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… Holland Dear Father, Mother and Ans, Again it is Sunday and once more we are sitting here writing letters. First of all, congratulations with … members, and he is in the clouds! He received a nice booklet from Aunt Ann, and from us a pencil and a pair of shoes. Also thanks to Opa and …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian officials attempted to commemorate immigration milestones. These official commemorations were in response to postwar immigration policies that had opened Canada’s doors to tens of …
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… Henk Booy …
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… Anne Benjamins-Booy …
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… it was March 11, 1953, a warm and bright spring day and also the day we steamed out of Copenhagen harbour bound for an uncertain, but, hopefully, promising … the case for one of our fellow passengers - a streetcar conductor from Copenhagen. He was travelling all the way to Vancouver with his wife …
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… Ethel C. Mitchell Small Ridge …
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… Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re leaving our home here in Kuopio, Finland, and going far away, to … good idea because I want to be with Äiti and Isi. Raili is angry as a bee and is sulking in the corner by the train window. Äiti won’t stop … Veke,Toini,Raili …
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… Sisukas Suomalainen The Finnish word "Sisu" is frequently used to describe the Finnish … siblings died before they reached adulthood. Pa's hero, as a little boy growing up in Finland, was his dad. His father was a policeman and … a better life. He was 22 years old when he traveled from Helsinki to Copenhagen where he boarded the S.S. Estonia bound for New York City …
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… Sgt Walter B.A. Dennison …