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… Leonard Palmer’s Military Service and the Lady Nelson Leonard Palmer was born in England in 1913. He emigrated … Grade “B” and began to receive Tradesman’s Rate of Pay. On May 26, 1944 he was transferred to No. 8 Sub-section and proceeded “on …
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… I was 19 years old when I left "Italia" from the port of Napoli on July 15,1956. Why I left … and mother died within 15 days of each other. They left 7 of us. Four boys and three girls, the oldest was 12 years olf and the youngest … Italy. The name of the representative was Leone Bernardo. I went to see him as soon as he arrived and his first comments was that I am too …
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… port’s significance as a major Canadian shipping and transportation hub. [2] The Port of Quebec during the Great Depression The Great … and were docked at l’Anse-au-Foulon. Passengers were inspected aboard ship, in the immigration building or up river at Rimouski to prevent …
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… an expected invasion did not happen. Some thought was given to overseas evacuation in 1939, using some ships that would supply British and North American troops with food and … form home and told my mother that I wanted to go to Canada, to which she agreed because of the impending dangers. Soon afterwards, a letter …
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… withheld land grants, an influx of white immigration increased competition for the few jobs available, and the rocky, infertile land … government’s attempts to convert them to Christianity and use them as cheap labourers. Growing dissatisfaction with their experience in Nova … 1776-1815,” The Journal of Negro History 58, no.3 (July 1979): 258-261; Whitfield, “The Development of Black Refugee Identity,” 11. ↩ …
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… years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … postwar chaos and human misery leaving a very disillusioned teen to cope with it. Reasons for Emigrating: In the Soviet Zone (later East … I opted for the latter (though I had never seen a mine before), got my visa and Dept of labour contract on 15 October 1951, and two weeks …
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… Country of Origin: Poland/England Ship Name: Aquitania Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: … Pier 21 June 1, 1948 Stanislaw Sokol was a young forester working in the Bialowieza Forest of Poland. He enjoyed his life but that all … Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol …
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… for interesting historical tidbits, I came across a few children’s ship and train menus from the 1940s and 1950s. These menus provide a … period, the majority of travel between Europe and Canada was by ship. As air travel became more accessible with increased routes, less … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …
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… of their homeland took place in Lhasa. Over 80,000 Tibetans were forced to flee to India, Nepal, and Bhutan. After more than a decade in … the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a … [21.04.14NRKMTK] Gelek Gyathong, interviewed by Sonam Nylosang [21.05.26GG] Nyingko Tsering, interviewed by Jigme Tsering [21.00.00NT] …
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… immigration officials have considered many factors in determining whether an individual was ‘admissible’ and would be granted entry to … and procedure and what was enacted in practice at Canadian offices overseas and at various ports of entry across Canada. SS Walnut ’s … "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and …