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… died. I saw some sitting against the wall but you passed on your way. One afternoon on the 27th of May I sat on a terrace - a real European … I remember well how 2 friends came in company of the Ambassador had come aboard. My name was called to come to the reception. To my …
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… the Soods got transferred first to Kenya and then emigrated to Canada, arriving in 1969. “They packed up what they could and basically … little old Pictou county.” Deepa and her brother, Vivek, who was just one when the family moved to Canada, began a life not unlike their … look at all the things that changed in my life since I joined the company. There’s been a lot of transitions within that time, and I always …
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… My Story By Rudolf E. Braune On April 20th, 1951 at the age of 31, I boarded the S.S. Neptunia at … a new country would offer me a new beginning. So, on that fateful day, I struck out on my own, leaving everything I knew behind: my … of the ship I noticed that the walls and floor sloped downward at one spot and I hoped that the ship would not break apart in the rough …
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… four sisters and two brothers in her family; John, Katherine, Bridget Anne, Mary, Shamus and Gertrude. She married John Gray, a Canadian … in July, 1946 departing from Liverpool, aboard the MV Georgic for a one-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The MV Georgic was the last … She will always be remembered. Thank you for giving each and every one of us a wee bit of your Irish spirit. Your son, Michael Theresa and …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:12 Transcript: Mooshie Zahirovich (MZ) : So … as independent states, and, and I could hear guns closer and closer coming to my place. And, and you could feel this uneasiness all around … brother. Because— MZ : Yeah. It, it— YZ : Both of them of them were soldiers. MZ : Not directly, but on different war lines, but it’s, it was …
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… time) and myself (10 years of age). The voyage for my mother was not one of the greatest moments in her life. Holland had had a huge flood … Also we had other families sharing our cabin with my father in another one. My dad was used to ship life having been at sea since he was 16 … 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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… in December 1951. He worked for 4 years in order to make enough money to send for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … anticipated letters from her relatives which at that time took many days to arrive. Filena also prepared and sent parcels with staples like …
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… On August 19, 1954, approximately one month shy of my sixth birthday, my mother, Teresina DiGirolamo, and most of my siblings, …
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… different from those of Korea. And getting a job was hard as a newcomer as well. Everything I felt in Canada for the first month made me … nice house. I think it is a creative job. I would like to tell the newcomers like me that you don’t have to worry about your new life in …
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… Percy was having pretty, epic adventures in Timmons. “I thought I'd died and gone to heaven,” recalled Percy. “I was like the son Uncle … absolutely, wonderful to us and did everything they could to make us comfortable, entertained and happy. “On one occasion they took me to … I knew she couldn't hear me. It was exciting that Mother could communicate with us this way, especially since I was missing her so …