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Time 0:04:39 Transcript I was born in a log house on the farm, back in the good old days in 1925 in the Minerva district near Gimli. When the Icelanders immigrated to Canada they were promised that this would be New Iceland. They could establish their own government, and keep their customs and …
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Witness the challenge and triumph, the joy and injustice experienced by newcomers to Canada in the past and in the present. And learn about the vast contributions immigrants have made to Canada. Trace changing migration trends throughout our history on our massive multimedia Immigration Map. …
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… immigrants, dockside just after their arrival. Thank you to Back in Time Photos for this image. This photograph of immigrants arriving … cold, and probably boisterous, crossing of the North Atlantic. The exception is one woman with a colourful shawl who regards us with a haunted … liners of the era. Sadly, the lifeboat and life ring bear no inscription. How Harry Cochrane managed to talk himself aboard the ship with …
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… 4 children The Andreassen family came over from Denmark and made their way to Vancouver. The children came back to visit Pier 21 museum 60 … Andreassen Daughter- Jette Guldbrand Waldoza Andreassen Daughter- Hanne Guldbrand Waldoza Andreassen Daughter- Zusanne Guldbrand Waldoza …
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… 100,000 Southeast Asian refugees from three countries came to Canada in the wake of the Vietnam War and the victory of communist North Vietnam in 1975. Those escaping Vietnam became known as the “boat people,” many … Asian Refugees , featured at the Museum until December 3, 2023, captures individual stories of the courageous refugees who fled, in their …
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… her adopted country so much that a trial return to the UK to live, in the late seventies, led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an …
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Time 0:03:43 Transcript May 2012 was when I heard the news. I had to wrap up my last 10 years in 10 days. I was going moving again, but this time it was different. When I was 8 years old, my mother took me in the moonlight down to the harbour in Kismayo. She put me on a boat, knowing that many …
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… My husband, Carl Fulford , and I were married in 1943 in Dundee, Scotland. My husband was with the … in Northern Ontario and lived there for 50 years. I now live in North Bay and have just celebrated my 89th birthday. I have two daughters and … (2009) Editor's Note: Rhoda Fulford passed away in 2010 in North Bay, ON at the age of 90. …
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The year 2021 marks 110 years since my father’s uncle left his hometown of Fagagna, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of northeast Italy, to settle in Canada. At 25 years of age, Edoardo Chiarvesio boarded the SS Chicago on March 19, 1911 in Le Havre, France. He arrived in New York City on March …
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… Arrival in Canada “We were terrified of the cold land and the large amount of snow, where … when I questioned them on their decision to emigrate the answer was always the same: to be given the opportunity for a better life was what …