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… I visited Halifax Nova Scotia on July 15, 2003 where I spent an … Peppino, a nine-year-old boy emigrating to Canada from the town of Agnone, in the Molise region of Italy. He was travelling to Canada with … behind. A week later he was registered in school and started in grade one. Peppino quickly learned the language and found many new friends. …
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… as a Dutch Marine. Most of his time in the Marines was served in Indonesia (Former Dutch East Indies). Having been in Indonesia, he wanted to see more of this world and decided to emigrate to … had arrived in Formosa. The following weekend Cor and Nico went to visit the Remkes family. The family soon moved to Carlsruhe and then to …
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… Alton and I am David & Regina Hartman's third daughter, and the first one born in Canada! Mom was 4 1/2 months pregnant with me, when they left … 1910 when they converted to the Baptist faith. Catherine (who had come from Austria) had asked for professional people to help populate …
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… countless other adjustments we may discuss relating to immigration, one important and certainly relatable challenge is adapting to new and unfamiliar foods. In Canada, one is inevitably exposed to different food from around the … Pier 21 is a museum of stories of people who came – and continue to come - to make Canada their new home. To give a little of bit a taste …
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… Journal Articles Books (discussing a past event) Book Reviews Commentaries Using Primary Sources during Research to Support Exhibit … quickly realized that a limited amount of scholarship was available. I visited the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in search of primary source … materials speaks volumes about the project under study. Next time you visit an exhibit make sure to put on your historian’s thinking cap and …
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… Pier 21 was an active Canadian ocean immigration facility. Nearly one million individuals including immigrants, refugees, war brides, and … This collection includes first-hand accounts of what it was like to come to Canada including: travelling by ship, first impressions of Pier … 1956. As a result, the family was forced to depart from Naples aboard MS Saturnia . Poggi recounts that “the departure was one of the most …
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… in December 1951. He worked for 4 years in order to make enough money to send for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … Silvio. Dan remembers being covered in coal soot. My father rented a house in Park Extension, a neighbourhood where many immigrants settled. …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …
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… was given to the Communists and Fiume became Rijeka, part of Croatia. One day, the Cuccaro family returned home to find that a Croatian … men. The women and children were given the staterooms. Tullio would visit his father to get some relief from seasickness. The ship sailed …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …