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… or celebrated. Many of these people are immigrants to Canada. This online lesson plan and activity will challenge students to think … Who we remember and who is forgotten: An online lesson plan on historical significance …
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… Hendrikje Lopers, who operated an agricultural storage and supply as well as grocery business. Trijn was born in 1920, the fourth of eight … owned a dairy farm. By the time World War II ended, Frits and Trijn had two sons. They lived with Frits’s parents for a while, and added two girls to the family within two years. There was …
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… in the northern part of The Netherlands. At the time of my birth I had 3 siblings. A brother and 2 sisters. At later dates 2 more brothers … school in the provincial capital, Groningen. The high school was about 25 km from our home, making it necessary to commute by regular … promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons …
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… parentage, I grew up in Germany (Saxony); by the time I was 18, I had lived through the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the … years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … away. I opted for the latter (though I had never seen a mine before), got my visa and Dept of labour contract on 15 October 1951, and two …
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How a vivid dream and a nearly forgotten history led to a new exhibition Chinese Head Tax Certificate issued to Lee Wing, 1916. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection, [R2021.48.6] Artist JJ Lee thought of herself as a second-generation Canadian, her parents having been born in China. …
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How a vivid dream and a nearly forgotten history led to a new exhibition Chinese Head Tax Certificate issued to Lee Wing, 1916. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection, [R2021.48.6] Artist JJ Lee thought of herself as a second-generation Canadian, her parents having been born in China. …
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… for someone arriving in Canada before 1865 are low, as there are no comprehensive lists. 1865 - 1935: Canada started keeping immigration … Photos: Available for purchase in person on the day of your visit or online for $30.00 CAD + tax. Fees: Copies of records are available for a research …
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… Italy. It is also an account of their children, Luigino, born the 30th of March 1938, Maria, born the 5th of August 1945 and Pierina, … Many years prior, our Zio Virginio Rigato, brother of Eliza Rigato, had established a good life in Port Arthur, Ontario Canada. He began with the purchase of …
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… dit doet je de Ernst van’t groote gebeuren een beetje verzachten. Hoe wel zulk een levens stap reeds jaren te viren is opgezet en voor bereid dan toch nog is ‘t scheiden en … we ons ooit weerzien, maar met goeden moed een stevige handdruk en als God ‘t wil tot weer ziens werden als ik t’ zoo uitdrukken mag de …
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… “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …