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… Country of Origin: Northern Ireland Ship Name: Metagama Canadian Pacific Port of Entry: Saint John, New Brunswick Date of Arrival: February 26, 1928 Age on … - Repatriation Draft (Joure, Holland) 07/08/1945 - Draft #1/Train #153 (Toronto, Canada) - Reunited with wife & two young daughters …
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… me. The man who loves you. I was so lucky to have you as a wife and to be with you for 25 years as your husband. I told you that I loved you … that first kiss in Corner Brooke. I can still taste it today so sweet so giving so wonderful. I remember our first Christmas and you … your excitement at the fans singing their hearts out. I remember Vimy Ridge and touching your uncle’s grave and renewing your commitment to …
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by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated December 21, 2023) Anti-Semitic Exclusion and Canada’s Immigration Policies From the inception of Canada’s federal immigration structure at Confederation until the massive resettlement programs following the Second World War, Canadian immigration policy and …
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… We often say that the War Brides followed their hearts to Canada, and so they did, but they were not the only … and the first image that comes to mind is of a little girl on a ridge. Dr. Israel Unger Dr. Israel Unger was born in Tarnow, Poland in …
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… - Repatriation Draft (Joure, Holland) 07/08/1945 - Draft #1/Train #153 (Toronto, Canada) - Reunited with wife & two young daughters … THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA/WAR DIARY: October 28, 1942 1100 hrs. Train arrived Halifax. On detrainment the Regiment lined up on the Embarkation Pier. The Embarkation …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 22, 2020) Introduction Before the arrival of Europeans, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations were the primary inhabitants along the St. Lawrence River (known in Mohawk as Kaniatarowanenneh , meaning “big waterway”) and the area later …
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… Stories in Dutch 15 April 1953, na twee uuur slapen werden wij weer op geropen om de groten overtocht te aan vaarden. … genomen van heer Kapelaan Haenen en pater Sillekens even werd nog een kiekje Genomen Door Pater Beurskens uit Baarlo (cousin) Met een … geleide te doen. Daar aan gekomen was’t einde van ons samen zijn, ja wie weet voor hoe land, zullen we ons ooit weerzien, maar met goeden …
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… memoirs “A present of my past to your future” Written 1975-7 There were some people, relatives to my Dad, and they came over from Canada … and especially the woman, couldn’t talk enough about the country. The way she talked, everybody had money. That is why they came for a trip. …
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… was born June 5, 1921 in Gendringen (Gld) The Netherlands. We left Holland Feb. 11 and went by train to Paris. We stayed 1 night … by Cecil Disney in Brooklyn, Ont. - north of Whittley. We had sent a telegram but that did not arrive on time. We could write and talk a …
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… Leaving Home for Canada: When I finally got my telegram to go to London, my mother was upset but she bravely came, along with my good friend, to help me with the children. We said our tearful good-byes and then I was on my own with a great …