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… a daycare unit which entertained six of the children for part of the day. Tony and Len, however, were considered too old for daycare, so … they landed. Their entry was delayed. They spent six weeks in Pier 21’s immigration quarters before taking the train to London, Ontario … treasury. Mom was busy with her young children and the household. She managed to find some time in the garden, with all the children …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) (born 1908) and Adriana Streng (van Rhijn) (Jane) (born 1911) Children: Len, Tony, Corrie, Mary, Beth, Jane, John, Jack Len and Jane Streng (Dad and …
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… and my brother, William (Willi) Albert Herb, emigrated to Canada from St. Ilgen, a small town just outside of Heidelberg, Germany, for a … across the Atlantic was rough, and my mother told us stories of how she would end up on the floor from her top bunk on the ship. Her … money to buy a house and a car, my father walked to and from work each day, a walk that took him a couple of hours each way, in the cold of …
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… that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May 2012 to discover this lovely email from a gentleman in … He had a daughter, whom he probably never met, Lily E Lewendon. She married Albert Richardson in Hendon, UK in 1942 and they had 2 …
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… Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Establishing historical significance” is the first skill of historical literacy put forward by the Historical Thinking Project ( www.historicalthinking.ca ). Significance is a challenging concept: one of the things that a historian has … Historical Thinking (2) : Establish Historical Significance …
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… odds. Partially, it was his kindly and charismatic presence commanding their attention, but mainly it was his story itself, which … in a Nazi concentration camp in Estonia less than two years after composing the verse. Following the film, soprano Janice Jackson performed a selection from local composer Sandy Moore’s upcoming opera Escape to Freedom , which also …
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… ago, arrived in Canada with two pots, two towels, and some books. She would go on to write numerous books about this country’s history, … taking the family back to Canada.” And I said, “What do you mean?” She said, “Your grandmother was from New Brunswick.” I knew no one in … World War soldier in England. He was killed in France in August 1918. She received the widows’ money and came to New Brunswick to live with …
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… Latvia in 1944 to escape the approaching Russian army. The family consisted of my father, Ilgvaris (John), mother, Alexandra (Sasha), … aunt had immigrated to Canada and was living in Red Lake, Ontario and she was able to sponsor us in 1950. My parents had to have jobs waiting … found a small snapshot of my family at the railing of the ship two days before we docked in Halifax. I also discovered the ship was the …
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… Welcomed and Welcoming As I awoke in my upper bunk I immediately noticed … the throb of the engine that had accompanied us for the past eight days had ceased. The North Atlantic is not very pacific in the early … have passed in the early hours of the morning. In front of our ship St. George\'s Island seemed to stand like a sentinel. The buildings and …
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… Johanna Saarinen's immigration story written by her daughter Mirja S. Bishop. Tyyne Johanna Saarinen was only 27 years old when she set sail for the new world. She had $25 in her pocket. She had a …