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… Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of … to local, national and global publics. The Museum recognizes that we cannot tell the comprehensive story of Canadian immigration history …
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… Alice Gibbs was born on June 7, 1924, in Keighley, England. She served in England during World War II and met Robert Lionel Gibbs, an officer in the RCAF, on the base where they were both stationed. They were married on June 7, 1945. … Travel Certificate in London, England. She boarded the Aquitania in South Hampton with her infant son Donald on August 8, 1946 and arrived …
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… The Italian Trunk The Hungarian Trunk The Netherlands Trunk Trunks may contain... Photos Documents Stories Quotes Articles Videos Links and Resources …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, … little apprehensive still when I cross the border to the US and when I come home. There's that sigh of relief as you come across to Canadian … Guilt About Leaving - Robert Porter …
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… was born March 28, 1916 in Prata D’Ansidonia, a small commune just south of L’Aquila in Abruzzo, Italia. He was the second of three boys born to Pasquale and Maria Antina … first cousin Edevice Diprospero (also travelling to be re-united with her own husband) was sailing with Violetta and helped care for little …
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… I am your counsellor. He asked for our papers and he brought us to Welcome Place. At first, I didn’t even see the city well, because there … I am waiting to go to school. We are waiting for our house. I want to learn more, to meet other children and make some friends. Return to …
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… The girl was named Elisabeth Martha Zufall, but in the beginning, she was mostly called Liesel. She grew up and was educated as an … worked for Siemens & Halske in Berlin. When the Russians entered the city, she fled to the West German part. The political situation in …
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… Time 0:03:44 Transcript Last summer, I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I saw many immigrants’ suitcases and settlement stories - both positive and negative. I told my husband that it … my Master’s in India. But I knew we were moving away. I was going to come as a foreign student’s spouse – and I knew this would limit me …
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… John Conlan was born in Clonlara, Co. Clare, Ireland on April 2, 1912. He became an electrician while working in Ardnacrusha on the Shannon … Georgic for the trans-Atlantic journey to Canada. He spent 3 weeks at sea and endured several storms during the journey. On May 22, 1952 he …