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… Immigration in Canada explores and celebrates francophone newcomers and the vitality of the communities that welcome them. From past to present day, the exhibit … in partnership with La Féderation de Communautés Francophones et Acadiennes du Canada to mark Canada 150. …
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Toivo Edward and F.L. Pat Frantsi …
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… Ship Name: Vulcania Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: December 24, 1951 I arrived at Pier 21 on December 24, 1951 on Italia Liner "Vulcania" from Lofer, Austria via Genoa. I got married to another landed immigrant, Maria De Gyorossy-Csepreghy , on April 4, 1956. On the …
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… Olszewska-Kowalski came to Canada from Poland via Germany. After a 9-day journey in cold, stormy weather & rough seas, they arrived at …
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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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… 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 …
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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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… 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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… arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Georgic on April 26, 1952; Kevin's first birthday. We sailed from Southampton on April 19, 1952. Our Mom, Margaret,was quite sick for the first few days. On the fifth day there was a terrible storm and the Nursing …