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  • Private Norman Peter Kelly
    … Private Norman Peter Kelly Born: June 5, 1919 in Windsor, Ontario Died: September 1, 2004 in Walkerton, Ontario at … 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, …
  • Royson Ng
    … 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 …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … 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 …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … 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 …
  • After Almost 60 Years Apart, a Family Finds Each Other
    … 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 …
  • Antoon and Dora Janssen
    … 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 …
  • Changing Awareness - Peter Seixas
    … was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and … that I had grown up with, and that was part of making my life so comfortable, up to that point. Oral History 14.02.27PS with Peter …
  • Museum’s Podcasts Unearth Unforgettable Stories
    … Armenian genocide, detained upon arrival in Canada, who went on to become one of Canada’s first naturalized citizens and one of the world’s … here in Canada A band that blends Mariachi music, prog-rock and harmonies inspired by Mennonite choral music A Sri Lankan-Canadian composer melding classical music with sounds of the Middle East and …
  • Michele Nicola Carbone
    … Country of Origin: Italy Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: Wednesday, February 27, 1963 Age on Arrival: 32 years 33,320 days – … his life. He cut a handsome figure with his thick wavy black hair, riding the streets of Modugno on his Vespa. One of our favourite photos … his life in Italy, leaving his family and friends in February 1963 to come to Canada to seek a better life for his family. Not knowing the …
  • John Sirounis
    … work. He asked John, "would you like me to write to our relatives in Canada to sponsor you there to give you a job they have business there, … to board the ship to take them to Halifax and then take the train for days to go to Regina. They reached Regina on June 9th, the relatives … called John and said "John from now on I will call you Jay because we have 3 boys here called John, so I don’t mix you up. Anyway, he …

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