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  • Daxa Popat
    … Life in Uganda - A Multifaceted Community Time 0:01:10 Transcript I speak English, Gujarati, Gujarati’s our … and Hindi. I speak three languages. And I did know Swahili. But, coming here, not keeping in touch with Swahili, I’m not fluent with …
  • Michele, Nicolina e Vito Spatafora
    … traditions include annual sauce making, family vacations and a visit from “Santa Nonno” on Christmas Eve. Vito is eternally grateful … to his parents for having the courage to leave their homeland to come to Canada to build a better life for Vito and future generations. …
  • Antonio Romanello
    … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … smallpox. Also, Luigino who remembers having a boil on his nose had to visit the doctor daily for treatment. They arrived in Halifax on the …
  • Elvira Romanello
    … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for … smallpox. Also, Luigino who remembers having a boil on his nose had to visit the doctor daily for treatment. They arrived in Halifax on the …
  • Patricia Norlander and son Stanley
    … Albin Carl Norlander outside the YMCA in Sheffield whilst he was on a visit to relatives of an army buddy. Trying for a maturity I didn't yet … my youngest daughter, who are accompanying me, look forward as I do to visiting Pier 21. Canada has provided me with opportunities I doubt …
  • Nederlof van Tiggelen
    … gets to be pretty serious you start praying a lot about it. The time comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this … which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so … still $50.00 left when Dad came home with his first pay cheque). While visiting in the States, Mrs. VanLaar said to a friend, we have family …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … to destinations across Canada. The model of Pier 21 is full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … Scotia and crushed into small pieces with a hammer. The model steam locomotive carries a load of real coal gathered from an old railyard. …
  • Customs and the Seizure of Goods at Pier 21
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 15, 2020) Introduction: … based on research that informs these new exhibits. Interwar immigrants coming to Canada often concealed their valuables for safekeeping and to avoid customs officials. While Canada welcomed immigrants to bring money with them, home governments outlawed …
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    … Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not have immigration …
  • Uncovering secrets of the popular miniature Pier 21 model
    … to destinations across Canada. The model of Pier 21 is full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the … even harder to detect: At the head of one of the trains is a steam locomotive carrying a load of real coal , which Conlin retrieved from the … Scotia and crushed into small pieces with a hammer. The model steam locomotive carries a load of real coal gathered from an old railyard. …

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