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  • Joyce Emily Callow Sherwood
    … Joyce Emily Sherwood nee Callow with tributes by her sister Gwen Milton and her … and one brother. I grew up in Penge, England. Bombs dropped frequently, and air raid sirens went every night. Penge was bombed more than any … other, he asked me to marry him, and I said yes. I left England on Friday, April 3, 1947 aboard the S.S. Cunard Aquitania. We arrived in …
  • Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    by Siniša Obradovic, Former Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration conducts recorded interviews across the country in order to learn about immigration through first-hand accounts. We seek to represent …
  • Tibetan Immigration to Canada
    … Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated September 29, 2020) Introduction Asian Heritage Month offers all Canadians an opportunity to learn more about the history of Asian Canadians and to celebrate their contributions to the growth and prosperity of Canada. [1] In May …
  • “We Wanted to Come to Canada”: Pier 21 and the Arrival of Polish Orphans
    … permission from the Canadian government, through Order-in-Council P.C. 1647, to bring approximately 1,000 Jewish children residing in … the resettlement scheme with the enactment of Order-in-Council P.C. 3396. [7] Canadian Officials Begin the Screening and Selection of … Many of the older children added that they had voluntarily chosen to come to Canada despite communist claims to the contrary. Image of USAT …
  • Eddy Baldacchino
    … Eddy was born the ninth of thirteen siblings to Frank and Lorenza Baldacchino. He … family's affairs and thus be the last to immigrate. He boarded the Nea Hellas on November 26, 1953 with his brother George, sister Pauline and mother Lorenza. On …
  • Peter, Helena Peters
    … 14th for the journey to Canada. Upon arrival in Quebec City on April 26th they travelled to Winkler, Manitoba. In 1933 the family moved to Kitchener, Ontario. In August of 1942 Isaac married Alice Rempel of Waterloo and soon after moved to the Niagara area – …
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