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… CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA 23/09/1939 - Militia 20/06/1940 - Active 22/06/1945 - Repatriation Draft (Joure, … – bright and warm. April 22, 1944 (S. ELIA FIUMERAPIDO / Map. 891266 Scale 1/50,000 Sheet 160 1) The Bn change over was completed by …
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… population in our growing collection by conducting interviews in both official languages. [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes … of the people who decided to settle in a community where their official language is a minority one. [3] The selected interviews that … we have to know at least two languages. Its mother tongue and the official language being French. So, with that, I knew that language was …
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… population in our growing collection by conducting interviews in both official languages. [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes … questions emerging from an initial exploration of these interviews is: why do some French-speaking people decide to settle in a majority … of the people who decided to settle in a community where their official language is a minority one. [3] The selected interviews that …
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… April 2, 1955 (Laura) Age on Arrival: Antonio - 36, Laura - 31 My Mother used to tell this story often. Before coming to Canada she felt … along with her trunk of belongings. She recalls that at one point an official at the warehouse came by to assist her, and he reached to pick … When the official went to pick up the trunk ... my mother spoke up and said excitedly "Broken, Broken". She was terrified the trunk would fall …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering … kinds, films and lantern slides…the range is humbling. Each resource has strengths and limitations for historians. One of the challenges of the official records produced by immigration officials generally is that …
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… hold copies of all documentation pertaining to immigrant arrival, it has access to a large number of passenger lists, ship manifests, … lists of immigrant arrivals to Canada before 1865. Evolution of Official Records of Immigration Over Time From 1865 until the First …
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… located on a panel in the Museum’s (pre-2015) core exhibition sheds light on an interesting yet underexplored aspect of Canadian immigration history: food confiscation. Food can be a … including customs officers—and new arrivals from across the globe. The site of contest—Pier 21—was a series of buildings linked together by …
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… most compelling artifacts in our exhibition Refuge Canada is this desk set that contains a secret message for help. This desk set was given to a Canadian Immigration Official by a family in Germany about 1946. The official, Traugott Otto Francis Herzer, was in charge of immigration … Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter …
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… He was dressed in his best slacks and blazer with a crisp, white shirt … Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He …
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… What is oral history? The term ‘oral history’ has two general meanings: Oral history is a collaborative method of … course of an interview. The recorded document is a primary source that can be archived and made available to the public. Why does the Museum … interviews? The human experience of immigration is not defined by official timelines and benchmarks. Rather, it is fluid, dynamic, …