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… Time 0:03:31 Transcript There’s a vibrant group of Japanese Canadian immigrant women who meet to share the Way of Tea in Whitehorse and who are bonded … my Dad was a Buddhist. Mum had a stroke in 2005, as a result of complications after some dental surgery. I kept thinking if only I had … The Way of Tea in Whitehorse by Lillian …
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… Dutch Immigrants vs. Total Number of Immigrants 1900-1996* Year Dutch Immigrants Total Immigrants 1900 25 41681 1901 35 55747 1902 … 131252 1905 389 141465 1906 394 211653 1907 1212 272409 1908 480 143326 1909 570 173694 1910 1036 286839 1911 1080 331288 1912 1359 375756 … 1922 118 64224 1923 798 133729 1924 1821 124164 1925 1020 84907 1926 1643 135982 1927 2066 158886 1928 1569 166783 1929 1252 164993 1930 …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Ukraine Ship Name: Hellig Olav Port of Entry: Halifax Date of … she was chaperoned by a UK family until the ship made port in Halifax. My mother married on Feb 9, 1937 (now Olga Harwood) and returned to Europe to visit her family aboard CP steamship lines ship the Duchess of York in …
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… In the 2001 movie The Wedding Planner , we watch JLo with her calm … have dark grey or black duct tape (insert chuckle here). While this may seem like an odd solution to most, I have used duct tape to solve … been frequently known to do—it works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery …
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… Memories of my immigration to Canada I was 14 years old on the 15th of March, 1959 … said good-bye to our dear grandparents, aunt, uncle and little cousin with whom we lived in southern Italy. With us we had all of our …
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… from Squamish to Prince George. He still owns and drives his Ford. Came to the Outaouais region of QC to visit Dutch friends, worked as a bulldozer operator at a paper mill in … me with exceptional life and work experiences and for that I thank you Canada. A very thankful and proud Dutch-born Canadian. J. Erkelens …
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… and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … to do this by building five trunks based on the experiences of some of my favourite people. These trunks are for and about children, and will … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of …
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… was Wounter v.d. Kamp, later changed to Walter Vandekamp. He arrived in Halifax in March of 1928 on board the M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, the … a 320 acre homestead in the Caribou region plus or minus 80 miles E.N.E. of Lac la Hache, BC, built a log house and out buildings and … decided to sell his property and to go back to the Netherlands for a visit. After returning to Canada, he again worked for Grauers. When …
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… Mary Margaret Gregg was a War Bride born and living in South Wales. She was one of four siblings (Edward, Wil, Meghan, … worked in a munitions factory in London before and during World War II. Her future husband, James Gregg , was a soldier in the Canadian Army on leave in London and planned to visit his Hewitt Family relatives in Arbroath Scotland. One night Mary …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 15, 2020) Introduction: Canadian Customs before and after the Second World War In May 2015, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 opened new …