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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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… become a high school teacher. I hope that all my grandchildren have a good education. This is my wish... God Bless Them. My son, my wife and I left Naples aboard the Saturnia on the fifth of March. I had $888 of debts to pay to my father-in-law Nicola D'Agostino. He came … Giuseppe e Caterina e Maura Martino …
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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 …
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… Diary Entries Friday, April 26 I left Sheffield at 9 am and was met in London by the Canadian Army … nice and quite near Hyde Park. We slept in two tier bunks along with about two dozen other girls, including Margaret from Scotland. We three … was a Cinerama show in the lounge. On Saturday we were allowed to go out all day until 8:30. We went with Beatrice to her sister's at …
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… As the army troops moved in the fighting escalated. Each night we had our clothes by our bed ready to flee if they were to bomb our part … as soon as possible. I did not understand what the whispering was about between my father and a young newly wed couple (Kocsis, Antal) that rented a cot in our kitchen. My sister Eva (Erdos) who was six years old and I, …
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… who was on a lecturing tour across Canada, soliciting funds in order to return to Tibet and continue his missionary work. In September … in search of assistance for the wounded guide. He was never heard from again. Susanna Rijnhart Carson failed to reach Lhasa due to a lack of … and no remaining money. [2] Immigration of Tibetans to Canada While Canadian interest in Tibet has grown since the late nineteenth …
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… old. There are many stories to be told from this period in my life. We owe our life to two aunts on my father's side. They provided for us and … of the last 3 years of World War II, very hard times for us kids. We had no future, with the small farm and lack of jobs. At this point my … from English to Italian, for all us that day. There was from 30 to 40 guys from my hometown of Poggiana Di Riese as we travelled by …
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… sailed to the mouth of the Wolastoq River. As part of the Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Monts expedition, Samuel de Champlain “discovered” the … In 1775, Portland Point, at the mouth of the St. John River, only had about 140 inhabitants. In the 1780s, some 15,000 Loyalists from the … and the rise of westward expansion across BNA increased railway links while passenger travel brought people and trade to the city’s port …
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… Leo and Muriel Hogan, daughter Susan …
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… Arrived as: Displaced person Country of origin: Hungary Date of entry: December 4, 1951 Ship … story of their arrival in Canada. All my mother told me was that she had been very sick during the crossing, and she still clung to the … 27, 1927 – November 25, 1988 (60 years old) Gizella Sandor, January 30, 1900 – April 10, 1992 (92 years old) Márta, September 18, 1929 – …