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by Siniša Obradovic, Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration conducts recorded interviews across the country in order to learn about immigration through first-hand accounts. We seek to represent the …
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… talk about it again, you go to all kinds of bureaus for information. When it gets to be pretty serious you start praying a lot about it. The … which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so … While we were watching, all of a sudden one of the boxes fell. We said to each other, whoever owns that box is not too lucky. The next …
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… home town, friends and family. In my mind I imagined the wheels were saying, "Forever, forever". Fortunately I had the money to return if I … that last night in England, a friend remembered much more, but even her recounting did not bring back the memories, so I have to presume … Queen Mary. As we sailed into Halifax harbour we heard a band playing "Here comes the Bride". I thought this gesture quite touching, but some …
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… Paudyn 1921-2008 Richard was born in Warsaw on November 27th 1921. He was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His parents … in Poland. He was the second son in the Paudyn family. In 1920 his brother Jerzy (Jurek) was born and in 1923, his sister Barbara. The family … Wanda met her second husband Waclaw Wożniak and took Barbara with her. In 1931 Bożena was born. Stefan Paudyn took care of the boys, …
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… with so much hope was beaten; Budapest was in ruins and bleeding. Mother’s yearning for the support and comfort of her brother who has been living in Spain since the end of the civil war there, made her set aside all her fears and phobias and she declared that we are going. I was 15 years old. Her decision was …
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… restaurants in small towns that Ann Hui discovered dishes like chop suey, or moo goo gai pan, or sweet and sour chicken balls. Hui had … As Hui explains, most of the food served in what she calls “chop suey” Chinese restaurants originated in North America at the end of the … a series of Globe and Mail articles, and ultimately, the book Chop Suey Nation. Ann Hui's cross-country road trip took her all the way to …
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… Holland on Pier 21- Friday, April 2. 1954. I was 28 years old (born 1926), my wife 26 years (1928) and our son was born June 21, 1953. We … mail on a weekly basis. A remarkable thing- I'd like to mention here- my weekly letters written over these past 45 years are on file …
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… Originally published in The Illustrated London News , 6 th July 1850. Credit: RTE ‘Black 47', simply a word and number, however it recalls … 1847. The repeated failure of Ireland’s potato crops (1845 – 1852) led to the death of over one million people and saw one of the most … 1871, was one of them. As a young adult, John Francis worked as a teacher so he could save the money to put himself through medical school. …
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… immigration officials have considered many factors in determining whether an individual was ‘admissible’ and would be granted entry to … and procedure and what was enacted in practice at Canadian offices overseas and at various ports of entry across Canada. SS Walnut ’s … "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and …
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… Single Men and Women July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort … we would be married eventually. I lived in Leeuwarden, the capital city of Friesland. Gerald lived in Amsterdam, in the province of North … my birthday March 28 (I turned 28), we became engaged. I promised to come to Canada as soon as possible. I did not consider myself an …