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  • Bringing My Daughter to Canada by Linda
    … 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. …
  • Scotiabank Family History Centre
    … 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 …
  • Pte / Flt Sgt Arthur Wright
    … settling in Toronto. At age 17 Art lived with his parents at 65 Ennerdale Rd Toronto and worked for Westminister Publishing Co. Arthur lied … 17 on Aug 18, 1915. In basic training he established himself as an excellent marksman with an army rifle. He was sent overseas from Montreal … where the roofs a broken door My dug-out Where is it that I try to sleep Betwixt alarms, when up I leap And dash through water four feet …
  • Anything to Declare? Part 1 - Immigration and Customs since Confederation
    … (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, …
  • History
    … was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … Revolution in 1956. Pier 21 was one of the entry points which welcomed many of these Hungarian immigrants, particularly the large group … Canadian prairies from Pennsylvania and establish a ‘New Hungary’. Newcomers built their communities and sent positive reports to relatives …
  • Aamir Mirza
    … political and places not secure in Pakistan right now because the whole region is, in under fire, war, and because of Afghanistan and … brother they were all well established and they had no intention to come and start from scratch. But I told them my assessment is that it …
  • Alexandra Dochmacka and Sofia Bain
    … Lithuania annexed the Vilna area. Russians and the KGB took over our City of Pinsk, where there were 80,000 inhabitants, 35-40,000, of these … well as several buildings on the edge of the town went up in flames, set by the Russians. The shells flew over the town in the direction of …
  • Elizabeth and Maria-Luise
    Elizabeth and Maria-Luise …
  • Max Fritz Lais
    … Max Fritz Lais …
  • Lois Beryl Brown
    … Lois Beryl Brown …

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