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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: SS Olympia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: … and Pier 21; a landed immigrant. After processing, she found her way aboard a train bound for Oshawa, Ontario to be reunited with her … Velia Ida Bombino …
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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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… Marilyn Carr-Harris. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. Reckoning with an uncomfortable past is an important part of the job of any national … And Canada was deeply involved through our connections to the West Indies trade and our part in shipping and the British Empire.” The … means a lot,” says Conlin. “It's a great chance to talk to a bigger audience about this story.” Conlin will travel to the UN and speak at the …
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… journey to Canada and the better life they sought. Life was difficult in Southern Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Luigi had returned from three … became rougher. It was difficult sleeping at night, but during the day, Luigi and a newly found friend would go to the centre of the ship … offices and his documents were examined. From there he made his way to the overhead walkway connecting Pier 21 to the baggage area and …
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… Ralston was born in 1918 in River Philip, Nova Scotia. His parents, Willard and Annie Ripley, raised eight … the farm. Four of them are veterans of World War II. Ralston's war service started in February, 1942, when at the age of 24 he enlisted at … small arms and infantry battle tactics. He went overseas in July, 1943 via the Queen Elizabeth I. (continued as instructor at Witely and …
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… a new life after the devastation Malta experienced in the air raids of WWII. Leaving family and all that they knew in most cases, the trip … one. At one point, traveling across the Bay of Bisque, the waves were so rough and high, Fred remembers hearing the propeller out of the water as the boat was tossed up and down like a toy. Many were seasick, even many of the crew, and Fred remembers having to bring …
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… Becky Pickup Angus (nee Forshaw) was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland in 1911. In 1941, … spirits. Chub was liberated on May 2nd, 1945 and was repatriated to Canada in July, where he was immediately hospitalized. He continued to … to new country and having to stay with a strange family." Having come from such a picturesque part of Scotland, with its many lochs and …
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… Luxemburg Seiferling came to arrive in Canada through Pier 21 on her way to her life in Saskatchewan, as recalled by her children. Born in … in quarantine in Halifax due to illness. Their next step was a four-day train ride to her new home in Saskatchewan – their ride from the … and listening to country music) and also learning the general ways of life in Canada. During the first years of their marriage, they …
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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 … July, 1946 departing from Liverpool, aboard the MV Georgic for a one-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The MV Georgic was the last … 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 John on …
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… Country of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Arosa Kulm Port of Entry: Halifax Date of … Kulm, which sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany, and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 20, 1954. They left Germany with only $50.00 in … money to buy a house and a car, my father walked to and from work each day, a walk that took him a couple of hours each way, in the cold of …