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… in Central, and Kirsten in the northwest Jutland peninsula. On January 26th, 1922, John was born Johannes Therkelsen, the youngest of four, in … youngest of seven children: Poul, Anton, Immanuel and Alvira (twins), Anna, and Ebbe. Ebbe and Anna are the only two who still survive, Ebbe …
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… One of my favorite questions to ask visitors here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has … hands went up to ask the question. “But why such a sign?” Discussion commenced and all agreed that we all are equal and we should not be …
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… Chinese immigrants were required to enter only at a port of entry, and any immigrant of Chinese descent outside the admissible classes could … Problem. Regarding Chinese Canadians, Stevens asserts that “in many respects the Chinese are the least objectionable of all classes of … as “finding some new reason for excluding Hindus [rather] than from any actual evidence we have that the Hindus coming to Canada have or …
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… Italy and finally Canada. My father Elio was born on November 26th 1926 in Chieti Scalo in the region of Abruzzo which is in central Italy to Giovanni D'Alessio and Anna Rabottini. After the misery of the Second World War my grandfather … see my father! As he had left me when I was only 3 years old. After one year my brother Elio Jr. was born and he was the apple in my …
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… 27th 1935 as the first of five children born to Vincenzo Guglietti and Anna Tersigni in the central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. Even as a child Giovanni had shown himself to be courageous, brave … and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the …
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… often bragged about being a ‘bit’ of a daredevil in the skies. On one occasion he flew over the Church of his home village of Pozlovice … interrogated, intimidated, put under surveillance and subjected to house searches. Bribes abounded. Alois’s prized Jawa motorcycle was … then never seeing them again. After several weeks he had a surprise visit from his good friends Rudolfo and Ludmila Lociga. This couple …
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… and social organisations including unions, student groups, and community associations. [3] Some Chilean exiles came to Canada fleeing … ethic she learned from her brother Transcript [Ruth Miranda] It was easy for me to go back to school because I was young. But, but I have … University of Chile, April 16, 2018, https://uchile.cl/noticias/142609/fallecio-alejandro-rojas-ex-presidente-de-la-fech ↩ Dora Ashton …
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… September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of … We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to come to a new country, not knowing the language, not having work and … a warmer year round climate, unprepared to live in cold, snowy and icy winter conditions. When they eventually found work, they sacrificed …
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… Second, public health interests often overwhelmed - and sometimes completely displaced - the implementation of civil immigration policy. … An official of the Department of the Interior observed during a visit to Vancouver in 1905 that “there is no civil examination of … set the purchase of proposed land in motion in early November 1906. [26] The Department of Public Works set the allocation for immigration …