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… Nepal. In the camp, there was an organization who supply basic needs for the refugees. Life in the refugee camp wasn’t good. The environment … are two organizations set up, UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for … Moncton around fifteen days. When I was in Moncton my family came to visit me and it was two years since I saw them and I was really happy …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … to our daughter that what happened to us in Uganda and the reason for immigrating to Canada. After meeting with the principal, nothing … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: SS Olympia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: July 21, … family members, and friends. Accompanied by her father Michalle, she departed Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy and traveled to the port city of …
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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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… on our family. I was refused admission to non-Jewish schools and so my education ended at age sixteen. I worked as a tutor to two young … in August 1924 and I was left behind not knowing when I would ever see her again. It was a year later when a cousin in Montreal had been … 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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… I go out together to join my sister who had gone just a few months before. We could get established, then send for the rest of the family. I … 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 … income both to support my parents for their whole lives, as well as to visit them often. Canada has been very good to me. Return to Victoria …
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… 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, … there was no way he would let us board. We were told that the next ship to make the same passage was on April 2nd, 1955 on the sister ship … and Lisbon. While in Lisbon, we had enough time that we attempted to see the Prince of Italy who had moved to Lisbon after the war. My dad …
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… Did you know that the Museum offers personalized and professional research assistance that can help you learn about your family, sometimes dating back many … Marriage and death records Census records Gravesites Who we can search for Searches are not limited to people who immigrated through Pier 21 . …
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… on whether this decision had been worthy. After a very cold winter, a visit back to Mexico, struggles with finances and long hours of study I … old life. This was my rational thinking, however life happens … I know for a fact now that decisions are not always based on logical and … and a couple of years later we got engaged. I was now starting to become really hesitant to go back to Mexico … many things changed and my …
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… position. Afi Johann had built his first little house on next farm. He visited his neighbours and met their new guest. The next day, he came back and said to Thora: “You may as well come home with me.” She needed a place and he needed a wife. They were … – my grandfather, my parents, the friends and family that came to visit. It was impossible not be fluent in the language. Most third …