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… October 15, 2020) Introduction: Canadian Customs before and after the Second World War In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at … and the history of immigration to Canada. This blog is based on research that informs these new exhibits. Interwar immigrants coming to … Customs and the Seizure of Goods at Pier 21 …
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… Families February 22, 1951 – Volendam Immigration is not something you get just up and do, you talk about it, think about it and … we left Holland on February 13, 1951 from Rotterdam on the big ship Volendam, 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 …
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… full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the Museum . The model, roughly 8 feet by 4 feet, depicts a … gateways. Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the point of arrival for nearly a million immigrants - mostly from Europe - arriving by sea. … 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 …
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… An Account of the Immigration of the Romanello Family to Canada from Italy in 1949-50. … 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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… An Account of the Immigration of the Romanello Family to Canada from Italy in 1949-50. … 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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… full of activity . The miniature representation is a favourite of many visitors of the Museum . The model, roughly 8 feet by 4 feet, depicts a … gateways. Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the point of arrival for nearly a million immigrants - mostly from Europe - arriving by sea. … 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 …
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… Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the … manifests and passenger lists. We do have a database of some of the ship arrivals which contains the name of the ship and the estimated …
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… The immigration story of Luigi Napolitano (Italian immigrant) This is … He came from a family of farmers and he started out planting crops to see if he could establish himself and start his own family. His sense … her home doing needlework as was the custom of the time. Letizia, as she was called by her family and friends, was spirited and full of life …
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… the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day sail from South Hampton, England, on the ship ‘Aquitania.’ This is my story. On May 10, 1940 World War II came … the beginning. We were forced to abide by curfews and strict orders to keep the house in darkness among many other new regulations. We had to …
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… fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new … 13, Robert 11, and Greta 9, to Canada. (Jean 20, stayed in Holland, she was to join us the following year with her new boyfriend). One of … of English. When the time came near for our departure, we had movers come to pack our furniture into a large crate. We slept on the floor …