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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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… Mum’s story Our mother, Janet Black Thomson, was born 10 January, 1922 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. She … when she met our father, Douglas Boyle , an appendicitis patient at Bangour Hospital, near Edinburgh, in 1942. It was apparently ‘love at … it was best to let them go ahead. Jan and Doug were married on April 30, 1943 at St. David’s Presbyterian Church in Bathgate. Doug was back …
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… The following is the story of the Koster family. Why and how they came to Canada and how they managed in their new country. The … The original idea was that the 2 oldest boys [twins] would go alone. They wanted to be farmers and if your parents did not own a farm in Holland then it was impossible to acquire one. Kees had heard from the relative of a farmer where he worked in Zeeland, the …
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… BRAIN, Keith - Immigration Story Written by father Mark Brain Mark, Edna and … November 8, 1948. My wife Edna and I and our eleven months old son, Keith, left the mining village of Wheatley Hill, Durham and travelled … docks, our hearts sank as we discovered a very long queue. Keith, who had been very good, was by this time very tired and very upset and was …
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… home town, during roll call and I was really upset since I knew that some relatives would be there to wave goodbye. We did see Paula’s … During the night we passed England. Tuesday August 4th. – I awoke at 5:30.The ship Groote Beer (Ursa Major) passed by on the way to Rotterdam. … see any sun in the morning and in the afternoon it became foggy. I can still not get over the fact that I missed the family on shore in …
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… an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war with little or no harm. My parents had done … With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning wheel. Mom was an avid knitter and seamstress. With a sheep and two …
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… “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …
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… depart from Pier 21 and to take him overseas to join the war effort. While the anxious soldiers were counting down to what might be their … just a few months ago another connection was made. Derek Paton wrote: “While researching for a conference about the University of Toronto’s … “We’ll Meet Again”: The Gracie Fields Story …
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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 …