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… and that they have big black hairy dogs. The job turned out to be super awesome. I was finally able to make use of my university … He loved drifting there until everybody leaned over the rails, only to come up just then and blow his fishy breath into everybody’s faces. One …
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… what seemed to me to be a huge ship, the Zuiderkruis. The first few days on board were a lot of fun! We ran up and down the stairs, played … were still used for a number of years to buy food and other necessities. My sister and I wore hand-knitted dresses and my brothers wore … that evening we boarded the train for a two-day trip to Toronto. The bed made of two train seats was fascinating to us! We soon found …
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… of my brother (Jim). Seeking a better life for his family, my father set sail for Canada on October 15, 1960 leaving my mother and his son. After a nine-day journey aboard the SS Queen Frederica, my father arrived in Halifax … for Ottawa with a little less then $10.00 in his pocket. After working day and night in an assortment of jobs, my father had saved enough …
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… where we were settled into a temporary housing development for the few days we had to spend there before embarking. The day finally arrived … Cliffs of Dover. And then the boat turned into open sea! I am a really bad sailor; sometimes even a small boat ride upsets my stomach! The … I got sick immediately. I spent the whole over-sea voyage in my bunk bed. At one point an order came on the loudspeaker that EVERYBODY had …
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… Pasquale Martinis, “My Lucky Day” July 18 1956 My origin. I was born in the northern part of Italy, … and seven grandchildren. So, you know now, why I call it my lucky day. Thank you, Canada. This is my family in Italy. My two older …
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… The voyage on board the Waterman from Rotterdam to Halifax took 7 days. On the first day of their journey they found 5 more single young men on board and … to Ontario. The first village they landed in was Formosa, a village south of Walkerton. In the mean time, Cor & Nico were living in …
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… ½ May 1945 “A” Company made a night attack to cross the railway line south of Bad Zwischenahn. Sergeant Whitfield and ten other ranks formed the … The following is a quote from a speech Don gave on Remembrance Day 2009: “It was September 1941 when I enlisted in the Canadian Army …
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… diet but our father wasn’t a happy traveller on the Atlantic Ocean. By day 2 he was seasick and this condition lasted until he set foot on solid ground in Halifax. Trying to put his socks on one … him landing on the floor under the sink. Arriving at Pier 21 meant a day and a half stay in the hotel at the pier. One young couple needed …
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… in the county of Middlesex, in April of 1946. At 21 years old, Joyce set sail across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving her country, her family, … they started a family and eventually moved to Regina, where they settled for good. In the late seventies, with her kids grown, Joyce … On one trip to the Maritimes, Joyce’s group of war brides had the chance to sail on the Blue Nose II and visited their original landing …
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… coming to Pier 21, but there is something universal I hope all visitors bring: questions. It might seem like a trivial thing, dear … the scope of what we talk about here at the Museum. The history of Canadian immigration is a vast and immensely complicated thing. It’s a … their questions. If visitors are asking about the same item or subject day in day out, there’s clearly an interest. That means there’s a …