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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or …
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… with large sums of capital which could weaken their economies. In recalling her immigration to Canada from Poland in October 1938, Gerda … them foodstuffs from home—sausages, prosciutto, salami, bread, olive oil, nuts and beans to name a few. Many immigrants hoped that by …
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… As soon as we arrived in Genoa we set sail, making our way eventually to the Atlantic Ocean. I was terribly seasick, and for most of the … Fulvia was also very seasick and had difficulty eating anything at all. My husband felt fine, he was actually one of the few people who … and there were toys and cribs where the children could sleep. Best of all, there were laundry facilities where a woman motioned to us to wash …
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… States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college … Emily Burton (EB): You got drafted. TC: I was here. That’s worth telling, I guess. I was here and my dad was in the navy in the Second World War. We weren’t getting along really well at this point and time. I felt like I was doing as …
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… They lived in Afton, NS for a bit, moved to Lakevale, NS and finally settled in May 1957 in Marydale, NS where they purchased a farm. They had decided to come to Canada with the hope of owning their own farm. Many relatives came from Holland to visit us at the Maas farm. One of the favorite places to take visitors …
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… and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 [2013.1912.24] Ausma Levalds …
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… on the morning of our departure. It was September 16, 1956. From tallest to shortest, we are Ben, Rina, Fred, Nettie (Jeannette) and Joop … them in many decades. Some of my Dad's brothers eventually came for a visit to Canada. My Mom's brother and his wife visited us twice. I think my Grandmother visited three or more times. Once, for a six month stretch, which disturbed my sister no …
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… War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field … I never saw my father again. He wrote to us from England. I still have all his letters, but he had to be very careful what he wrote in case … My father was thirty-one years old. On this Remembrance Day think of all those brave men and women who fought so we could be free. Free to …
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… Scotiabank Family History Centre no longer offers online services, but all previously submitted requests will be answered. 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 …