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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … make the best report possible. In contrast, there is Mr. M. He is a young man; his office is 100% ship-shape: and he is keen as a new blade … “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of …
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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. … What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast …
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… Red Cross Refugee truck to pick us up. We were nervous and anxious. My sister Bridgette, aged eight, my brother Duro, jr., aged four, Erika, our mother, aged 26, and me aged six. Once on board the truck, Mom said, "Let's all hold …
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… tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che … loving, little house surrounded by flower gardens, founded by my parents in coming to Canada. It all began with my father, Silvano, … figure. As a result, he was exempted from military duty. While only a year younger, uncle Romeo, a talented musician, was not so fortune. In …
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… Adjusting Well to Life in Canada Time 0:01:44 Transcript TA: —it was—it … best of it. And, I think—for us it was—my brother and I, because we went out together, quite a bit—it was um—started to be fun. Because we … for, you know, things like that. So it was um—yeah, it started to become—normalized, I guess, is what you’d call it. We weren’t feeling as …
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… Single Men and Women July 9, 1953 – Waterman My five day journey from Rotterdam, The Netherlands on the ship SS … from the Dutch Army only three months earlier, this didn’t bother me. Upon landing in Halifax at Pier 21, we were sorted like cattle at a …
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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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… John in Toronto. There, she met and married John Yarosh (born Joannes Jarosz) on June 22, 1929. They had one son Ronald John Yarosh … Road in Welland Ontario. John Yarosh, born Joannes Jarosz on January 26, 1905 in the village of Dubowce, Tarnopol, Austria, to Terentius …
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… bunker at the East Moor base until the conflict in Europe ended that May. On July 5, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross … in action, and the birth of their first child while he was away. In May 1946, Joan made the bittersweet decision to leave her beloved …
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… THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re leaving our home here in Kuopio, Finland, and going far away, to a country called Canada. My name is Kaarina and I’m nine years old. My sister, Raili, is eleven … Veke,Toini,Raili …