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… 1922 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. She was the youngest of four children born to Elizabeth and William Thomson, a tailor and … in Canada as soon as possible, so they were told to stand by for news of their evacuation to Canada at any time. But not before Beth … the war. (That robe has become the family christening gown, worn so far (2012) by 15 Boyle children, grandchildren and great …
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… As part of our travelling Canada: Day 1 exhibit, we asked visitors to share their thoughts on immigration to Canada by writing on luggage tags. These personal stories, messages for new Canadians and inspired packing lists are a selection from the … behind their friends, family, good jobs and the sense of security that comes from being surrounded by people who understood their native …
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… November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to … to be told that it still would be quite some time before my turn would come. So when I received a telegram from that Canadian Wives Bureau on … could not find his way around Amsterdam. He asked me if I would sit beside him and translate for him since I knew my way around the city …
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… home and dad as a labourer for a construction company at the age of fourteen. Next mom and dad endured more than five years of Nazi … see our family again. The cost of travel across the Atlantic for a visit was considered totally out of reach back in those days. We … (Gerrit) 9, Corrie 6, and Albert 11 weeks. Tom was born in Canada six years later. Our trip across the Atlantic was uneventful as we …
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… Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get … own food. We did not need to buy bread, potatoes or vegetables. With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning … After working a few months at a chemical plant, he applied for a study visa to the U.S. Two months later he was gone and he managed to stay …
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… Canadian Officials Respond to the Expulsion of the Ugandan Asians The news of the expulsion of the Ugandan Asians was met with considerable … by the time you get anywhere near they say ‘Oh no, it’s closed now. Come tomorrow.’ So people were really, really completely … Molloy, “Molloy: Reflecting on the Ugandan refugee movement,” Western News , http://news.westernu.ca/2012/10/molloy-reflecting . The Asian …
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… An excerpt on immigration to Canada in 1920, taken from John Leyten’s memoirs “A present of my past … some people, relatives to my Dad, and they came over from Canada for a visit. They talked all about Canada, how good it was there and that … the name of Antwerp in Belgium, and we walked the streets but not too far away from where we stayed. It must have been two weeks after the …
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… promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons … adventure. A friend of mine was in Canada at that time, on a half year visitors visa, to visit a brother and his wife, who had emigrated a few years …
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… Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get … own food. We did not need to buy bread, potatoes or vegetables. With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning … After working a few months at a chemical plant, he applied for a study visa to the U.S. Two months later he was gone and he managed to stay …
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… Olive. In 1944, she married Bob Cunneyworth, an Airman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. In doing so, she set the wheels in motion for what … of these individuals became notable spies for the allied war effort. (For further details, refer to a book "Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire … and her baby with whom I shared the cabin. Most of us were very seasick; so much that we rarely went to the galley for meals. The sick bay …