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… The Pier 21 Story Guided 30-minute tours of Pier 21 are offered in English and French. Tours and movie viewing times available throughout the …
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… Presented in English Cost: $10.00 Register to attend this event → Celebrate Canadian diversity at its funniest with Oh Canada! Comedy Show, presented in partnership with the Halifax Comedy Festival. … Oh Canada! Comedy Show …
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… had ledges on them. Remember mother and friends playing cards outside the cabin, and chairs, tables and people going from one side of passageway to the other, but we all survived. When we arrived in Halifax we had to go down a rope ladder to a barge along side. There were steamer trunks around the outside to keep us from …
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… to Pier 21 last week and of the Sobey Wall of Honour, he immediately said we must have the family name put up because we would never have … us to immigrate. Here was finally a way to say thank you to Canada. He said immigrating to Canada was the best thing he ever did in his life. …
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… Prime Minister John A. Macdonald developed an open immigration policy to encourage the settlement of the West, seeking to enhance access to the region’s natural resources and create a larger market for …
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… that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … (1948) and Peter A O (1950). The family is known to have emigrated to Canada in December 1953, arriving in Halifax on MV Nova Scotia (the … Oliver - 56, Halifax, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2007, in the VG Site, QEII. Born in Great Yarmouth, England. Peter was a son of Evelyn …
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… Perfect Pairings is a project-based program bringing together diverse community members in the design of recipes blending elements of their unique cultural food traditions. Working in …
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… immigration records, manifests and passenger lists . Research we can help with: Someone arrived between 1865 and 1935 The Scotiabank … Family History Centre has access to a variety of databases which can aid in the location of records from this era. Someone sailing from … to 1960. Someone sailing on the Holland-America Line or Swedish American Line after 1935 The Scotiabank Family History Centre currently …
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… It amazes our family to this date, the courage this man had to set out to a strange unknown country to make a better life for his family. We understand that he attempted to come to Canada many times but failed without the proper documents. Finally, in April 1929 his dream became a reality and he set off from Mammola, Reggio Calabria, Italy to board the Pennland, Red …
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… opportunity. lt has been a supplier of food to my family and other peoples from lceland who settled along its shores. Lake Winnipeg also …