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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction Welcome to my first blog here at the Canadian Museum of … at Pier 21! I’d like to share a bit of our collection with you today. After searching for interesting historical tidbits, I came across … vanilla ice cream, peach cream cake, biscuits, bread and butter, jam, fresh milk, tea or cocoa, and oranges. [1] Ship menu, SS Duchess …
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… Inscription on the Cross worn by the Sisters of Service – “I have come to serve” Born in Windsor, Ontario, Florence Kelly moved with her … aunt to children everywhere. She was not your “typical nun.” The day she entered the convent, her youngest brother bet her that she … next five years. Ships were arriving almost daily, sometimes 3 in a day, a flood of immigrants from the displaced persons camps of post-war …
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… I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It must have been a mammoth job for … 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 …
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… Arie Dirk Bestebreurtje, born April, 1916 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Father, Anton D. Bestebreurtje moved the … of World War II the family left Switzerland, and made it to England via Portugal. Anton, his wife, and their three daughters, continued on … and another daughter in 1954. By 1954 Arie could have been well on his way to a lucrative law career. A bona fide war hero with a top flight …
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… Brazil. I worked in the finishing lab, where the edges of the crystal were sputtered with gold and then tuned in an oscillator until they … hours leave but he couldn’t confirm his being there for our wedding as D-Day had taken place and he was in a banned area, unable to make …
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… Refugees Organization ) camp at Bagnoli, near Naples, Italy, we had reached Bremerhaven, our final destination prior to our … John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the … For the most part, the voyage was uneventful. I remember, however, the day my faithful mouth organ fell overboard. It would be quite sometime …
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… and an M.A. from the University of Toronto. I loved all my teachers, however, on I must mention. Had it not been for the dedication of Mr. … tracks loom large. We walked the rail to school; we told the time of day by the passenger trains; it was a game to guess the number of box …
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… The Trans-Atlantic Passage of Rosa (Mulé) Nobile and Daughters Maria & Carmela When my sister Carmela and I found out that we had been accepted to immigrate to Canada, we climbed on the bed and …
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… By Elsie Mills I stood at the window today looking across a field of sweet corn. So many years have passed and so much has happened. It’s August, 1999, a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the sky looks so huge. That was the first … to be at a dance, but I was! Ed (Jack Mills) was with a group that had come over to the dance. He had run out of money to get back, so I …
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… Being Selected to Come to Canada - Madan Kumar Giri …