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… to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large old radio. I'm sure they didn't want us to experience the deprivations and dangers that they had lived …
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… was the second youngest in a family of three brothers and one sister. My oldest brother, David, went to New York in 1914, my second brother … By 1924 my father had died of tuberculosis leaving only my mother, Leah Bogen Brill, and me in Russia. The only family we had left in …
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… Evelyn May (Blackburn) DeLorey Daughter of Henry and Jane (Cullen) Blackburn Born March 15, … September 4, 1993 in Ft McMurray, Alberta Met her husband George Willis Renford DeLorey, a soldier with the West Nova Scotia Regiment at a … George and Evelyn DeLorey …
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… I came to Canada in June 1962 to join my two brothers Gabriele and Vittorio who came to Canada in 1955 and … old at the time and this was the first time I was on a large ship. For me, it was my first cruise. I had a good trip as the weather was …
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… Whenever I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It must have been a … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to me that maybe my future would not be a bed of roses. I can only remember how anxious …
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… I was excited to be on a ship but I saw so many sad people that I was confused. I remember people crying hard and waving handkerchiefs in the … crying because they were leaving the European continent. It was the last goodbye. My first memory of Canada at age six was entering an ugly … and am proud to have dual citizenship. My parents made sacrifices to come to Canada and I am thankful. Return to Sault Ste. Marie …
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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 …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction Welcome to my first blog here at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21! … over their competitors. Passengers making a transatlantic crossing in May 1945 aboard SS Duchess of Bedford (operated by Canadian Pacific …
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… The Museum makes every effort to ensure that it has appropriate rights … cases where the rights are unclear, we archive but do not provide public access to the work. For questions or comments, or to provide … contact the Museum’s Collection Manager collections@pier21.ca or Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road Halifax, …