emigrating follows. Leaving family and friends at age 17, he and his mother Assunta Leardi left Naples for their one-week journey … he agreed to do in exchange for her giving him 1,000 Lire ($1.50) a day so he could buy coffee, cigarettes, and whatever else that amount …
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… was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and … that I had grown up with, and that was part of making my life so comfortable, up to that point. Oral History 14.02.27PS with Peter …
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… immense generosity of Canadians. I had no shoes, as my last pair of good German leather shoes had been stolen from our train coach, as we … home from his tour of duty gave me one of the best gifts up to that point — a package of Pauline’s Chocolate Celenos. I think I was more … in hand, and stopped me from making myself violently ill. On the four-day train trip I became quite ill with a fever of 104 degrees F. A …
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… at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it … on her seventeenth birthday. As we got to know each other, I became completely captivated. During all this time, I had been surprised to … that if Canada didn’t meet my expectations I should not be ashamed to come home. One day, when the many British emigrés at Westinghouse …