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… by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant … to settle in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, and in the Upper St. John River Valley of present-day New Brunswick, between 1759 and 1768. … The Forgotten Immigrants: The Journey of the New England Planters to …
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… My grandfather Hugh Irenus Conway was an Immigration Officer at Pier 21 … sleeve blouse with a pleated skirt, my hands are folded in front of me. My maiden name was (Alana) Mader and my brother’s name is Richard … the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, at the age of 18. He served in the 8th Army Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He was wounded a couple of …
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… Heading for a Good Life in Canada By Carla White When Theodorus Jacobs (a.k.a. Theo) saw the … his wife Maria to Canada on March 5, 1954, he thought to himself, “welcome home”. This wasn’t the first time Theo would set voyage from the … killed and the Dutch were being blamed. When Dutch soldiers returned home, they were not appreciated. Between this and suffering from Post …
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… Chieti Scalo to Selva Del Montello, Italy and finally Canada. My father Elio was born on November 26th 1926 in Chieti Scalo in the region of Abruzzo which is in central …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 9, 2020) In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened a new … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast …
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… I visited Halifax Nova Scotia on July 15, 2003 where I spent an interesting morning touring and researching my arrival to Canada on the ship - Vulcania. We docked in Halifax on an overcast day on …
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… marriage, that is…and I thought that one of the brief stories she told me about some events that preceded her immigration to Canada would be … that occurred in her picturesque Austrian town of Steyr. But first it may be appropriate to outline some introductory comments about her immigration to this side of the ocean extracted from my book " Pier 21 - 1951 Our Family’s Immigration To Canada by N.C. …
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… giving an account of recent bombings and remarking, "now the Germans can swim across the English channel and invade Britain." In July, I … In August, therefore, I was totally surprised and shocked, when my mother told my sister, Anne MacKinnon Jeffrey , and later me, that we were leaving for Canada within forty-eight hours, with …
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… This is a basic story of my life. I was born Jean Alice Walker, in a town called Gravesend, … to Canada. My Mother had a sister in Toronto. Dad's intentions were to visit Canada then go on to Australia, but Mom did not agree. She wanted …