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I am writing this story on behalf of my late husband, Dr. William H. Holland. He was born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands on January 4th, 1926 and was educated by the Jesuits in Nijmegen where he attended the Canisius College. Following the end of WWII he graduated from the University of Utrecht, as a …
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Domenico Belfiore …
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Gaetano and Maddalena Frangione …
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Beverley (Bev) Henry Patterson was born November 9, 1921 in Annapolis Valley. He was the youngest of three sons born to John Wilford and Lillian Rachel/Rae (Hiltz) Patterson. His brothers were Ivan and Clifford. Bev was a veteran of the Second World War. He entered World War II on November 11, …
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Cpl Thomas Glas …
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Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The Museum’s Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of this Collection, the Museum holds this resource in trust for the benefit of future …
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Includes: Order-in-Council PC 1923-183 (31 January 1923), Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 (14 August 1930) With the passage of Order-in-Council PC 695 on 21 March 1931, the government of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett implemented the tightest immigration admissions policy in Canadian history. [1] …
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In the summer of 1956, while working at her parent’s bar in the town of Fagagna in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of northeast Italy, a young man wearing light blue pants caught the attention of Nives Zuttioni. Little did she know that meeting this man would change the course of her life. That …
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The year 2021 marks 110 years since my father’s uncle left his hometown of Fagagna, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of northeast Italy, to settle in Canada. At 25 years of age, Edoardo Chiarvesio boarded the SS Chicago on March 19, 1911 in Le Havre, France. He arrived in New York City on March …
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Gino Di Luca …