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  • Franciszek, Geowefa, Janina Warelis
    … blessed with a son Mitishwaf (Matt) and lost a son at birth. The challenge of establishing a farm in the new country turned to being a … Their third child, Sophie was born to them in 1936. Their children all attended Taras School and the family was also active in functions at the Taras Hall. Their first car, a 1932 Model B Ford was purchased in 1944 for …
  • Starting Life in Canada: Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown - Madan Kumar Giri
    … to get, that was provided by Citizenship and Immigration Canada—all financial help for food, for apartment rent, for buying new clothes … days, we simply, I still remember, for eighteen days we didn’t get a chance to cook our Nepalese food. That was the terrible part. That was … We couldn’t cook our food. So, we simply depend upon the bread and the jam for eighteen days. So as soon as we shifted to our apartment, we …
  • Starting Life in Canada: Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown - Madan Kumar Giri
    … Canada. That’s what was written in the letter. So whatever the financial help that we were supposed to get, that was provided by Citizenship and … They provided us everything, immigration. Our sponsor group from our community from the church were helping us to take us to the different … Starting Life in Canada: Cooking Nepalese Food in Charlottetown - Madan Kumar Giri …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … There's more to this book than recipes …
  • New perspectives: 25 years after our grand opening
    … re-opened its doors on July 1, 1999. July 1 of this year marked a special anniversary : 25 years since our building first re-opened its doors … volunteers, including founder JP LeBlanc and later Ruth Goldbloom OC, believed that Pier 21, one of Canada’s last standing immigration sheds, … groups who once passed through Pier 21; an immigrant, a refugee (more commonly referred to as a Displaced Person at the time), a Veteran, a …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … There's more to this book than recipes …
  • Forgetting Danish During a Nine Month Quarantine
    … of his languages. Michael left Denmark with his family and arrived in Canada in late June of 1951 while the epidemic was raging. Not long … were no vaccines to combat this deadly virus. “80,000 Canadians became ill, one quarter died of respiratory failure. Three months after … recovery and writes that he quickly learned to speak English and gradually found his Danish coming back. As soon as he was well enough to …
  • Journey of Wawel Treasures to Canada
    … by Steven Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) The Royal Castle of Wawel in Krakow, Poland. The Royal Castle of Wawel in Krakow, Poland, … for safekeeping. Travelling by peasant’s carts, by trucks and by commandeered barge through the war-torn countryside of Poland, the … Journey of Wawel Treasures to Canada …
  • Henning and Marianne Frederiksen
    … from another land "now is the time, do not fear after your journey, I'll meet you here" at Pier 21 One by one they answer the call each with an incredible tale to tell only time will fully … the journey from distant shore destitute and weary, searching for more longing for peace and serenity now the dream becomes reality At …
  • Ellen M. Nielsen, Birthe and Inge
    … Inge Nielsen Inge came to Canada with her sister Birthe Marie and mother Ellen Margrethe Nielsen. … a farm that was a Century farm in 1967. Tom, Inge's husband has lived all his life on this farm. Inge has six grandchildren and two great …

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