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Introduction In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States witnessed profound social and political change. Involvement in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in a war they did not believe in came to …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian During World Refugee Year (1959-1960), the Canadian government appeased public demands for a humanitarian response by implementing a special program that brought 325 tubercular refugees and 501 family members to Canada. Despite federal concerns about the financial cost …
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Introduction CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving here because they were fleeing war, violence, or persecution. Loyalists, supporters of the British Crown, came to British North America during and after the American Revolution. Around 1900, Doukhobors fleeing religious …
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The War-time Experiences of Iris May Cunneyworth (nee Stovell) A War Bride Remembers Iris Cunneyworth was born to Charles and Daisy Stovell in Bedfordshire, England on May 6, 1921. She entered the world in her parents bedroom in 'The Horseshoes', a pub dating from the 1800's in the little village …
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Ivan Szalai arrived at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23rd, 1967 on the T.S.S. Olympia, which he boarded in Haifa, Israel. He was a single man, 29 years old with two suitcases and $200 in his pocket. Ivan spoke neither English nor French and knew nobody in his chosen new country. From …
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War Bride, Ivy Feltmate … Ivy and Hazel Feltmate …
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… Jacinto Medeiros e Teresa Pimentel …
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… Jan W. Jurkiewicz …
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This is a basic story of my life. I was born Jean Alice Walker, in a town called Gravesend, Kent, England, east of London on south side of Thames River. My mother was Lily Barrett and father was Victor Walker. A little trivia about this town: right across from the hospital where I was born is a …
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Country of Origin: Holland Ship Name: Volendam Date of Arrival: May 1950 Age on Arrival: William 23; Nellie 22 Married May 9 1950 Bill & Nellie came to Canada to start a new life of opportunities. Bill had a brother & sister-in-law in Canada but Nellie had no relatives here at that time. They …