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… some people, relatives to my Dad, and they came over from Canada for a visit. They talked all about Canada, how good it was there and that there were lots of people in Canada from … mentioned that people had to work there, too, if they were going to have something to eat. All the C.P.R. was interested in was to get the …
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… married on Feb 9, 1937 (now Olga Harwood) and returned to Europe to visit her family aboard CP steamship lines ship the Duchess of York in … She was though everything Canadian. Her desire was to become the best Canadian she could be, dedicated to learning English and French, learning about Canada and …
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… fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new … sister Liz’s fiancé wanted to get married and immigrate to Canada to buy a farm. It was practically impossible to buy a farm in Holland at … new boyfriend). One of the first things we were required to do was to have physical and mental examinations, to be vaccinated and X-Rayed. …
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… landed at Pier 21 on the Aquitania in December, 1948. There were four of us, my mother and father, my little sister Tina, age 3 and … as manager of the real estate department of a large trust company on Bay Street. He has been retired now for over 32 years and those years have been wonderful to my parents with winters in Florida and summers …
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… Louise Embankment. Canadian immigration officer Fenton Crosman, described the edifice as “a low concrete building, at least one-eighth of a … at Quebec City. Detained for twelve days, the group claimed that their bedding sheets were changed once, while the blankets were only …
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… in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for … each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 … the children and Domenico worked hard as a painter to provide the very best for his family. They lived in Toronto, moved to Rexdale in approx. …
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… the countless journeys that immigrants made and continue to make to come to Canada. It may have reminded you of your own family’s story. On … sources. These funds provide the additional services and programs our visitors appreciate and indeed expect. In 2019/20 self-generated … Storytellers series welcomed back author Esi Edygen to talk about her best-selling, award-winning novel Washington Black Holocaust …
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… from their Wedel home, located along the Elbe River a short distance west of Hamburg Germany. Although his family operated a successful rose … If there was one unpleasant memory of their train journey to the west, it was that of the train doors remaining locked for the entire … Western Canada was an adventure in itself for my father because of the vast distances that they travelled and the changing nature of the …
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Time 0:02:53 Transcript I was born and raised in Mexico City, one of the busiest, most crowded cities in the world! A city that, today, I am proud to refer as my mother land! When I finished my university I moved to Veracruz where I spent the best years of my early adult life. I came to Canada as …
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… and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German families then, mine was devastated by the war: … academics were not admitted to university, thus soon after finishing high school in 1947 I left home like virtually all my classmates for … 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 …