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    … servers automatically collect certain information about a visit to a website, including the visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP …
  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … difficult. For example, British subjects from India or the West Indies could claim privileged legal status in Canada, despite being … twentieth century. Settlers from Oklahoma arriving in Canada in 1911 complained of disenfranchisement, theft of property, and refusal of … April 1911, File 72552 Pt 3. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, Winnipeg, 26 October 1910, File 72552 Pt 2, 4. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, …
  • Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … 1948 there was a little work in cities like Treviso and Mestre rebuilding all that had been destroyed by the bombarding during the war. At … gave each of us an advance of $18.10 and told us to buy some food for the train trip. That evening we boarded the train for the 2 day, 1 night trip. We stopped in Toronto on May 11 at about 7:00 am. …
  • Patricia Norlander and son Stanley
    … Early in April of 1945, without warning, he arrived at my parents' house quite late at night accompanied by a different army buddy he had … home was with my sister-in-law who generously shared her small rented house; she had the patience of a saint with this new female in her … I remember my weight increasing dramatically on all the rich food. By Christmas of 1946 we were settled in a two room abode on a …
  • Veke,Toini,Raili
    … THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re … nine years old. My sister, Raili, is eleven and Äiti is thirty-two. Isi is five years older. This train just left the Kuopio railway … . I don’t think that’s a good idea because I want to be with Äiti and Isi. Raili is angry as a bee and is sulking in the corner by the train …
  • Immigrant Voices: Diverse Reactions to the Transatlantic Voyage from Europe to Canada’s Shores
    … refugees, war brides, and evacuee children came through its halls before setting out across the country to begin their new lives in … This collection includes first-hand accounts of what it was like to come to Canada including: travelling by ship, first impressions of Pier … voyage.” Eventually, the Poggi family arrived at Pier 21 on Christmas Day in 1956. [3] In its final year of operation as an ocean immigration …
  • F.C. Crosman
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  • Alois Wilhelm Escher
    … had preceded him to the United States of America. This is the story of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house … Alois Wilhelm Escher …
  • Reginald W. and Dorothy E. Haines
    … Born February 24th, 1909 in Guisborough,Yorkshire; son of Wadam and Alice (Abern). Dorothy Edith May (Ames). Born December 25th, 1914 in … with 6 children, two daughters and four sons. While living in the farmhouse there was never any electricity. Oil lamps and candles were used … to the time of immigration, goods were rationed. Dorothy made a little food go a long way, and even with soap at a premium, Dorothy still …
  • Historic Pier 21
    … attracting high-profile visitors including the Prime Minister of the day, Sir Robert Borden. [2] Undertaken in 1915, just after the outbreak …

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