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… about the histories of peoples in the lands we now know as Canada, and presented in a way you won’t find anywhere else. Discover … were created by Dr. Daniel Sims, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, working with a … rights. Arrivals The arrivals lens is about the history of people coming to these lands , beginning with the temporary settlement of …
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… Origin: Ireland Ship Name: MV Georgic Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: July 15, 1946 Age on Arrival: 20 years old Our mother, … Anne, Mary, Shamus and Gertrude. She married John Gray, a Canadian soldier, in October, 1945, in Fivemiletown. She left for Canada in July, … she met up with her husband, John. They started their life in a small community, Huntingford, in Oxford County. Over the next few years, they …
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… unsold western grain constituted one of the severest problems of the day. Conditions worsened, including economic confusion and unemployment … in the fall of 1940, and (as he remembered) this marked a turning point in his life. He worked at a variety of jobs, including truck … June 1998, he travelled to Swift Current to celebrate Gene's 90th birthday. We are glad that we were able to find a place in Westview (a fine …
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… fortunate to find a job which meant that he would leave Berlin on Monday, return on Friday, repair the truck on Saturday, have a day off on Sunday and then start the same routine again. We …
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… to Edmonton Alberta. When he arrived he tried to find a job. At one point he became quite discouraged as someone asked him how he expected … in Northern Italy near the Dolomite Mountains. Quinto was quite disappointed that Edmonton was flat and had no mountains. So when someone … to visit family and also enjoy it when family and friends from Italy come to visit here in Canada. Their biggest passion is spending time …
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… mother told us stories of how she would end up on the floor from her top bunk on the ship. Her biggest memory crossing the Atlantic was, as … money to buy a house and a car, my father walked to and from work each day, a walk that took him a couple of hours each way, in the cold of … a rich heritage which I hope will continue for many generations to come. Herb family photo December, 1959. Left to right: Karl, Susan, …
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… a daycare unit which entertained six of the children for part of the day. Tony and Len, however, were considered too old for daycare, so …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng … John (5), Jane (7) Front: Jack (2) My parents 50th Anniversary 1986 Top from L to R - Len, John, Mom and Dad, Tony, Jack Bottom from L to R …
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… his life. He cut a handsome figure with his thick wavy black hair, riding the streets of Modugno on his Vespa. One of our favourite photos … his life in Italy, leaving his family and friends in February 1963 to come to Canada to seek a better life for his family. Not knowing the … on the ship Vulcania. He told us there was flooding on the ship at one point as they encountered a bad storm - but he spoke fondly of his trip …
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… Welcomed and Welcoming As I awoke in my upper bunk I immediately noticed … the throb of the engine that had accompanied us for the past eight days had ceased. The North Atlantic is not very pacific in the early … baggage I was discovered by a reporter for a Halifax newspaper who had come to record the arrival of the first refugees from Hitler. I was one …