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… 1918. Mother began training as a nurse in 1942 in Newcastle on Tyne. She remembers nursing German POWs - one in particular was very young … bombing target - she stayed with her cousin Frankie’s family). It just so happened that my father, Earl Weston Wallace, along with several of …
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… to Montreal in 1952, Uncle Anthony Mandato said to Uncle Giuseppe “come to live in Windsor, so it will be easier for me to visit you”. One year later Giuseppe sent proxy for his wife and … seen for over 35 years and her son Uncle Anthony she hadn’t seen for 26 years with the wife Sarah and children all from Cleveland, Ohio. Of …
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… on March 31, 1926 in Woking, Surrey, England as Phyllis Irene West. Her parents were Robert and Beatrice West. She had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. She was particularly close to her …
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… War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, … until they reached a specific frequency. Bill and I continued to see one another and were planning to be married on June 13, 1944, about …
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… Paudyn 1921-2008 Richard was born in Warsaw on November 27th 1921. He was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His parents … were provided. Many sick men, women and children died at the Caspian Sea. Richard was still young and sick, but survived. The army stationed …
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… Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
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… Country of Origin: Northern Ireland Ship Name: Metagama Canadian Pacific Port of Entry: Saint John, New Brunswick Date of Arrival: February 26, 1928 Age on Arrival: 24 CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH … Pier. The Embarkation Officer addressed the Regiment and explained the ships regulations. The Regiment commenced to embark at 1200 hrs. The …
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… Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the Canadian Army … including Margaret from Scotland. We three became great friends. We also made friends with six Dutch girls and on Friday afternoon we all … We went with Beatrice to her sister's at Hammersmith. Then we went to see Bette Davis in "The Corn is Green". After that we had supper at a …
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… research. I use “queer” occasionally as shorthand for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, very advisedly: I am reminded that many of my friends would … the immigration branch received and pursued intelligence on targeted visitors and immigrants from its own intelligence resources and from … consensual acts with another adult, leaving him with a life sentence. [26] Following the White Paper and the Criminal Code update, a 1970 …
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… promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons … adventure. A friend of mine was in Canada at that time, on a half year visitors visa, to visit a brother and his wife, who had emigrated a few years …