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  • Sowada Lydia Dorothea Sieg Melanie
    … time in Kamloops where she raised her family of five girls and one boy. She did some wonderful work with mentally and physically …
  • Maria Disipio nee Stenta
    … my daughter Grace - on my behalf. I married my husband Frank, before we had even met. He was living in Ottawa, Canada, having arrived here … to assist with her care. I am grandmother to a delightful 8 year old boy, named Daniel - born to my first child, Mario. I will have been in …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2024 - Annie Valentina
    … as our playwright-in-residence summer/fall 2025. Annie holds a BA in Theatre from Dalhousie University and is a past Merritt Award … was formerly the Artistic Associate of Neptune Theatre, where her play Ballad of the Motherland premiered in 2023. During her residency at the … called Od Dzvezdena Prašina (From Stardust) , which she describes as "an exploration of multi-generational immigrant family dynamics" told …
  • Life for Family Left Behind - Cathy Wirick
    … Leaving the United States Time 0:02:43 Transcript My parents disowned us … was October 17, 1969, so it didn't take him long, so July, August, September, October, so in those few months from when we'd left, he … Life for Family Left Behind - Cathy Wirick …
  • Wg Cdr Donald F. Archibald
    Dad left for overseas from Halifax, January 1943, as a Squadron Leader. Began the Canadian Pay Office in London. Worked in Harrods with the United Kingdom Base Accounts Office. In the spring of 1947, Ottawa awarded Dad the MBE* Military. He was promoted to Wing Commander in 1944. He landed on the …
  • Renate Hoffmann Rooke
    … In 1953, when you came to Canada, you had to have the following: 1. - … Round Trip International Pass 4. - Police documentation stating you were never in trouble 5. - International Certificate of Inoculation and …
  • Milan V. Gregor
    … "second class". A "first class officer" had to be a citizen of a western country, usually an American, a Canadian or a Brit. They all … anxiety. By 5 p.m., or about 12 hours after docking, we were on our way to Canada's interior in one of the many CNR trains waiting to be …
  • Scotiabank Family History Centre
    … Pier 21 was a new start for nearly one million immigrants, a journey into your family history could also begin here at the Scotiabank Family History Centre. Visit In Person: Every visitor who enters the Scotiabank Family History …
  • Philip Barry Chaytor Pepper
    … Barry and Marjorie, a portrait painter, raised four children, Sarah, Anne, Tony and Nicole who all live in Toronto. One interesting point … graciously accepted the invitation. Philip Barry Chaytor Pepper Q.C.; B.A.; M.A.; LLM died September 7th, 1997. He was born an Englishman but …
  • Mary Didur’s Perogies
    … Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making perogies when she was five or six years old.  She said, “the recipe …

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