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… The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … New Brunswick, between 1759 and 1768. They left a legacy that can be found in the social, religious, and political life of Atlantic Canada. Did You Know? 8,000 New Englanders came to present-day Nova …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for … The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, will be closing temporarily for renovations beginning on December 14, … The Scotiabank Family History Centre will continue to offer services online. The public is encouraged to visit www.pier21.ca and follow the …
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… applications were received and in 14 days the number of applications had risen to over 211,000 which were about half the number of eligible children. Less than a month later, the … I took an application form home and told my mother that I wanted to go to Canada, to which she agreed because of the impending dangers. …
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… and I, Violet Drew, came to Canada together. Many relatives saw us off at 1:00pm on August 1st as we were drawn out by tugboats. While on the ship we had life saving exercise in the afternoons. I …
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… Hugh Blair …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 19, 2020) Introduction After the Second World War, … As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 and owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, … liberalized Canadian immigration policy with the introduction of Order-in-Council P.C. 1967-1616. Commonly referred to as the points …
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… old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
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… and their 6 children arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax Nova Scotia. They had left Beilen, their village in The Netherlands, and had stayed with … a bus that was filled with other immigrants on our way to Rotterdam in order to board the S.S. VOLENDAM. It had been a tumultuous departure as … ride all the way to Hamilton and dad decided that Albert and he would go into Halifax and buy the family some food for the journey. He wore …
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… old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
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… Joseph Hugh Farrell …