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… bread for the first time. We were on the train headed for our two day train ride to Toronto. When the server came around with his bread, … to celebrate 50 years of marriage, and I think of how far we have come since then and how we have provided our family with a better life. …
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… and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On … most, it had a porthole and was on a higher deck. This was probably due to the fact that my grandfather (on my mother's side) , who was … and we seemed to be going backwards more than forward. Those many days seemed like weeks. Our normal arrival time had been delayed. Then …
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… Valverde, Chief Revenue Officer The Faas family immigrated to Canada through Pier 21 on September 29 after a seven day journey from Rotterdam on the ship the Groote Beer (The Big Bear). Adrianus (now Andrew), …
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Hendrikus passed away from cancer on September 4, 2005 in his home city of Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. …
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… with nine other men. He took our son on a walk around the deck each day as I did not feel well. Children had their dinner earlier at 5:30pm … in alphabetical order. Then we took a train to Toronto. It took days and they had to put ice in the roof to cool us off because it was …
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… Jan Ryszard Kowalski and Gabriela Olsezewska-Kowalska. After a nine day journey in cold, stormy weather and rough seas, they arrived at …
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Lawrence & his wife, Marianne Ferguson . Lawrence & his wife Marianne Ferguson 1946 Lawrence & his wife Marianne Ferguson 2002 …
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… in the woods, and my father started working on the farm the very next day. The rest is history..... …
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… Holland and, finally, Germany where they were stationed on V.E. Day, 1945. He was repatriated to Canada in August 1945 on the ship, …
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… and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9 day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of …