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… We provide in-person research services for people who are able to visit the Museum. Our staff use a variety of internal and external … immigration records, manifests and passenger lists . Research we can help with: Someone arrived between 1865 and 1935 The Scotiabank … Family History Centre has access to a variety of databases which can aid in the location of records from this era. Someone sailing from …
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… + HST per person Experience must be booked in advance. Workshops can accommodate up to 30 participants. Groups may also book additional dates, subject to availability (minimum of 8). Visit Tribal Fusion Art for full event information. Register to attend … through a unique experience offered in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. This special package …
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… Time: 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My full name … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, … when we moved here in my mind was, for instance, that my daughter was coming to live with me, and we were again a big family like we were …
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… hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of Naples. Well, our … Umberto of Savoia, during World War II and he must have told him to visit whenever he is in town. Well, we were in town but the Prince was …
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… Time 0:03:20 Transcript Both my parents were born in Belfast. During the troubled times resulting in … at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it … on her seventeenth birthday. As we got to know each other, I became completely captivated. During all this time, I had been surprised to …
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… from leaving the US for five years but my brother, David, came to visit me once. It was a happy occasion when I was reunited with my …
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… group of Japanese Canadian immigrant women who meet to share the Way of Tea in Whitehorse and who are bonded together by their desire to … my Dad was a Buddhist. Mum had a stroke in 2005, as a result of complications after some dental surgery. I kept thinking if only I had … what they had sacrificed for our family. As I observe and enjoy the company of the women… I am reminded of my mother and her women friends. …
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… Time 0:03:40 Transcript I was living in Uganda together with my family. I was a music producer, and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and … from my family. Our music mission there wasn’t fulfilled but we had to come back to Uganda. After experiencing this situation, I knew that …
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… Time 0:02:31 Transcript My mom is from the Philippines, and my dad is from Poland. They were pen pals, fell in love and moved to … we were invited too. My mom was very involved with the Filipino community, so my dad would take us to support the events and … All or Nothing by Jessica …
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… On February 28, 1928 the Holland America line steam ship Nieuw Amsterdam departed … the first ship to arrive at Pier 21 on March 8, 1928. There were only 54 people disembarking at Pier 21 on that day and included passengers from Holland, Lithuania, Germany, Romania, …