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Time 0:04:39 Transcript I was born in a log house on the farm, back in the good old days in 1925 in the Minerva district near Gimli. When the Icelanders immigrated to Canada they were promised that this would be New Iceland. They could establish their own government, and keep their customs and …
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Empire Settlement Act, 1922 …
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Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 …
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Time 0:03:25 Transcript With great grandparents Audni Magnusdottir and Erikur Bjarnason and Sigridur Thorbergsdottir and Thorleifur Jonsson and grandparents Bjorg Petursdottir and Sigurdur Bjarnason and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents …
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Railway Agreement, 1925 …
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Order-in-Council PC 1923-183 …
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Time 0:02:53 Transcript I was born and raised in Mexico City, one of the busiest, most crowded cities in the world! A city that, today, I am proud to refer as my mother land! When I finished my university I moved to Veracruz where I spent the best years of my early adult life. I came to Canada as …
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Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 …
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Order-in-Council PC 1931-695 …
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Time 0:03:25 Transcript There was no money in Italy. On my qualification there was good money in Canada. So I applied through the Canadian immigration. But I didn’t speak a word of English. I landed in Montreal they told me I was supposed to work in an airfield – I never saw the airfield, because …