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… to John and Sarah McGee in a small village in Northern Ireland. She had four sisters and two brothers in her family; John, Katherine, … a fun-loving determined woman, who always made the best of what she had. She found great joy in her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She always …
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… for my mother was not one of the greatest moments in her life. Holland had had a huge flood that year and originally they wanted to go to Australia. Because of limits and quotas we were unable to go to Australia so they opted for Canada and a better life. My mother spent most of the …
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… like everyone else. Growing up in a small knit cultural & religious community in Ontario, everyone knows what you’re up to ALL the time, so basically my whole community knew that I was learning to ride a … to try so hard and that I didn’t have to miss out on so much. I’m in a good place and I feel like I belong somewhere. I take from what my …
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… Co. Clare, Ireland on April 2, 1912. He became an electrician while working in Ardnacrusha on the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme which was completed on July 29, 1929. As work became harder to find, he and his wife decided to immigrate to Australia. … they decided to immigrate to Canada. They decided that he would go to Canada first and his wife and children would join him later in …
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… Denmark with his family and arrived in Canada in late June of 1951 while the epidemic was raging. Not long after, he contracted it. “The summer of ’51 was devastating,” Michael wrote. “Canada had not experienced what it was like to live through a full-blown polio … in quarantine at Toronto’s Sick Kid’s Hospital. “The experience was so traumatic that I lost facility for both mother tongues, Danish and …
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… This is the story of how Petronella Helena Van Luxemburg Seiferling came to arrive in Canada … She worked at a local grocery store, the Spar, during these years. Meanwhile, our father Raymond Seiferling, born on a farm near Sedley, … ways of life in Canada. During the first years of their marriage, they had no running water and no electricity! Adding to the family, eight …
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… no refrigeration. It wasn’t until the railroad came in, that the dairy companies came out and offered producers the opportunity to ship whole milk to market by rail. … was $15 month. I wanted to become a fisherman, but the fishing was so poor and the prices were so bad. Being the only boy, I had the …
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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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… 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 …