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  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … total population. [3] These figures include Irish Canadians of all religious backgrounds and do not differentiate between the two … Ireland, a majority of the Irish were Catholics who lived on small farms rented from English landlords. [7] From 1815 onwards, Irish … saw hundreds arrive before 1820. Many Irish newcomers were economically on the margins . At the time, the economies of British North …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … by the 84 unit Trillium building, both projects led by Diman-born developer Wadih Fares. In the north of Lebanon, 1,400 metres above sea level, there is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You … itself. Perhaps even more surprising is how successful members of the community have been . Among them are business and community leaders, …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … by the 84 unit Trillium building, both projects led by Diman-born developer Wadih Fares. In the north of Lebanon, 1,400 metres above sea level, there is a village called Diman. It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You … itself. Perhaps even more surprising is how successful members of the community have been . Among them are business and community leaders, …
  • Daphne Barber Jensen
    … of the Plaque commemorating war brides and children on August 26, 2000 at Pier 21, a lovely visit! …
  • The Immigrants: The Story of a Photograph
    … (Updated December 18, 2020 ) One of the visual icons of immigration to North America are photographs of … this genre of photography. We recently featured this image in a new panel about Pier 2 in our permanent exhibit. The people, their ship and the date are unknown. Nevertheless, the photograph is a compelling piece of history, in part thanks to the immigrants’ …
  • Janos Maté
    … have been delayed by some 35 years until the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Bloc in 1989. But then the lives of people are so … and Czechoslovakia. The lives of our parents and grandparents were, more often than not, a series of adaptations to the shifting sands of … saying to father that "while he was a good Jew, other Jews could go to hell." Leaving Hungary was a constant factor in our parents’ plans …
  • The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence
    … Canada in 1924. This special exhibition features over 100 portraits of major figures of the 20th century. Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh …
  • Kucha Family
    … Families Before 1956 Steven and Margaret Kucha by Daughter Sharon Bonnallie Hungarian Immigrants Minnedosa (Steven) July 23, 1926 Berlin III (Margaret) February 11, 1934 Age: 5 years 8 mos for … Steven F 8 years for Margaret S (left Hungary on her birthday) January 26, 1934 Steven F. Kucha, Jr. (Istvan Kucsa, Jr.) left from his …
  • Sbarra
    … breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking … and what would their place be in a new society. The unpredictable challenges that would be waiting at the threshold of each person’s life …
  • Elise Marini
    … remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen Elizabeth II, then princess, came to … in Copenhagen, but somehow the Italian in my blood seems to portray more since when I arrived I had to speak in Danish to my Father who in … up immediately. I believe we left Copenhagen in and around November 26, 1951 and arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia on December 5, 1951. Just …

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