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… On Jan. 2nd 1949 Antonio Bevacqua his wife, Rosa Maria who was 8 months pregnant along with their 3 young sons Guiseppe (Joseph) 6, Domenico (Dominic) 4 and … down. This ship landed at Pier 21 in Halifax Jan. 17, 1949. They were all taken to a large room where they waited to be processed. It took a …
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… many hours caring for her friends’ children because these mothers fell ill during to the voyage. After the ship docked and processing was … on the ship General Langstaff under the name Emery Hartman. Because his identification documents had been lost or destroyed due to the war, … Hartman, Martin Markus’ friend had the proper departure documents to come to Canada. Instead of going to Canada, Emery had decided to travel …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:01:42 Transcript: One of the stars of our exhibit, Empress of Ireland: Canada’s Titanic, is this set of pyjamas from a survivor. A second class passenger, an Irish … Empress of Ireland - The Pyjamas …
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… Beverley (Bev) Henry Patterson was born November 9, 1921 in Annapolis Valley. He was … sons born to John Wilford and Lillian Rachel/Rae (Hiltz) Patterson. His brothers were Ivan and Clifford. Bev was a veteran of the Second … LAC Beverley Henry Patterson …
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… I was born in Volhynia (which was a province of Poland at the time, now it is Western Ukraine), in 1936 of ethnic German parents. … (Lower Saxony) from 1945 to 1949 at which time we immigrated to Canada. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM A BOOK WRITTEN BY EDMUND … In time the decision was made that we would immigrate to Canada. This all happened before the 1950's boom started in Germany. In 1946 the …
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… Transcript My Father came from Iran to Kuwait in 1957 to start a business. So I was born & raised in Kuwait but with an Iranian passport. My … one of the best universities in the world at that time, free with relatives to stay with. But then everything changed: When I was in grade … came and in front of all the students told the Bahai’s to stop coming to school from tomorrow. At this moment I felt I lost my …
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… in Halifax August 1, 1953 – my parents and sister (who was 4 at the time) and myself (10 years of age). The voyage for my mother was not … seasick and not liking the water anyway, she was not a happy person at all. We were too young to understand what she was going through at the … night for over a month. A kind teacher taught me English by having me come to her desk and starting with primary books she taught me the …
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… to pick you up, like no idea. Or if somebody going to pick you up. (laughs) So, yeah. IN: I mean were you—I mean how did you feel—it was … that, so this is going to be our new home. But have no idea what’s to come and where are we going. So those things we don’t know. So we—And … go back to the flight again—I’m just wondering, do you remember the types of food that was served on the airplane? Or— CB: First time I have …
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… in Berlin, Germany in 1927. My husband's name is Manfred Bargenda and he was born in 1924 in a small village outside of Berlin. Manfred … qualified diesel mechanic by that time but could not find a job in his trade other than to drive a heavy truck which also required …
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… Datta Keshao Saungikar After two years in the Science College in Nagpur, he joined the Indian Navy as an … Joseph's Catholic Church where she, because Datta was Hindu and still is, needed the Bishop's permission. She left W.R.N.S after 5 years at …