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… Between 1947 and 1959 four more daughters were born and Jan moved house and family to England and back and forth across Canada as Doug’s … never really got over this loss but was able, finally, to share the house with another St. Bernard dog – he had had one as a boy in …
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… Eva “a hell of a time.” Eva and Bill, as did many others, desired to come to Canada for a better life. The news on the radio and newspaper … fell down from the top bunk and almost injured himself severely one day. Eva described the boat as nice and big, but not too big. There was lots of good food. People were very happy, there was dancing, singing, and very good …
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… remembers a Salvation Army man taking him to the train and buying him food for the train trip West. As his father was farming south of Moose … land 12 miles away and only came home on weekends. The barn they built housed them and their animals together. In 1915 his father signed up … his mother but until his father received wages the family could not come to Canada. His mother Louisa Mildred and siblings George William …
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… the Groote Beer to go to Canada and start our lives together. The food was good on the ship, what I mostly remember are the fresh fruits … so bad we could not get out of bed and we did not see each other for days. I remember one morning the stuart came and ordered all the woman … The next day all we saw was snow, cars only the roofs showing and houses and barn roofs loaded heavy with snow. I don’t remember how long …
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… brother and his wife came to Canada in 1929 and they encouraged us to come as well. Two more of my father’s brothers also decided to … Estonia. We made a stop in Copenhagen, Denmark where the ship took on food supplies for the travel across the Atlantic Ocean. The journey took 10 days. The seas were very rough for the first 9 days. My father said …
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… Her early school years were World War Two years with The Netherlands under German occupation. She graduated from the Gemeentelijk Lyceum in 1955. Temporary jobs in greenhouse and orchard provided her first experience in horticulture. In 1956 Ina enrolled in a … she took MOEnglish (BA level) at the School voor Taal- en Letterkunde, The Hague, while employed by the research and exploration division …
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… and Lisbon. We reached Gibraltar at night and Lisbon during the daytime. We left the ship for a short time in Lisbon. I remember the … did not speak Italian, but they were very helpful, made us feel welcome and made sure that we got onto the right train. One of the men … each of us a plate of spaghetti. Again, my sister and I found the food so sweet that we refused to eat it. At that point my mother was …
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… in Italy were poor. There were very few jobs and very little food. News came that 'America' could be the beginning of a new and prosperous life and Nicola thought it was a chance he had to take. He would have to leave behind his parents Luigi … hour days earning $0.70/hour. They supplied room and board for $1.75 a day. After 3 weeks he switched jobs and worked in the canteen that …
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… Teresa DiGiandomenico (Rasetta) Pier 21 Immigration Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena … arrival. He was sponsored by his brothers Guido and Giovanni, who had come to Toronto by way of Belgium. Despite our fear of leaving our safe … land with an unusual language and definitely a different idea of good food. Once we arrived in Toronto at Union Station, I remember standing …
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… to fulfill its commitments to England by providing a vast quantity of food supplies for troops and civilians. Therefore, from 1942 to 1947, a … a major impact on women, since they were responsible for purchasing food for the family. Their wholehearted participation in rationing … How did rationing work, exactly? The government would decide which foods would be sold in stores, how many a person could purchase, and …