My mum and dad were both DP's and arrived from Scotland in the early 1900's on a cattle boat.
DP = displaced people
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And where did they end up..........VERDUN of course..
Consider yourself lucky - the Irish who came later were not so lucky - at least the cattle didnt have typhus. My great grandparents also arrived here from Ireland landed in Quebec City and moved on to Montreal. Funny about the term DP's when the generation before mine used it - they sure were not using it to describe their parents but more the other immigrants who arrived around 1950 - I remember my father using the term. But then no-one knew what politically correct was they just said it like it was.
Hi Beeaired, That is the same way the term WOP started. When my husbands stepfather arrived from Italy, the customs officals would say with papers here, with out papers there. Guess when a large ship came into Pier 21 in Halifax, customs officals abrivated it to wop. Patsy
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I remember the Hungarians who were displaced when the Russians moved
into Budapest in the 50s. Thousands of them with no Canadian contacts,
nor english speaking abilities. I can only imagine the fear on arriving
broke in a totally foreign country. These families did well for
themselves considering they left everything they owned behind, and
arrived with nothing but a few bags. Canada is a country of immigrants
as is the US. Something to be proud of I think.
"A bit of perfume always clings to the hand that gives the rose."
- Chinese proverb
Really..okay. Sheesh they hated being called that a YES..I was born in Verdun and could understand both of them. Ex wife had a problem..like..what did they say?
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