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… again. Nik, himself had achieved personal success in Latvia, as CEO of one of the largest textile companies in the Baltic area (Riga's …
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… carrier which had the distinct feature of housing women & children in one area of the ship and men in another. This placed a difficult burden …
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… doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in Alberta. She came to Canada as a five-year-old girl in 1979 as part of the large group of … to people to help to settle to sponsor refugees and the way one group can help build on the success for another group. Return to …
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… my friends. After the many bus rides and plane rides, we arrived at Welcome House. The house was very different from the houses in Thailand. I … on it all the time when I was bored. My family didn’t stay in welcome house for so long. In Langley my family stayed in one of my mom’s …
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… ended, but the unknown of the new country faced me. Fear and worries accompanied me during the 28-hour train ride from Halifax to Montreal. …
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… make a better life for his family. We understand that he attempted to come to Canada many times but failed without the proper documents. … in 1973. Nicodemo married Carmela Agostino in March 1964 and had one son Vincenzo Piccolo in 1965. In 1965 Vincenzo Piccolo returned to …
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… like a comforting idea, for me to travel with them rather than alone. Somehow Immigration Canada worked a lot faster in those days, for … in the middle of the summer, for I loved swimming and seldom had the chance to swim in salt water. During my spare time I walked to horse … The Pastor of the Lutheran Church came to visit me and invited me to come to the services on Windsor Street. I was told about English …
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… by Dan Conlin, Curator Time 0:02:24 Transcript: One of the most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is … thankfully Maria and Nikolaus Reschke.” Now from the research we’ve done on their names and some of the maker’s marks on the desk set, we …
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… loved the bright orange lifebuoy soap. Grandma’s house was warm and welcoming. She was too. And I was shocked when I was six and she suddenly died. A peculiar blank enveloped us for years. Fast forward to 1987. By … heading to a better life in Ontario. That was 1877. Both parents died young. She was in charge before she was 20. As a result of her …
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… and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents were Gudrun Gudlog Kristjansson and Bjarni … Bjarnason. Upon moving from the farm in Saskatchewan in a Icelandic community called Pingvallabyd to an English community of about 2500 this Bjarnasson name was a difficult one to …