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… of Arrival: November 16, 1951 Age on Arrival: 20 May it be known that I, Hans Escher, was born on Sept. 3, 1931 to Adolf Escher and Paula von der Stein, … down, the “Bahnhofstrasse” was the Catholic Church, housed in a wooden shed, which figured somewhat in my life. On Sundays I had to accompany … Hans Escher …
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… mother and on welfare. She never dwelt on her relative poverty and set an example of pride in the children and their surroundings. She was … of German descent, spoke seven languages, and never went to school a day in her life. Until the invasion, the children spoke German and … Council. In 1952, sailing on the Beaverbrae and landing in Quebec City, the family immigrated to Canada, where they joined Lydia’s …
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… In the summer of 1956, while working at her parent’s bar in the town of … region of northeast Italy, a young man wearing light blue pants caught the attention of Nives Zuttioni. Little did she know that … contact. They wrote letters to each other for four years. Nives often said that she was destined to immigrate to Canada because her birthday …
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… 2020) Introduction Before the arrival of Europeans, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations were the primary inhabitants along the … , meaning “big waterway”) and the area later encompassing Quebec City (known in Algonquin as Kébec , meaning “where the river narrows”). … marked the demographic, sociocultural, and economic fibres of Quebec City. The migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had …
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… Pier 21 and an historic moment at what would become the gateway to Canada for nearly one million immigrants over the next 43 years. One of … Pier 21: A History , staff carefully transcribed the names, dates, points of departure and other information from the hand-written … Family History Centre is the Museum’s research centre where visitors can have assistance tracing their family history and immigration …
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… artist, graphic designer and filmmaker Aquil Virani was selected for the Museum’s first virtual residency. Inspired by the Museum’s "Contributions" playing in the Canadian Immigration Hall, Aquil invited participants across Canada …
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… 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 …
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… Thomas Maksymchuk was born in Ukraine on January 15, 1917. He immigrated to Canada in June, 1930 with his parents, Andrew and Anna … and one-year-old daughter, Lucy, on their small farm in Grindrod, BC. As a Sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers, 20th Canadian Field …
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… in Beilen, in the northeastern province of Drenthe, Holland, which today is referred to as The Netherlands. My parents, Roelof Bolding and … We lived on a small rural farm on the outskirts of Assen, the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada … through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day sail from South Hampton, England, on the ship ‘Aquitania.’ This is my story. On …
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… born to Agnes and William Oscar Gregg, and William Onias Crossfield. He was born and raised in the small coal mining town of Corbin, B.C. At the young age of eighteen he decided to seek new adventures …