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… (My Husband) Natale Leardi His recollection of his experience on emigrating follows. Leaving family and friends at age 17, he and his mother Assunta Leardi left Naples for their one-week journey …
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… names—calling names, talking bad about black people, so I decided to leave the scene, but they won’t let me. They follow me outside the … here, go back home. And it signed it three cross which is KKK. Yeah. When I came to Red Deer I start working at the gas station which … start calling my name there, start calling me United Nation guy, meaning that I’m refugee, I’m not supposed to be here, you know. People …
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… Bernardus (Ben) Theodorus Josephus Arts was born on March 3rd, 1931 in Lithoyen, … the buzz of VI and VII bombs and the explosions in the fields around his house. Throughout the war, soldiers from around the world came … church, Ben decided Canada was the place for adventure. He was only allowed to take $30 with him to Canada because he was traveling on a …
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… Our family story begins with my great-grandfather Nicodemo Piccolo. It amazes our family to this date, the courage this man had to set out to a strange unknown … make a better life for his family. We understand that he attempted to come to Canada many times but failed without the proper documents. …
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… When Andrew Peller stepped off the ship at Halifax’s Pier 21 in Spring … for a better life and a better future, he only had five dollars in his pocket but was rich with hope. With his wife Lena and baby son Joe … and wine at the table, just as he had done in Europe, was something he has not really experienced in Canada and something he dearly missed. …
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… 14, 1948 Author: Jennie Humbert, daughter Stanislaw Maciejewski, my father was born on a farm close to Poznan, Poland in a village called … was captured by the Germans. At that time, he was allowed to return to his family farm. Then, in June 1940, all his family was expelled from …
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… Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom were housed with relatives for at least two months while … Our furniture was put into a large wooden crates under the watchful eye of immigration officials. The box was required to be full to …
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… was one of 85,000 child migrants who came to Canada from Britain in the late 19th and early 20th century. His story is a sad one, but typical of a time when family and child …
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… Time 0:02:10 Transcript I was born in Cela. I can’t remember about Cela but my mom told me that it was a … journey begins. My mom told me that my family had to run from the burmies. They would run, and run. Then they came to Malao Refugee camp. In … 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 …
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… After serving in the 2nd World War, Francesco Orlando immigrated to Canada and landed in Halifax in 1950. He came from Cellara Italy. His final destination was Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. He came with the … The dream of owning a home, raising a family, and buying a car were all realized in 20 short years - something that would have been much …