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I left my hometown of Lee on Solent on the 20th of March bound for Canada on the ship Scythia. My family was in Lee on Solent throughout the Second World War, my father being an air gunner navigator in the R A F. I met some wonderful people while crossing the Atlantic, two of which I am very close …
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… said that everyone has a story: How true! My immigration story is not complete without you! it is already 365 days since you left us. My … if I didn’t call you, you would call me. Suddenly there was a break in communication. Even when I called you, and asked, You said you were … about you Ify. IFY BAY... BAY... It’s been 365 days since I lost your companionship. I miss your advice, your input, your smile, your voice. …
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… - On The Train “In this special train for immigrants, the passengers sat, ate, and often slept on wooden benches. At regular intervals along … immigrants and therefore did what they could to help others out. One day, between stations where we could buy food, our family ran out of bread and jam. A very kind elderly immigrant couple from Germany gave us some …
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… Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … were created by people who were not necessarily cooks, using the ingredients available to them and trying to cater to a North American palate. Chinese men, who had come to North America initially for the Gold Rush and later as …
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… MARIA MARRONE Born: Maria Di Girolamo August 25, 1933 Fossacessia, Italy Immigration: 1956 Date … often staid, but never bitter. She got married at nineteen on a day that was as unassuming as the event itself—just she and her … for her husband left for Canada shortly afterward, and she would bide her time for three more years watching others leave, watching an …
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… Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … were created by people who were not necessarily cooks, using the ingredients available to them and trying to cater to a North American palate. Chinese men, who had come to North America initially for the Gold Rush and later as …
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… including the stop in Sicily, but after Gibraltar, it was like a bad dream coming on. It was about midnight when we touched the waters … Bronco, the 29,000 ton ship started to toss, dip, heave, wobble from side to side and fore and aft, it was like the waves were doing a bad … by dark grey skies, howling wind storm, and buckets of rain. My Mother said: "My God, what forsaken place has your father brought us to?" You …
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… Time 0:02:48 Transcript (Translated from French) When I arrived at the supermarket, I saw a “cashiers wanted” sign and thought, “hmm, why not … months later, she began working in a bookstore. Her husband Clayton completed his doctorate and now works in a Montreal laboratory. At the …
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… Five of us, who were making the voyage, set out by foot and bicycle from Trevignano to the Signoressa train … fee we paid to cross the Atlantic Ocean. I knew to buy food for the 2-day train ride from Halifax to Niagara Falls, Ontario (where my … I did not recognize the texture or the flavour and thought it had gone bad, so rather than eat it I used it as a pillow! It was a difficult …
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… children, including my grandmother Rose. They arrived via New York City and then north to Canada. The two families travelled cross-country …