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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … for Canada. John Vandenberg, Netherlands, arrived 1951. (DI2016.260.1) “I did not like attending school in Montreal and learning two … in Chester, Nova Scotia. Now things started looking better.” (S2012.1926.1) …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … for Canada. John Vandenberg, Netherlands, arrived 1951. (DI2016.260.1) “I did not like attending school in Montreal and learning two … in Chester, Nova Scotia. Now things started looking better.” (S2012.1926.1) …
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… be free of the Nazi tyranny. Many friendships blossomed in those days and indeed, many Canadian soldiers returned home with Dutch … was a slow process. There was little money for construction of houses that had been destroyed by bombs during the war years. My … this was anticipated as a pleasant adventure. They would have enough food to eat, sleeping quarters, and a trip away from home, suggesting …
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… and they would pick us up at the station. We stayed there for a few days, then a man of the Immigration came to pick us up and took us up … and said, "I’m taking you all home with me." And put us into a nice house. And that was the beginning of our new life in Canada.” (Lea van … arrived at its berth in Halifax harbour early in the afternoon on Saturday, May 16. Upon disembarking, all of the passengers were screened by …
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… to join his father, so I had him look after my son and they would chum around the ship together, otherwise I would not let him leave our …
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… one of the conditions of this sponsorship was that we marry within 30 days of my arrival in Canada. As a young woman I rarely traveled far … a trip of a lifetime. I have very vivid memories of the trip from my house in Kortenhoef to the Holland-America's Wilhelminakade Quay in … had to make our own entertainment during the journey. As I recall the food on the ship was quite good and it helped to make the crossing more …
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… wash diapers and baby bottles. We got through it though and the next day we were put on buses to take us to Southampton" from there we started on our journey to Canada. It took six days. It was an awful time. I was seasick all the time, as well as my … There I would bring up my guts and I swore that I would never set foot on a ship again and I never have. Arriving in Canada: I arrived in …
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… begin working in order to save money to pay for our trip and to buy a house. It took us four hours, by car, to get to the city of Naples … went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the little town where I was born. The "Conte … the train, much like a cattle train, and I remember that we had little food. Two days later we arrived in Toronto's Union Station. My father …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to … we liked that because we didn’t feel lonely so we feel that we had company. And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had … with cheese— like fresh cheese—also from Colombia. So we liked coming to the house and having that type of food. Oral History …
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… Territory near Brantford, Ontario, and as a Six Nations veteran and community knowledge holder myself, I have been fortunate to become heir … shores. Historical evidence records five troopships with Canadian soldiers aboard departing Halifax's Pier 21 on June 21, 1941. Trooper … reserve near Brantford, Ontario, when the war began and was being readied to succeed his father in running the farm when the time came. …