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  • Henri Schroeders and Family
    … the town of Mechelem, Holland. They married on February 12,1947. They were living in the town of Camerug, in the municipality of Vaals when they decided to move to Canada. "On the 19th of July 1954 we left Rotterdam for Canada on the S.S. Groote Beer. Our Five children …
  • Duro and Erika Gravonic and Family
    … Our mother the Heroine The date was March 14, 1952 and we're somewhere in West Germany. It's been four months since we last … aged eight, my brother Duro, jr., aged four, Erika, our mother, aged 26, and me aged six. Once on board the truck, Mom said, "Let's all hold …
  • Perfectly Delicious
    … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
  • Perfectly Delicious
    … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … work and care that goes into preparing the food. Just as bringing ingredients together creates new tastes, bringing people together can create … province. She started working in the food industry at age 15 . She studied culinary arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in …
  • Audrey R.F. Beasley-Waddy
    … I would be able to return. Travelling in convoy from Liverpool there were fifteen hundred young brides like myself on their way to a new home and life in Canada. I was extremely seasick and did … suddenly aroused from my chair on deck by wild screams, 'Land! Land! We can see land!' Coming slowly into the Halifax harbour was sheer joy …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened new … history of immigration to Canada. This blog is based on research that informs these new exhibits. Introduction From the eighteenth century onwards, Quebec City’s … and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression …
  • Ariella Milanese
    … Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia … two brothers stayed home in Italy and took care of the family. During WWII, when the Allied Forces freed Ethiopia from Nazi occupation, all … of her late husband, with some help from friends and family. One day Mario Pecile , the brother of Ariella’s neighbour, came into the …
  • Ruth Mudryk, son Dietrich Stoedter
    … 21, Halifax Ship: USAT General J. H. McRae Country of origin: Germany We left Bayreuth in Bavaria in the back of a USA Army 2 1/2 truck for … departure point. I will never forget that as I got really motion sick. We were put up in a large warehouse which was filled with refugees from …
  • Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
    … demands for more prohibitive regulations to limit Chinese immigration. Commonly referred to as the “Chinese Exclusion Act,” the legislation … did it fully satisfy nativist and racist opinions. [1] Calls for the complete cessation of Chinese immigration originated in British … to register and carry photo identification as evidence of their compliance with the regulations of the act; even Canadian born and …
  • Ivano and Giuseppina Ciccone
    … My Dad died in WWII. I got married on March 5th, 1955 to my beautiful bride Josephina. We decided to immigrate to Canada for a better life. On November 25th, …

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