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  • FrancoAntonia FulviaLiviana
    … month birthday when we arrived in Canada. We travelled by train to Venice where we had to transfer to Genoa. We were so worried about missing … eating anything at all. My husband felt fine, he was actually one of the few people who appeared in the dining room during the first …
  • Welcome to Turtle Island
    … . If you would like to bring a Tribal Fusion Art treasure home, please visit our Boutique. Basket of Berries Basket holds stories woven …
  • Reginald W. and Dorothy E. Haines
    … with 6 children, two daughters and four sons. While living in the farmhouse there was never any electricity. Oil lamps and candles were used for lights, and coal … which had a fire underneath to boil the whites. The darks were hand washed in a tub, then were rinsed and hung on the line to dry. The …
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    … course of an interview. The recorded document is a primary source that can be archived and made available to the public. Why does the Museum … Canada to conduct interviews periodically, so they may be able to visit your city or town. What should I expect during an oral history … interview. You also have the opportunity to ask the interviewer any questions you may have about the interview and to gain a feel for …
  • Kurt and Rolf Maurer
    … that it was the last voyage for this ship. Some joked and said the one before was probably its last completed voyage. The passage was $125 … to be paid in US Dollars, the possession of which was illegal in Germany at the time and it could only be gotten on the Black Market. I had … Railway Station in an office for American Personnel so it was fairly easy for me to get the necessary dollars; since I worked for the …
  • Pav Bhaji - Arvinda and Preena Chauhan
    … off the plane, my last question to him was this: If I should try just one food from this crazy, bustling city, what would it be? His answer … to taste. Step 5: For the pavs: Slice the buns (pavs) in half, leaving one edge attached. Apply a generous amount of butter on each and toast … The mother-daughter duo focused their classes on spices, the cornerstone of Indian cooking, teaching indispensable flavouring techniques so …
  • Sapper Melvin E. Clark
    … star Italy Star France Germany Star Defense of Britain Medal CVSM (Can Volunteer Service Medal) Victory Medal …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … Sweden in December 1948, illustrated that admitting and processing newcomers to Canada remained largely influenced by several factors … (hereafter LAC), Department of Citizenship and Immigration fonds, RG 26, vol. 143, file 3-40-21 “Statistics Ten Years Post-War Immigration,” … Volume 3 (Ottawa: King’s Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1947), 2646. Knowles, Forging Our Legacy , 68. Shephard, 341. Trudy …
  • Everina Pieternella Hoogerdyk
    … idea. He was not going to uproot his family and that was that. About one year later my brother and his family came from Venezuela for a visit. He advised Pete to emigrate. He had great admiration for Pete’s …
  • Antonio Romanello
    … profession of cheesemaker. Although the profession was a prestigious one, requiring a specific set of skills and knowledge, it was also a demanding one. It required being at work at very early hours in the morning to … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for …

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