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… and sugar so that you can quench your hunger." Other times, he and his brother stole crackers from market stalls. Or they fashioned … into the orphanage, he was thrilled to have regular food to eat. This experience marked him. "My favourite food by far is rice and beans … moved with them to Lower Sackville, NS. “It blew my mind” Of course, this brought a change in all aspects of his life, including the way he …
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… and sugar so that you can quench your hunger." Other times, he and his brother stole crackers from market stalls. Or they fashioned … into the orphanage, he was thrilled to have regular food to eat. This experience marked him. "My favourite food by far is rice and beans … moved with them to Lower Sackville, NS. “It blew my mind” Of course, this brought a change in all aspects of his life, including the way he …
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… a new exhibition on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and the history of immigration to Canada. This is based … in practice at Canadian ports of entry and overseas. Immigration officials have to consider many factors in choosing to admit, detain or … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. …
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… Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the Canadian Army and driven in a private car along with a girl named Beatrice to the hotel. This place is very nice and quite near Hyde Park. We … by a voice at the microphone saying,"6:30: time to rise and shine, come on girls, get out of bed." We were up on deck by 7:30 and our …
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… Stanley Vander Meulen was born Sape Vander Muelen on 26 January 1933 in Driesum, a rural village in Friesland, a province of … Jacob and Antje, whose last name Vander Meulen translates as “from the mill” in English. The name is common in Holland because of the many … from place to place. After World War II, Dutch emigrants mainly chose South Africa, New Zealand, the United States and Canada as their …
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… Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT … her parents had died in Siberia, she and her compatriots “…wanted to come to Canada, we do not want to go back to Poland.” [13] Meanwhile, a … water if he worked the whole day. When asked about what the young newcomer thought of Poland, he replied, “we like our country very much but …
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… years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … in drab clothes, many women and children. I end up at the stern and side of the lowest deck (D6B), yuk! We get underway about 3PM, in … another SOS exercise, went well. Clammy, unpleasant weather. Noon: 26oW/49oN. Sun 11 Nov 1951: Nothing Sunday-like: no service, unpleasant …
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… part of their journey to Toronto. They would have their first Canadian meal on this train. As part of the meal white loaf bread was served, this bread … in texture and taste compared to the bread they ate in Italy. Gaetano said to his family that this is English bread and to this day the …
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… comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this is the way it was with us. Under God’s guidance and blessing we … which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so … We watched many a passenger running out of the dining room and heaving his meal overboard. One fellow lost his teeth. We were told, we could …
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… The Otto Froese Family My son Robert and his wife Cindy attended a convention in Halifax in 2000. While there, … day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in Canada. My husband and children totally surprised me by having my … hardships; walking many kilometres for a 2 liter can of milk, being shot at, and never having enough food, just to name a few. After a few …