• Private Mitchell Sherman Williams
    … Williams, Mitchell Sherman "Will" "Bill" F39938 Sergeant, West Nova Scotia Regiment, Royal … to me while I was on the ground in a practice, he kicked my foot and said ‘Williams, you're going to be married.' So off I went back to … Private Mitchell Sherman Williams …
  • Hungarian Culture Trunk Photographs
    … Life in Hungary Coming to Canada Arrival in Canada Life in Canada …
  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    … January 1923), Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 (14 August 1930) With the passage of Order-in-Council PC 695 on 21 March 1931, the government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett implemented the tightest immigration admissions policy in Canadian … deemed necessary after the onset of the Great Depression in order to combat soaring unemployment and further economic decline. The …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript …
  • Dmitri and Anastasia Tarasuk Family
    … TARASUK FAMILY: VOYAGE TO CANADA Dimitri (35) and Anastasia (33) and their five children, Mary (9), Valentina (7), Michael (5), Jeanne (3) … Ukrainian farmers. Anastasia had a brother, Nikander Owcharuk, already settled in St. Walburg, Saskatchewan. Under threat for their safety, … and Anastasia was six months pregnant. We are sure they were glad to see the Port of Halifax on August 2, 1930. However, when they boarded …
  • Bruno Talotta
    … Dad emigrated to Canada from the little town of Maierato in Calabria Italy. He left Italy on March …
  • Navelli Social Club – Toronto, Ontario
    … In honour of the immigrants from Navelli, L’Aquila, Italy and their families for their commitment to sustaining Italian culture, traditions and everlasting friendships in Canada. In onore degli immigrati di Navelli, … L’Aquila per il loro impegno nel sostenere la cultura italiana, le tradizioni e le amicizie eterrne in Canada. …
  • Olive Helen Briggs Ripley
    … (Briggs) Ripley was born in Orpington, Kent, England on July 18, 1923. Her parents were Reginald and Lillian Briggs. She has a younger sister, Diana Dilley, still living in England. In …
  • Immigration Act, 1910
    … climate or requirements of Canada.” Immigrants sponsored by charitable organizations were also excluded, unless they obtained prior written permission from the superintendent of … and the proceedings of the boards of inquiry. [3] Orders-in-council passed later in the year further enhanced the restrictive immigration …
  • Berthold Herman Seiler
    … Berthold Herman (Bert) Seiler, 1911-2004 We will remember Berthold Herman (Bert) … up in Rodalben, a picturesque village in the Rheinland Pfalz region of south-west Germany, next to the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. … truck driving for Colpitts Ranches, a major employer west of Calgary. Here he met and later (in June of 1942) married Margaret McKady (my …