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… British Columbia, raised in Banff Alberta and completed his post secondary studies in Calgary. Between December 14, 1931 and June 20, 1935 … her university studies to become a speech therapist. Harry was commissioned in the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Canadian Division RCE in … became a member of the Canadian Army Regular RCE. His daughter Deborah Anne was born October 2, 1946 and his son Paul Lionel Fisher was born …
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… in order to solidify my inclusion in at least one. Except this discomfort around belonging was also something deeper. It was part of the … invisibly, but visibly different. Despite that I was made to feel welcome and even feel as family. Since then I have had the bravery to move … traditions in a big Canadian city and then to volunteer in India and complete a Master’s in Ireland where my community grew to include …
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… Jennie Humbert, daughter Stanislaw Maciejewski, my father was born on a farm close to Poznan, Poland in a village called Komorowo. He was one of six children of Jan Maciejewski and Victoria Tomczak. Stan … Stan's brothers and sister returned to Poland, he was advised by one of his brothers to immigrate to another country and not return to …
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… Lt. N/S (Dietician) Mollard, M. Claire, RCAMC: Lt. Mollard was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan. After graduating from university and completing an internship in Dietetics, Lt. Mollard enlisted in March/44 with the RCAMC. She was …
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… accomplished its $7 million goal to establish this endowment fund. One million dollars was donated by, or in recognition of, each of the … who choose Canada as their home, will be remembered for generations to come. Our Nation Builders symbolize what it means to be Canadian. The …
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… ocean trip – seeing whales and large schools of fish, climbing anchor chains, and seeing moving pictures for the first time. It was a big adventure for them. As they got close to Canada, the children had a competition amongst themselves – who would … At Pier 21, they all had to go through the routine physical exams. One of Mom’s sisters had a rash (chickenpox or measles), so she had to …
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… on April 27, 1951 aboard the Georgic with his parents Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra and younger brother Broer (Gerald). His older brother … at Pier 21 on March 29, 1950 aboard the Beaverbrae . See Sjouke and Anna Zwaagstra > George married Geraldine (Gerda) Jansma on July 27, …
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… I just hung up the phone with Patricia Roberts-Pichette and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while … During our correspondence I mentioned that a visitor had let me scan what they called “a Middlemore shilling”. When Patricia learned …
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… does it have to do with Halifax? Yousuf Karsh was Armenian, born in a community targeted by the Ottoman Empire for genocide during and after … to apply for naturalization soon after. This step gave Karsh a welcome sense of belonging. In 1947, when Canada’s new Citizenship Act … Karsh was chosen to represent Ontario and so had the honour of becoming one of Canada’s first official citizens. Photo of Yousuf Karsh …
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… My father Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Carington Smith (now deceased) returned from war in 1946 … six years less a month. I will never forget seeing him leaning against one of the funnels and he waved to us. We were very excited as we had … towards the end of the war or just after the war. I think that on one occasion there was a strike in New York and one of them came to …