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… January 1st, 1954, in Mendicino in the province of Cosenza, Italia. While searching for a better life for his family, my grandfather, … grandmother, Maria (Greco) Conte, to Canada. My father Giuseppe (aged 30), mother Teresina (aged 29), sister Tonina (aged 2), and me (aged … the Porto. That evening after we boarded the Vulcania, we said our good-byes. The size of the ship was so daunting to me because I was …
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… in 1940, he was tracked to his house in the forest where he was hiding out, captured and deported to Siberia, Novosibirsk Region and spent the … extremely hard there. One story told of him getting frostbitten feet while he was out hunting. A local family took him in and put him in … Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol …
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… by Helena Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in Oost-Vlanderan, Belgium to the proud … and Celina De Meyer. Not long after, at age three, my parents once again gave thanks to the arrival of a son, Arsene Heyneman, my one and … ever have. Although I did not necessarily realize it growing up, I had a very privileged life and remembered having servants to take care …
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… fire, war, and because of Afghanistan and Pakistan all those, troubles some time. It’s not going to get better, even though my brother, my … brother they were all well established and they had no intention to come and start from scratch. But I told them my assessment is that it … out. If you think I qualify.” And I did this assessment, you can do online I said, “Yeah you qualify.” So, then instead of going to …
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… History, and I completed an experiential education placement with the Canadian Museum of Immigration in 2022. The placement was with CMI’s … or refugees. [1] Some lived in the Sault upon arriving in Canada, while others arrived there from elsewhere in Ontario. In the … divide “general insights and reflections” into two separate codes in order to focus on the interviewees' reflections on their journeys of …
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… Surrey, England as Phyllis Irene West. Her parents were Robert and Beatrice West. She had 5 brothers and 4 sisters. She was particularly close to her oldest … to live. Phyllis attended the High Church of England, where she would go to church every Wednesday and twice on Sundays. After finishing …
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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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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 8, 2020) Introduction So you’re interested in researching a topic that deals with Canadian immigration and ethnic history? This short post will give you an overview of the field and suggest some starting points to help get your research underway. Early …