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… and history. And I guess that’s why I went that route in my own studies. So they would be learning, uh, you know, grammar lessons that I … in history and art history from the University of Toronto and also studied museum management. At the time of the interview, Louanne was living in Ajax, Ontario and had recently finished graduate studies in art history. Return to Main Gallery …
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… change their lives, and the lives of their children, forever. This 10 day voyage began aboard the immigration ship Zuiderkruis on which they … the kitchen and bakery. In 1963, the family moved to 233 Brock Street West, also in Uxbridge, a home that many of the grandchildren will … Dad passed away peacefully on January 29, 1994 in his 87th year. We, the children, are all very thankful that Dad and Mom made the …
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… thing is you’re open-minded, okay. Uh you have to look at Canada do welcome you, okay. You have to come, again, not thinking what you had, what you going to have: always … Kingdom. Despite studying and working there for ten years, he was denied status to stay in the UK. Royson was forced to return to Malaysia …
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… Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist immigration policies of the era. In the section of … room of Dutch immigrants on long, full benches, waiting to make their way through medical and immigration interviews and board trains to … policy. (Dutch immigrants in the new Assembly Hall at the Canadian Railways Terminal, Halifax, NS. c 1930.) Credit: Library and Archives …
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… France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 in Nova Scotia on his way to Greenock, Scotland and then to Three Bridges, between London and …
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… Maru looms over part of our museum- a haunting memory of faces turned away by the racist immigration policies of the era. In the section of … room of Dutch immigrants on long, full benches, waiting to make their way through medical and immigration interviews and board trains to … policy. (Dutch immigrants in the new Assembly Hall at the Canadian Railways Terminal, Halifax, NS. c 1930.) Credit: Library and Archives …
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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … in interviewing, and working together to create public content. [1] We have been developing relationships with institutions and individuals … Columbia We work extensively with settlement organizations as a way to let people know when we are interested in conducting interviews …
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… and her husband had immigrated to Canada two years earlier and were living in Toronto. They sponsored me to come to Canada. I intended to work here for a while and then go back to … went from Naples to Lisbon, Portugal and then on to Halifax. At one point we hit very bad weather for days and the ship seemed to be flung …
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… I don't quite believe it, I'm actually going to Pier 21, Halifax NS. Ever since I heard … of my father Alois Kienle born in Bobingen, 24, my mother Olga Kienle (nee Reichle) born in Untermeitingen, 23, and myself Margot Tarajos … village in Germany for the adventure of our lives. Some neighbours were there to say farewell. Most of them thought we were out of our …
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… We get many research requests here at the Scotiabank Family History … that we have to use other ways, which tend to be less detailed and can lead us down the wrong path or to “dead ends.” However, not every … story is a good example of that. It all began when I came to work one day in May 2012 to discover this lovely email from a gentleman in …