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This trunk is made possible by generous funding from Tom Weisz With the generous support of Tom Weisz, in honour of his father Arthur Weisz, this resource trunk was designed to help students and researchers with projects on Hungarian Immigration to Canada. The trunk provides materials to supplement …
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Families Before 1956 Departed Dec 19-1926, arrived Pier 21 Halifax, December 28 1926. Our 9 day voyage – Mother with 3 children ages 6, 4, 2, I was the oldest – Anna (Wohl) Wahl, 6 years old, born October 18 1920 in Nemetker, Hungary. Very rough seas, I was sick the entire trip. Christmas on board …
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Families Before 1956 My dad spoke very little of his family. Few facts are known to me, he lived in a village in Hungary close to the Romanian border, his home was a thatched house with dirt floor that he shared with his six siblings. He never mentioned his father, all I knew of his mother that she …
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Families Before 1956 Steven and Margaret Kucha by Daughter Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. …
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Families Before 1956 The TAJTI family of Matramindszent, Hungary Welland City Directories show that the surname was changed to TAYTI in 1937. The earliest ancestor know to this family was Janos Tajti of Matramindszent. He was the grandfather of Istvan Tajti, who sailed from Antwerp aboard the ship …
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Families 1956 My parents and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9-day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of Rotterdam. The majority of the passengers were, as we were, refugees from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 on our way to a new life in …