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… to his full time preoccupation with them for the remainder of the war. While in Ajax, he met his wife to be, Jessie Bernice (Bunny) Wight and … passage on one of the 4 stack destroyers which the United States had made available to Canada under lend lease. Crossing the North … The crossing was relatively fast, as she was traveling alone and at a good clip. After leaving the shop in New York, Forbes traveled back to …
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… I was prepared that thing will be difficult for me if I in the competition with a Canadian born in a job he may get it first before I … be attack on the street. Just because the colour of my skin. It is something that come more as a shock. One day in Brooks I was attacked … station which I’m working right now there and—you know there’s so many good people, a lot of them, but there’s always one or two that will be …
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… I was guaranteed job. My wife and I experienced China’s economy take off and we benefited from that growth, but not always. In 2011, we took one month and half to find a good school for my boy, through all our possible channels. You needed … That was the moment we had that idea to change our life, to move somewhere. Two years later we arrived in Prince Edward Island. One snow …
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… sister Birthe Marie and mother Ellen Margrethe Nielsen. Inge has three sons, two of whom are married, by her first husband who passed away at … sister and I came to Canada to join my father, Johannes Nielsen, who had emigrated to Canada in 1928. We travelled by rail from Halifax … to this day, with a small Christmas tree, home made ornaments, a good dinner and a box of gifts and clothing that arrived just in time …
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… western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia. While employers generally supported Chinese labour because it was cheap … the possibility of limiting Chinese immigration. [1] Commissioners J.A. Chapleau and J.H. Gray gathered testimony regarding Chinese …
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… the age of 31, I boarded the S.S. Neptunia at Bremerhafen, Germany. I had left behind an ugly war, time spent in a Russian prison, and had an opportunity to become a 'guest of General Eisenhower' … risking death. I figured a new country would offer me a new beginning. So, on that fateful day, I struck out on my own, leaving everything I …
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… grandmother and my younger brother Tony. The day that we arrived was also my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains my favourite number. It's been a good luck number for me and always will be. When we went through customs with our steamer trunk, the bottom fell out. The customs people were so helpful that they found a rope and tied …
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… Skala. John and Maria heard that Canada was accepting and promising a good future for immigrants. In 1899, John, Maria, their two children … Manitoba. The school district there was named Skala. With much joy, hard work, and sorrow, they cleared the land and built a home for … to Stefan and Maria Schurko in Yaroslaviv, Ukraine. Walter and Anna had a large family. Two sons and one daughter passed away at a very …
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… my brother. One day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he … all over the places. Then my mother was having a golden bracelet. She sold it in Chad. We took a train, we came to Cameroon. In Cameroon we saw a very good man, he was a Chief of Avenue Paraiso. We went to the HCR, then we …
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… morning of their voyage at 6:00 am to attend Mass with his mother, something he agreed to do in exchange for her giving him 1,000 Lire … amount would cover of his daily expenses! He also remembers all the good food he ate on the ship, and that he spent his days by the pool as they had great weather the entire voyage. They left Halifax by train at 4:00 …