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  • Towards a Foreign Land
    … From A New Country to a Young Canada Yugoslav Immigration in the 1920s February 22 to May 5, 2024 Guest curator … came to Canada in the 1920s. Drawing upon photographs and documents contained in the files of Yugoslav citizens who turned to their consulate in Montreal for help, he depicts the dramas, tragedies, and …
  • Edmund, Herbert, Bruno Hiller
    … came to Canada on the Nieuw Amsterdam, and arrived in Halifax on May 9, 1930. They were three brothers of German descent who were living …
  • Luigi Gemma Maria Giovanni Mattiuz
    … Country of Origin: Italy Date of Arrival: May 26, 1949 …
  • Gwendoline Bicknell MacRae
    … I, Gwendoline Bicknell, was born January 5th, 1922 in Fulham, London, England. I was married on May 4th, 1944 to L/Cpl Hugh Archibald MacRae , Canadian Provost Corp, …
  • Lawlor's Island Results
    … it was operating. Just landing on a historic site and wandering around may be fun, but it’s no way to run a railroad when it comes to locating … really important components of getting this kind of project done: permits, people and logistics. Lawlor’s island is currently designated … under Nova Scotia’s special places legislation, so we needed a permit just to go to the island . Any archaeological work — even a surface …
  • Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … My husband Walter, my son Laurence and I, Violet Drew, came to Canada together. Many …
  • SS Atlantic: Immigrant Ship Disaster
    … March 8 to May 29, 2023 A "Community Presents" exhibition. On April 1, 1873, the …
  • Walter Scott Browne
    Walter Scott Browne …
  • Gladys Long and son George T. Long
    … I was a war bride widow and my baby boy and I landed in Halifax on February 14, 1945 aboard the … I landed, I was Gladys Long and son Geroge Thomas Long. I mourned for my beloved husband George Albert Long who had been killed four months … in Canada. After six years a widow, I remarried and was give a second chance of happiness with Edwin Wirsch and had a family of two boys and …
  • Anna Hirschmann, daughter Suzanne
    … My mother Anna Hirschmann and I arrived on the Scythia at Pier 21 on … were moved by train to Montreal. I was 12 years old at this time and my mother had just had her 44th birthday (December 18) while crossing the Atlantic. Both my father …

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