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  • “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of Immigration Officer Fenton Crosman
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … One of these individuals is Fenton Crosman, whose career with the Canadian immigration department spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, at …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … (1921 – 1997), George (1925 – 1963), Chris (1929 – 1983) and sister Bette (born in 1931). During the depression, the family moved to a “soddy” (a small home constructed with sod blocks, twigs, thin branches …
  • Abe Baanstra
    … Families 1953 – Groote Beer When my parents decided to come to Canada in 1953, I was faced with a huge dilemma. I had become a … My career was definitely taking off. I knew Pappa had his heart set on immigrating since his work situation was slowly killing him. He worked from 9 am to 2 or 3 am the early morning, next day. 6 days a week, and on his day off he slept all day to catch up on …
  • The Alois Kienle Family
    … NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On … This was probably due to the fact that my grandfather (on my mother's side) , who was already waiting for us in Canada, booked our trip …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 1
    … 2020) Introduction Before the arrival of Europeans, Algonquin and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations were the primary inhabitants along the … , meaning “big waterway”) and the area later encompassing Quebec City (known in Algonquin as Kébec , meaning “where the river narrows”). … marked the demographic, sociocultural, and economic fibres of Quebec City. The migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had …
  • Driving Canada: A Collaborative Oral History Project
    … I believe they are not even issuing licenses.” [2] In many ways, this comment by Yalgar, captures the essence of what inspired Qissa to … pharmacy graduate, switched fields due to visa delays, balancing studies and work before transitioning from Uber to a job aligned with his … (24.10.25RM): 01:27:55. ↩ Yalgar Singh, interviewed by Haroon Khalid, 26 October, 2024 in North York, Ontario. CMIP in collaboration with …
  • History
    … was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Pier 21 was one of the entry points which welcomed many of these Hungarian immigrants, particularly the large group …
  • Nives Zuttioni
    … region of northeast Italy, a young man wearing light blue pants caught the attention of Nives Zuttioni. Little did she know that … contact. They wrote letters to each other for four years. Nives often said that she was destined to immigrate to Canada because her birthday is on July 1st – Canada Day. As well, her dad, Luigi Zuttioni, was an Italian soldier during …
  • Sid B. Kelley
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