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… Irene Ferguson McNeil married a Canadian, Thomas Arthur Clyde McNeil, on January 28, 1943. Irene Cecilia, was born October 26, 1943, at Ruskin College, Oxford, England. Canadian mother-in-law … in London, England and wanted her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to come to Canada. Arrived in Halifax on the ship, Ile de France (carrying …
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… Forbundet af Danske Foreninger i Canada Federation of Danish Associations in Canada Fédération des Associations Danoises au … Forbundet af Danske Foreninger i Canada • Federation of Danish Associations in Canada • Fédération des …
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… Iranian Cultural Society of Nova Scotia Cette plaque est en l’honneur des Canadiens d’origine iranienne qui ont contribué à la vie de cette belle province tout en pavant la route pour les générations à …
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by Jan Raska, Ph.D., Historian In the 1920s, immigrants from Czechoslovakia came to Canada in search of industrial work and available land for agriculture. Czechoslovakia’s diplomats in Canada promoted loyalty to Prague’s policies in the hopes that Slovaks and Czechs would unite into a …
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… Raska, PhD, Historian In 1966, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lobbied Canadian officials to accept …
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… Age Club Toronto To remember and honour our members who came to Canada from all regions of Italy and to recognize their contributions to … their culture, determination, sacrifice and hard work. Per ricordare e onorare tutti i nostri membri che provenienti da tutte le regioni d'Italia immigrarano in Canada e riconoscere il …
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… After thirteen days at sea, we finally arrived in Halifax, Canada; myself, my mother, my grandmother and my younger brother Tony. The day that we arrived was also my 13th birthday and to me 13 is always and remains my favourite number. It's been a …
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I got married October 11th to Joan E. Wright who received notice to sail to Canada on the Queen Mary in June 1946. We met in Moncton and I introduced her to my family. We had to live with them until we found a place of our …
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… Glasgow, Scotland on November 30, 1942. He served overseas and was wounded at the Sicily Landings. Mary sailed into Halifax on October 15, 1944 from Greenwich on board the Ille de France. It was a very bad crossing, hitting the tail end of a … because he had found out through the grape vine that a shipload of brides were arriving. They had not been allowed to give out any dates of …
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… bread for the first time. We were on the train headed for our two day train ride to Toronto. When the server came around with his bread, … to celebrate 50 years of marriage, and I think of how far we have come since then and how we have provided our family with a better life. …