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  • Stefan Rozalia Milcharek
    … VIII on June 27, 1930. Stefan, Rozalia, Adam and Anton Milcharek left Poland, sponsored by their daughter Sophie and her husband Anton Warelis of Ethelbert, Manitoba. They travelled by CNR train to Manitoba. Once settled in the Ethelbert area, they …
  • Irene Gadja
    … and had a baby girl (me), he borrowed money from his mother and set off to Canada. His brothers and sisters thought he had gone mad. My …
  • Ruurd J Romkema
    … the country. In 1958 he purchased a fifty-acre farm in Innisfil, just south of Barrie, ON. He soon found that it was more profitable to sell …
  • N. Peerboom
    … Halifax NS on June 6, 1952 and passed through the now famous Pier 21 shed. The Customs and Immigration officials processed the 900 Dutch …
  • Sister Gwladys Rees Aikens
    … Date of Arrival: July 1946 Gwladys Rees Aikens was born in Swansea, South Wales. She was educated in Wales and received her nursing …
  • Ivan Szalai
    … succeed in Canada. How challenging it was to find accommodation in a city where he knew nobody, couldn't translate the newspaper, couldn't …
  • Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada
    … March 4 to June 24, 2026 A Community Presents exhibition created with the Canadian Romani … the first national exhibition about Roma , a distinct and diverse peoples and the largest ethnic minority throughout Europe, often called … Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada …
  • My Bright Future in Canada by Saysayeh
    … the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada … I never had a chance to play. Here I can play soccer every single day!! I am on a soccer team here called the Douglas Park Dragons. …
  • Chuck, Frances and Francie O'Leary
    … My husband and I met on a blind date, not set up on our behalf but for my sister's friend who was not allowed to … go back to England every year. I have a sister there and we return visits. Frances and Chuck O'Leary Frances and Chuck O'Leary Frances …
  • Irene Coates and daughter Shirley
    … sleeping on iron bunks. We left two days later for Liverpool, a port city. We traveled in trains. We waited at dockside until almost night. …

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