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… Leaving the United States Time 0:02:43 Transcript My parents disowned us because we were leaving the country, my father told my … New Haven, Connecticut, because I felt still I was in the States, but coming to Canada, he wouldn't, my ex-husband wouldn't have been allowed … Life for Family Left Behind - Cathy Wirick …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 2, 2020) Introduction My last blog, Anything to Declare? Part 1 - Immigration and Customs … the examination of the role of customs as a vital part of a newcomer’s experience in Canada through the firsthand accounts of a former … a burning hope for a new life devoid of oppression and deprivation. As may be imagined, there was very little work for the customs staff and …
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… by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … in the social, religious, and political life of Atlantic Canada. Did You Know? 8,000 New Englanders came to present-day Nova Scotia and New …
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… said Istvan lived at 446 South Main St., in Welland. A daughter, Anne, was born the next year in Canada. The Tajti family was Roman Catholic. As adults, Zoltan and Anne converted to Protestantism. Istvan b. May 04, 1899 in Matramindszent d. summer 1970 in Welland, ON. Anna …
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… In September 1956, my mother and father and three of us children escaped from Przunac, … to the Italian border in Ancona. We spent the next one and a half years at a camp in Gaeta, Italy, until our departure for Canada on the …
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… By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 04/01/2022 Lawrence Hill What … stand on ceremony. She insists on being on a first-name basis with royalty. She negotiates uncompromisingly when she’s offered a job. As a young person, alone in a … Celebrated Author Lawrence Hill Speaks About His Newest Novel …
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… and think about these challenging days. “It must have been tough for my mother and aunt but my memories are of having a wonderful time,” … pedals drove the wheels directly without a free-wheeling chain) so you braked by stopping pedalling. “We had roller-skates which were … Colour-Coded Quarantine and a Boy at Play …
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… Child's Perspective and Introduced to New Food Time 0:02:02 Transcript CB: Yeah, yeah my parents said, “This is going to be our new home.” But they don’t know … that, so this is going to be our new home. But have no idea what’s to come and where are we going. So those things we don’t know. So we—And …
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… Time 0:04:39 Transcript I was born in a log house on the farm, back in the good old days in 1925 in the Minerva district near Gimli. When the Icelanders immigrated to Canada they were promised that this … no refrigeration. It wasn’t until the railroad came in, that the dairy companies came out and offered producers the opportunity to ship whole …
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… May 9, 1955 My mother, myself, my sister and baby brother came to … as landed immigrants on the Olympia sponsored by Dad. I recall watching the streetcars for long periods of time from our bedroom window on …