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… Crossing the Big Pond by Monika …
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… July 19, 2021) Introduction As the Research Intern here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, as well as a History and … on the similarities and differences of shared personal histories. Diversity of Lived Experiences: Achieving a Richer Understanding of Prague … lead to a more comprehensive historical understanding. Frisch further points out that one does not need to be a major player to be a …
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… Emigrating To Canada September 1956 The photograph below was taken in front of our … (John) Lindeijer. I personally had no idea where we were going. I had said goodbye to friends and classmates and knew we'd be leaving for … House, Alberta. In Photo 2, the family must have responded to a shout from a family member as we all turned to face the camera one last …
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… The OCEAN CROSSING on the GROOTE BEER October 20-28, 1953 Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of … came along for the "waving out ceremony". The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall just before I went through customs and check in. Dad thought that it would be a final farewell and was a bit down. I had no such thoughts and said some thing like see you in …
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… which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so … reached Halifax February 22, 1951 and went through customs that same day yet, we had to stay on board ship one more night. We walked around a bit and looked at different things. The crewmembers were already …
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… work. He asked John, "would you like me to write to our relatives in Canada to sponsor you there to give you a job they have business there, … to help us out but I am afraid you are too young". John got exited and said "Dad I am not young any more I am 16 already". On May 19, 1951 his …
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… of 17 when his father passed away. He immigrated to Canada on November 26, 1955 at the young age of 19 via the Olympia with only a few cents … over the family’s riches hoping that she too would be prosperous one day. She immigrated to Canada on November 2, 1958 at the young age of … of the handsome Jim, who was already in Canada at the time, and she said that she would find and marry him. They met in Ottawa, Ontario, …
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… 1, 1948 my wife and I and our 11- mouth old daughter arrived in Quebec City, Canada. We decided to leave our homeland of the Netherlands for a … time but we managed to save money to pay for the trip. Immigrating was said to be a ‘live burial’ since it was thought that your family and …
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… Our emotions were mixed; sadness, apprehension, excitement. Each day as we ate our meals first class passengers would stand and stare at … blew in and landed on our clothing. Naturally, we wanted to look our best when we arrived. The train stopped frequently at small stations … was from The Flower Town. I was asked if I wanted anything, "Yes," I said, "some of that wonderful fruit I saw in the stores". My wishes …
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… opened new exhibitions on the history of the Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada and at the end of June will unveil a new exhibition on … new exhibits. Introduction From the eighteenth century onwards, Quebec City’s migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a …