Family Life
1940-1959Archive Canada 1940-1959
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After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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Family Life 2
After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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Family Life 3
After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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Family Life 5
After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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After the earthquake, there was no work in Japan, so the Bruces returned to England. Sydney and the boys attempted to start a chocolate business without success. The family then made a fateful decision: immigrate to Canada.
The three boys signed up for a one year farming orientation course at McDonald’s College near Montreal, starting classes in early November, 1924. By the summer of 1925, they had completed the course and practicum, and Frank and Geoffrey were working as farmhands on the prairies. The third brother, Maurice, appears to have gone elsewhere.
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With the harvest done in early November, 1925, the boys headed for the West Coast. Jobs were scarce. By Christmas, Frank whad had enough and decided to head back to England. He returned to Montreal, probably by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Perhaps his Uncle Ernest Bruce, who was the Director of Exhibitions for the CPR, got him a ticket. Once in Montreal, he headed for the dockyards where he found work as an animal handler aboard the ship Manchester Producer. He was heading home. However, Mother Nature had other ideas.
It was January, 1926. A North Atlantic winter storm blew up. In heavy seas, the ship lost its rudder, and for two weeks, drifted at the mercy of the winds and waves. All the cattle on the deck along with the pens were jettisoned to reduce windage and lessen the risk of capsizing. It was touch and go until a sea-going salvage tug finally towed the ship to the Azores. Land! Frank and a shipboard friend appealed to the captain to allow then to sign off. He agreed and they found their way back to England.
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With the harvest done in early November, 1925, the boys headed for the West Coast. Jobs were scarce. By Christmas, Frank whad had enough and decided to head back to England. He returned to Montreal, probably by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Perhaps his Uncle Ernest Bruce, who was the Director of Exhibitions for the CPR, got him a ticket. Once in Montreal, he headed for the dockyards where he found work as an animal handler aboard the ship Manchester Producer. He was heading home. However, Mother Nature had other ideas.
It was January, 1926. A North Atlantic winter storm blew up. In heavy seas, the ship lost its rudder, and for two weeks, drifted at the mercy of the winds and waves. All the cattle on the deck along with the pens were jettisoned to reduce windage and lessen the risk of capsizing. It was touch and go until a sea-going salvage tug finally towed the ship to the Azores. Land! Frank and a shipboard friend appealed to the captain to allow then to sign off. He agreed and they found their way back to England.
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