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… comes that you only pray that God will show you the way; at least this is the way it was with us. Under God’s guidance and blessing we … which had 1400 passengers and 500 crewmembers, to go to our new land Canada. The Atlantic Ocean can be pretty rough going in the winter so … We watched many a passenger running out of the dining room and heaving his meal overboard. One fellow lost his teeth. We were told, we could …
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… by Father Beurskens from Baarlo (our cousin). With fond farewells, we set off as the soil of our beloved town of Neer vanished beneath our feet. We were in high spirits on the bus, which took the edge off the seriousness of such a huge event. Even though this major … in it was straight to the kitchen for some refreshment, first a hearty meal, then off to find the deck to see our brothers and sisters and …
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By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Terminology The terminology of this paper is difficult in a few ways. It is sometimes hurtful to encounter archaic slurs and stereotypes about race and sexual orientation—and some of those are presented as part of this research. I use “queer” occasionally as …
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By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make meaning of the legislation: What was the 1923 Act that closed the door on Chinese immigration? How did the politics of …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Up to the early 1980s, refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination system remained partial to the interests of the Canadian government rather than the claimant. The …
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… born and grew up in Koekange, a small town not far from Meppel in Drenthe, an eastern province of Holland. Frits was born in 1918, the fourth … to the border with the States, but when he asked about our family, he said he didn’t want little kids on his farm. Soon there was another letter from Canada, with word about a …
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… between public health and medical controls on immigrants in Canada has deep historical roots in Canada, notably in Halifax, which suffered … outstripped overseas medical infrastructure, which led to a renewed emphasis on careful medical examination of immigrants at their point of … in Canada on the Duchess of York on 19 March 1937. [30] Waldron also has memories of the happier occasion of hosting mothers and newborns in …
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… that by 1851, the Irish Catholic population in British North America (i.e. United Province of Canada (Canada West and Canada East), Nova …
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… We were told that it was the last voyage for this ship. Some joked and said the one before was probably its last completed voyage. The passage … exchanged into dollars, 4 Marks to the dollar, and $10 was what we had officially on arrival. On landing in Halifax on May 1st, we had some … CNR Train going west. There were not enough passengers getting off to set up a Colonist Class train, so we travelled quite comfortably in …
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… immigration stories, forever. Here are two stories from caring and compassionate Canadians like you who have taken the step of remembering Pier 21 in their Will. Frances Swyripa “The last time I rewrote my will…I … at Pier 21… it was a way to honour the immigrant stories in my own family.” —Frances Swyripa, Legacy Donor Frances Swyripa My mother liked …