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… Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … the nearly new clothes and footwear donated by his village people. He set off by horse and wagon to the nearest train station. A few days … hospital and a personal care home in Dauphin. He passed away on March 26, 1983 at the age of 79 years. His wife Katherine passed away on …
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… 1950 when I first saw the General Blatchford. She was tied up at dockside in Bremerhaven, Germany. Through my nine-year-old eyes the General was like a huge city topped by the volcano of its gently smoking stack reaching toward … to ever see his home again but excited none the less about what lay ahead. My sister and I, with the exuberance of the young, saw …
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… Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. … copy v , with a lower resolution JPEG as the access copy vi that you can view on the Image search page . This means we preserve the best …
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… accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to … Plan. The item expands upon themes related to immigration history in Canada. The item contributes to understanding the diversity of …
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… The Museum would like to hear from anyone with a story related to Canadian immigration. Personal and family experiences of immigration are an important part of everything we do, and you can help the Story Collection grow by sharing yours. Criteria for … story meets the Museum’s mandate: “explore the theme of immigration to Canada in order to enhance public understanding of the experiences of …
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… I met my "husband to be," Albin Carl Norlander outside the YMCA in Sheffield whilst he was on a visit to relatives of an … paneled cabin equipped with four bunks and rope cribs attached to the side of each bunk and its own private bathroom. Throughout the ensuing … to the purser's office with the money contents stolen. I finally shed the tears that had not fallen since leaving home. I was able to …
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… Latvia, daughter of Anna (Meiers) and Juris Vidners, a sister to Lize (1902), a deceased brother (1903) and Paulite (1904). Anna, born … of time. Karline, a physically small child and coming from such a poor and backward farm, encountered derision at the hands of the … she read the newspaper to the hired help who insisted that she sit and rest upon its delivery. She managed all this as well as bearing …
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… of Aloys (Anglicized as Alois) Wilhelm Escher, born March 13, 1906 #26 Kampstrasse, Gladbeck, Westfallen, Germany. That particular house … was of utmost importance. Since Al's brother, Theodor had not yet become a citizen of his newly adopted country and, therefore, could not … Escher arrived in America the 2nd week in February, 1927. It must be said that we, as Mr. Escher's family were told that he never passed …
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… over on the Mauretania as I was very sea sick and she never left my side. When we arrived at Pier 21, Mum tried to hold onto me, luggage … from, a wood stove and they washed their clothes in Church River with Lye soap and a scrub board. As my mother said, I wanted to flee back to England it was so horrible but my …