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… just felt like I was being sent away because of something I must have done that was wrong and I was being abandoned. It was very hard in the … my own decisions and use my own judgment. It was an impulsive thing to do, but we got married anyway. We thought it would help with my … store in Halifax. A local Jewish businessman, Haim Jacobson, took a chance on me and helped me to get a loan from the bank and rented me …
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… Not all immigration stories are a straight line. Abdoulaye Baldé's journey, with steps forwards and backwards was a series … directly to SARIMM ( Service d’aide aux réfugiés et aux immigrants du Montréal métropolitain.) He walked up to administration and said, “I am a refugee, I’ve come here, I don’t know where to go or to whom I should speak.” SARIMM …
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… somewhat dumbstruck, in the lower level of Pier 21, the site of the Canadian Museum of Immigration and was going through a temporary … to be this engaged, but again, how could I ‘know’ this apparently (to me very memorable) door? The door in question is unusual in several … the 1950-60 era, hospital rooms, etc.) but more the colour of marine paint, as if someone had part of a can of bottom paint left over after …
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… island still exist. This process involved a few steps. We needed to do basic archival research to establish what the quarantine station … other really important components of getting this kind of project done: permits, people and logistics. Lawlor’s island is currently … historians volunteer to support the project. By myself, I could do the research and so on to guess where the buildings were. I could …
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… sponsored us, and we came to Canada. My uncle drove us from Kamuli to Kampala and we left everything behind: our store, we had two cars, the … we closed the doors, you know, but left everything behind and came to Kampala and my uncle drove us to Entebbe Airport. Life in Canada - …
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… Dad’s Story Our father, Douglas Seaman Boyle, was born November 29, 1923 in the landlocked … as it turned out to be, was his mother’s family name. Susan Ann Dorothy and Allan Douglas Boyle, his parents, had immigrated to Canada from England and … Vice-Admiral Douglas S. Boyle …
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… regulations at border crossings, sea ports and airports across Canada. Due to heightened security, federal officers representing various … in the Pier 21 cargo shed rather than the Baggage Annex. This was due to the number of large crates and boxes [ kists ]utilized by the …
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… part of emigrating was changing the way I believed things should be done. I was brought up to understand that the British knew how to do things correctly. – Adrienne Brown nee Drought, 1961 …
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… Please feel free to explore the many compartments of the trunk. If you do not see the information you are looking for, please contact …