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… Embassy of Italy Ambassade D’Italie In honour of the thousands of Italians who brought to this … rich heritage, and to its wealth of promise trusted their futures. En honneur des milliers d’italiens qui débarquèrent dans ce grand Pays, … Embassy of Italy • Ambassade D’Italie …
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… arrived in Halifax at Pier 21 on August 13, 1946. Then she had a five day trip to Saskatoon where she was meeting with her husband and …
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… family who took me under their wing, crossing the ocean in nine days and arriving in Halifax on November 27, 1951. A two day train trip brought me to Union Station in Toronto where I was met …
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… Society КАНАДСКО МАКЕДОНСКО ИСТОРИСКО ДРУШТВО Honouring Canadian citizens of Macedonian descent who came from the Aegean, Pirin, Vardar and Mala Prespa regions …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian In 1966, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for … accept a small number of Tibetan refugees for permanent resettlement. Initially, Canadian immigration officials disagreed over the … officials resettled an experimental group of 228 Tibetan refugees in an effort to meet their international humanitarian obligations and …
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… by Jan Raska, Ph.D., Historian In the 1920s, immigrants from Czechoslovakia came to Canada in search of industrial work and available land for agriculture. Czechoslovakia’s … Recreating a homeland: Czechoslovak diplomats in Canada during the Second World War …
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… St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto To remember and honour our members who came to Canada from all regions of Italy and to recognize their contributions to … and hard work. Per ricordare e onorare tutti i nostri membri che provenienti da tutte le regioni d'Italia immigrarano in Canada e … St. Fidelis Golden Age Club Toronto …
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… Glasgow, Scotland on November 30, 1942. He served overseas and was wounded at the Sicily Landings. Mary sailed into Halifax on October 15, 1944 from Greenwich on board the Ille de France. It was a very bad crossing, hitting the tail end of a … because he had found out through the grape vine that a shipload of brides were arriving. They had not been allowed to give out any dates of …
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This trunk is made possible by generous funding from Adrianus (Andy) Faas. Thank you Andy! If you would like to fund a trunk, please contact Fiona Valverde, Chief Revenue Officer The Faas family immigrated to Canada through Pier 21 on September 29 after a seven day journey from Rotterdam on the …
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Hendrikus passed away from cancer on September 4, 2005 in his home city of Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. …