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  • Alois Wilhelm Escher
    … had preceded him to the United States of America. This is the story of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house still stands: my sister and I … Alois Wilhelm Escher …
  • 1999: Canada’s Resettlement and Repatriation of Kosovar Refugees
    … Due to this large movement of people, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to the international … had a warm feeling and happiness, I felt like a child again.” [21] On 26 May, the last evacuation flight arrived in Canada. Over 90 percent … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
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    … music or live entertainment is employed. SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) represents music … Without dancing With dancing 1-100 $9.25 $18.51 101-300 $13.30 $26.63 301-500 $27.76 $55.52 Over 500 $39.33 $78.66 *All rates are … place in order to minimize any potential conflict. What is your Cancellation Policy? From date of contract signing, cancellation terms are …
  • Dennis Teitsma
    … Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the …
  • Alexandra Dochmacka and Sofia Bain
    … history, as the most cruel, the most horrible, brutal and bestial of all wars, a lesson to learn by mass murderers of any future age. The … the German forces in series of fierce battles. During the fighting more than 60,000 soldiers were killed of whom 6,000 were Jews. …
  • Giel, Els, Jack Jonkhout
    … Holland on Pier 21- Friday, April 2. 1954. I was 28 years old (born 1926), my wife 26 years (1928) and our son was born June 21, 1953. We … morning- April 4, 1954. Friends picked us up, they lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario at that time and we spent our first 6 weeks with them. My … and grandchildren. We have been fortunate to be able to go back to visit our families in Maastricht, Holland on a regular basis. We kept …
  • Dennis Teitsma Annie vd.Zee Teitsma
    … Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the …
  • Catherine MacKinnon Read
    … giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I … a year before making the decision. However, there is a happy ending! A major event influenced my decision. When I went to board the S.S. … Nova Scotia and have been proud to have our children and grandchildren visit Pier 21. In retrospect, I realize that my parents were …
  • Refuge Canada
    … the course of the twentieth century, Canada has had a mixed record in welcoming refugees, reacting generously to some while overlooking others. … City of Lethbridge for The Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives Sept 26, 2020 to Jan 10, 2021 PumpHouse Museum Kingston April-November 2021 …
  • From “Gutter Children” to Home Children: child migrants in the archives of the Canadian Museum of Immigration
    … physical and sexual abuse. While this content will be upsetting for all readers, this difficult knowledge is an important part of Canada’s … in factories, as chimney sweeps, matchbox makers etc., with their small wages contributing to the family economy. The 1851 census recorded … of boys and 12 percent of girls aged ten to fourteen were officially employed, falling to 18 and 10 percent respectively by 1911. [9] …

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