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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
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In the Museum’s Pier 21 Story exhibition , there is a section called Treasures From Home , with artifacts and props representing what immigrants brought with them as they sailed to Canada. The objects are contained in a large wooden case and include many different objects: a bicycle, a pair of …
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… 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 …
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… Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Establishing historical significance” is the first skill of historical literacy put forward by the … of history encompasses a huge amount of material. Any past event at all, ever, about which we can find suitable evidence, could be the … Historical Thinking (2) : Establish Historical Significance …
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… 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 …
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… 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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… Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … England. He arrived at Montreal, Quebec on November 17, 1929. Once all of his documents were cleared, he boarded a CNN train for … hospital and a personal care home in Dauphin. He passed away on March 26, 1983 at the age of 79 years. His wife Katherine passed away on …
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… Your Story. Canada's Story. Telling our stories preserves our history. A gift in your Will preserves … immigration stories, forever. Here are two stories from caring and compassionate Canadians like you who have taken the step of remembering … from their mother. Grandma, a school teacher with United Empire Loyalist roots, had moved west from Nova Scotia after World War I and …
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… to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to … Started working June 3, 1951, and retired from the saw mill November 26, 1985. First two years pulling lumber on the big green chain, next … two years as stenciller and trimmerman. Then four years as grader and tallyman. In October 1959 I was approached by Pacific Lumber Inspection …
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… 1951 on the ITALIA (Aquila). They arrived in Halifax (Pier 21) on June 26, 1951. They all departed Halifax by train heading to Toronto where most started … on March 15, 2012 at the age of 92. He loved Italy but loved Canada more. He often told passersby’s, family and friends about the story of …