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  • Giuseppi Rosa Vescio e Famiglia
    … hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … New York. The stops in each of the cities were short in duration; the one stop where we stayed a longer period of time was Barcelona and … Umberto of Savoia , during World War II and he must have told him to visit whenever he is in town. Well, we were in town but the Prince was …
  • Velia Ida Bombino
    … almost resulted in Velia not making the departure time, her father wished her well and she boarded the Olympia . Thus began her voyage …
  • Immigration Story by Dil Darjee
    … are two organizations set up, UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for … People chose different countries for their better life but I decided come to Canada because I heard Canada is safe, peace and people are … Moncton around fifteen days. When I was in Moncton my family came to visit me and it was two years since I saw them and I was really happy …
  • Immigration Records and Family History Research Help
    … We provide in-person research services for people who are able to visit the Museum. Our staff use a variety of internal and external … 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 …
  • Indigenous Glass Art Experience with Tribal Fusion Art
    … + HST per person Experience must be booked in advance. Workshops can accommodate up to 30 participants. Groups may also book additional dates, subject to availability (minimum of 8). Visit Tribal Fusion Art for full event information. Register to attend … through a unique experience offered in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. This special package …
  • Vito Vescio
    … hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of … New York. The stops in each of the cities were short in duration; the one stop where we stayed a longer period of time was Barcelona and … Umberto of Savoia, during World War II and he must have told him to visit whenever he is in town. Well, we were in town but the Prince was …
  • Life Begins at 20 by Noel
    … at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it … on her seventeenth birthday. As we got to know each other, I became completely captivated. During all this time, I had been surprised to … income both to support my parents for their whole lives, as well as to visit them often. Canada has been very good to me. Return to Victoria …
  • Pearl Brill Narzemsky
    … 19, 1905. I was the second youngest in a family of three brothers and one sister. My oldest brother, David, went to New York in 1914, my … with my mother I was closer to New York and knew that I would be there one day. I was fortunate in that I could speak Yiddish and could at … from leaving the US for five years but my brother, David, came to visit me once. It was a happy occasion when I was reunited with my …
  • The Way of Tea in Whitehorse by Lillian
    … the hidden history. The story became real, when my parents came to visit me in Vancouver, and my Dad insisted on visiting the old family home. He found it, and amazingly the house was … 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 …
  • All or Nothing by Jessica
    … we were invited too. My mom was very involved with the Filipino community, so my dad would take us to support the events and … trips to Poland my dad would take my brother and I on every 5 years to visit his side of the family. Knowing that my brother and I didn’t know …

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