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Family story written by daughter Jane David Gordon Pettifer, his wife Sheila Doreen (Bradwell) and three children: Jane (5), Anna (4) and Bob (3) took the train from Quebec City to Peterborough, Ontario to stay in a cottage in Bewdley on Rice Lake until we could buy a farm - my Dad's dream. My …
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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 … 7, 1945. Robert was shipped home to Canada at the end of the war and Alice applied for a Canadian Travel Certificate in London, England. She …
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… Alice Wallace Gibbs …
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… Alice Irene Park …
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… by train to Hillsdale, Ontario and worked on a farm for a year. Mary Alice married Leo Timothy Kerrigan on June 13, 1953 and settled on the … / Dec: Jan 14, 1978 Of the original four who immigrated, only Mary Alice remains living. James, deceased 1978, Matilda, 1974 and Leonard, … Mary Alice Smalls …
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… Frans and Alice Baert …
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… War bride: left Liverpool, England aboard the ship, Athlone Castle, May 2, 1945. Arrived at Pier 21, in Halifax, … hours leave but he couldn’t confirm his being there for our wedding as D-Day had taken place and he was in a banned area, unable to make … his 10 days leave, in April 1945, we made arrangements for me to come to Canada. We felt if we waited until after the war, my departure …
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… artist, graphic designer and filmmaker Aquil Virani was selected for the Museum’s first virtual residency. Inspired by the Museum’s "Contributions" playing in the Canadian Immigration Hall, Aquil invited participants across Canada …
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… THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in … wool dog, because it’s so old that it’s worn shiny in places. She said "I can get a new one in Canada. So I asked her if she’d leave Raili or … to go to Canada by himself and that his family was supposed to come later, after he had got himself established. But Isi and Äiti told …
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… Annie, Mark, Alice Ayres …