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  • The Year Nearly 100,000 Irish Sailed to Canada
    … 32 pairs of children’s shoes, cast in bronze, dot a 165 km trail in Ireland known as the National Famine Way. Crossing six counties, it marks … with their English landlord, they had been evicted from their homes. Accompanied by a bailiff, they marched towards Dublin and were boarded … Credit: User AlanMc on en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A sombre Anniversary This year marks the 175 th anniversary of …
  • Stories - Netherlands
    … Flietstra Bellsmith Lina Douwasma Jack de Vries Peter van der Horden Connie A.H. Uyterlinde Family Stories Toon and Trees Maas Johannes Kreeft and Elizabeth Kreeft-Meijers Everina Pieternella Hoogerdyk Corrie J. Douma Arie and Tiny Bor Abe Baanstra Eric … van Tiggelen William and Christine Stoffer Johanna Schel Anton and Paula Rouss Martin O. Kloet Cathy Bos Dennis Teitsma Mary and Leonard …
  • John Oscar Moller
    … In Loving Memory of: John Oscar Moller Andersen So now what's left to be said ? Only three … 1949-2012 History: Born in Copenhagen Denmark on April 22, 1949, John Oscar was the first born child of Margaret and Vagn Moller … of and contributor to the B.C. Cancer Society. Oscar died on September 12th, 2012 in palliative care with his family beside him. Interests: …
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    … Access to Information and Privacy Officer Development Digital Platforms External Relations Finance Gift Shop Human Resources … 902-425-7770 ext. 248 Nathaline Piedrahita-Budiman Social Media and Communications Coordinator 902-425-7770 ext. 264 Shipra Chaubey … 902-425-7770 ext. 246 Rebecca MacKenzie-Hopkins Public Programs and Community Engagement Manager 902-425-7770 ext. 263 Tatsunari Watanabe …
  • Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco
    … May 1954 Translated from original text written in Italian by Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco My name is Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco. I married Giuseppe Di …
  • Giuseppe, Addolorata DiFalco e figli
    … and daughters arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax aboard the Saturnia on May 27, 1954. Giuseppe Di Falco arrived at Pier 21 on August 21, 1951. … original text written in Italian by Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco) My name is Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco. I married Giuseppe Di …
  • Carmine, Antonietta Perri and Family
    … I was 9 years old when I emigrated to Canada in May, 1957 with my mother Antonietta Tomaino Perri (age 42), my brothers Achille (age 14), Silvio (age 12), and Egidio (age 7). We came to join my father, Carmine Perri and older brother, Giuseppe in Sault Ste. …
  • Maria Rosaria and Antonio
    … 1958. I left Naples, Italy on a ship called the Vulcania on April 9th and I arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on April 18th, 1958. I celebrated Easter on board the ship. I came from a small … San Pietro Infine, in the Region of Campania. I immigrated because my sister, Dolorosa, and her husband had immigrated to Canada two years …
  • Able Seaman Alex Chelekower
    … November 1918 in Berlin, East Germany, to a Jewish family of moderate means who ran a tobacco company.By the time I was two years old, my father died in the flu epidemic of 1921 and my mother was forced to … me away to Gotha, Germany, to a Jewish family who were strangers to me, when I was 8 years old. She wanted me to have the experience of …
  • Tullio Idilio Callegari
    … The Immigration Story of Tullio Idilio Callegari (Italian Immigrant) In 1954, shortly after my 22nd birthday, my father, Gio Batta, passed away. My 38 year old …

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