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… provided her first experience in horticulture. In 1956 Ina enrolled in a technical and geographic drawing course at the Koninklijk … from Canada. They married August 1964. On graduation (M.S.) Freek had competed for and won the 1966 Frederick Dreer Award for horticultural … national committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites) Ina served on the Historic Gardens and Landscape Committee (1986 …
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… by Scott Stewart, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:06:12 Transcript: Hello my name is Scott Stewart. I am a Heritage Interpreter here at the … china, glassware, flatware, and what I like to ask visitors when they come to do the activity with me is where does it all go? Which piece is … the under plate, the first few courses will be served and placed on top of it until you are ready for the entrée and then the charger is …
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… Abandoned well, Lawlor's Island, September 2011. Credit: Photo by Steven Schwinghamer Historians tend to pay close attention when a public site seems “silent” in public memory. This is true of a place quite close to Pier 21 …
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… truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … the Canadian, British and American soldiers came through our town of Lisse in 1945. My fathers' business was growing bulbs for export, along … Lavington, BC. After his return to The Netherlands, he was invited to come and have supper with our family and talk about his adventures …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 2:41 Transcript I was very young, and I wasn’t … But what is like being in a mother that times, you know, how the people will go through it in this kind of situation. But it’s because I was … and brother taken in 1997 upon entering a refugee camp in Thailand. Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [DI2017.141.1] …
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… September 4, 1993 in Ft McMurray, Alberta Met her husband George Willis Renford DeLorey, a soldier with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at a … social in the summer of 1940. Married March 19, 1941 at All Saints Anglican Church, Warlingham, Surrey, England. Had her first baby, Linda Mary on September …
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… (Updated October 2, 2020) Introduction Travellers approaching Canada’s border by car are asked by customs officers whether they have … medicine for hospital use and settler’s effects. Over the years, the list of goods for which a duty had to be paid was expanded. In 1879, items listed included: fish, fruit, furs, meat, breadstuffs, farm animals, …
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… Time 0:02:31 Transcript I had incidents, that’s again us being a newcomer in Prince Albert, that’s later when we had the two children my daughter was two so it was in ’76, we bought our first little house and we moved, and my husband and I at home we speak …
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… who enters the Scotiabank Family History Centre is greeted by a knowledgeable and experienced staff member ready to help you research. Be … for someone arriving in Canada before 1865 are low, as there are no comprehensive lists. 1865 - 1935: Canada started keeping immigration …
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… Time 0:02:56 Transcript I came here to Canada in 1984 as a nanny. I left my daughter in the Phillipines. I was going abroad to give my … after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to Canada. But my sister didn’t want to give her to me. …