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… Mom & Dad Story In 1953 our uncle, his wife and three children were going to Canada to start a new life under the Farm Workers Immigration … program. His parents, our Oma and Opa wanted to follow their son but keep their family together so their youngest son and family … any agency in Holland/Canada so our uncle sponsored them. Our father had worked as a milk delivery man but with farm experience he signed up …
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… farmer, war hero (St. George Cross for Bravery) and village spokesman had questioned some of the Communist views. He feared for his life. By good fortune, Canada was welcoming Ukrainian farmers. Anastasia had a … they boarded the train to travel to St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, looking out the window at the rocky Nova Scotia, Anastasia cried and said "How …
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… It wasn’t my decision to leave my country, it was because of illness. Sometimes my leg hurt a lot when I was a child in Burundi. I could not … it was my first time getting sick. My mother started the process of coming to Canada because I was gravely ill. After a bit of time I came … de Saint-Boniface in business administration. Now my life is good. Sometimes in life you have to do more than turn the page, you …
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… should try and learn some English, and it would be helpful to her as well, and she did in fact learn some English before arriving. My father came in 1953. When my mother arrived in Halifax in 1955, she had 3 children in row, ages 11 (Eugenio), 6 (Ferruccio), and a toddler … She was terrified the trunk would fall apart and the contents spill out. Upon hearing my mother speak these words of English the official …
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… days, we docked at Pier 21 in Halifax. On our arrival, we immediately had to board a train. It was to bring me to Hamilton, where a government job awaited me. However, as fate would have it, I got off the train in Montreal and have lived there ever since. In 1958, … and convenience store and with hard work and long hours made a good living for myself and my family. Today, that family includes …
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… Mom (Elske), Dad (Marinus), my four brothers and I slept in one hut with 3 bunk beds and a crib. It was crowded. Many people were … Canada, many stops along the way. At most stops, my father would get off to purchase food or drinks for the family as there were no dining … was to be our new home. We all really liked Saskatoon. The people were good to us and we made many friends. Here my mothers gave birth to …
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… who asked him for help. I learned from him to share and to be in solidarity with others. I was lucky to have a father who was a … behind my back? My husband was working for a Canadian engineering company who offered him a job in Montreal. This was the kind of opportunity we were …
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… at night, missing his wife and child. Trying to learn the language and how to get around in the city was difficult. He told us many times if he had the money to return home at that time, he gladly would have taken … and determination, my family was reunited. I always tried to be a good Canadian citizen and have remained faithful to the country whose …
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… Poland westward into Germany, trying to stay ahead of the advancing Soviet armies invading from the east. My mother’s family had to pick up … to family still left behind how good life was saying ‘you should come!’. In 1950 my Mom and her family, having not much to look forward … for one year. My Mom committed to paying back the Lutheran Relief $265. I was astonished when I discovered the original promisory note in …
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… Mary J. Coleiro (mother) had just lost her husband in 1952 and in 1957 her youngest of four … Canadian resident and moved to Toronto. The loss was too great to bear so a year later, in June 1958, she decided (at the age of 52) to leave her native land (Malta) and be reunited …