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… Whiteley , passed away at the age of 86. She loved her adopted country so much that a trial return to the UK to live, in the late seventies, … Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a …
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… 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 … always gone through everything together and that’s why this choice is so hard for me now. I can still remember the day when I was 5 years old … city I want to live in, but if I’m capable of leaving my family once again. Return to London …
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… April 8, 1948 - Family and friends waving good bye to the passengers on the Kota Inten leaving the harbour of …
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… 1957 I was born on the 15 of December 1937 in Schwenningen/Neckar in southern Germany, the third child of four girls. During the spring of … Two weeks before we were to leave for Karlsruhe, my girl friend backed out. I however stuck with the plan. Now I had to tell my Mom. At first she was shocked that I would undertake …
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… and lot of people were poor, and can’t afford foods. Then we moved again. I remember the day I came to Canada. I was very little and … what kind of food is that. The food was awful. When I came to Welcome house. I thought to myself WOW THIS HOUSE IS BIG, but then someone told us it was like an apartment. The welcome house had 3 …
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… boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their eight days or so was rather eventful, as the newly married couple was required to … the couple was greeted with the news that their Canadian sponsors had withdrew, leaving Toon no work. They were required to spend the night at Pier 21, again in separate quarters and were advised by the Canadian Immigration …
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… for some time in refugee camps. From there we flew to West Germany and again stayed for some time with relatives in the south of Germany in the Bodensee area. . . My father being a journeyman mason as well as a farmer sought work and we moved to the small village of … make a new start. His first choice was Australia but that didn't work out so he applied to immigrate to Canada. Canada accepted my father as …
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… Inscription on the Cross worn by the Sisters of Service – “I have come to serve” Born in Windsor, Ontario, Florence Kelly moved with her … independence, and what hard work really meant. She was a go-er, full of spunk, quick with a joke, and utterly fearless when she … bet her that she would never last, based, perhaps on the fact that she had been out on a date the night before. Sometime over the next 55 …
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… not sure whether to make Florida my permanent home. Is it time to move again? – and again for a man? I was born in Singapore and raised a … met Albert on a bus in Los Angeles. I was on a different bus, but for some reason, I decided to get on the one behind me. He caught my eye, … be, it may not be. If the answer is yes, it needs to be for me. Then I will be at peace, and in joy no matter where I am. Return to Whitehorse …
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… most was singing in the church. We went to church three times a day. Sometimes I would sing with the choir, and it would make everybody … also sing there too. One time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I … don’t think much about home. But last month, all my memories came back again. I dreamed that I went back to Thailand to help my people. In my …