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  • “This is Ticklish Business”: Undesirable Religious Groups and Canadian Immigration after the Second World War
    … journal Canadian Issues . For more information on Canadian Issues , visit https://acs-metropolis.ca/acs/ . …
  • Stephen Tychowecky
    … and health status were verified, Stephen was given $12.00 cash and wished well in his new country. He boarded a train for Montreal, and …
  • "Why Do We Need a Museum of Immigration?"
    … by Monica McDonald, PhD, Manager of Research Manager of Research Monica MacDonald suggests that current debates on immigration are best informed by the historical contexts of immigration as well as the contemporary experiences of newcomers. This article, published in the journal Canadian Issues , … "Why Do We Need a Museum of Immigration?" …
  • Hendrikus van Kesteren
    … Hendrikus passed away from cancer on September 4, 2005 in his home city of Syracuse, New … Hendrikus van Kesteren …
  • Location and Parking
    … 1055 Marginal Road Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4P7 Tel: (902) 425-7770 Toll Free: 1-855-526-4721 Email: info@pier21.ca   Parking There is a large paved parking … of $12.00 per day. Weekends, evenings (6 p.m. - 7 a.m.) and holidays complimentary. On-street metered parking is available near entrance. …
  • Anna Runca and Domenico Franco
    … in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for … each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 …
  • Petronella Van Luxemburg Seiferling
    … her “little Holland” her whole life, and wasn’t able to return for a visit until 20 years after she landed in Canada at Pier 21. Mum passed …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … BOHNHARDT FAMILY HISTORY Herbert Karl Bohnhardt was born in Germany on April 30, 1904. At the age of 24 (1928) Herb left his … under, only to be harvested in the spring of 1950 (wheat so tall you couldn’t see Herb or Noreen standing there). Meanwhile back in Fort … Aug. 12, 1995 and had Jordyn, Jenna, and Lindsey. Noreen married on May 30, 1970. Noreen and Isaac had two daughters; Arlene Lorna born …
  • Private Wilfred Raymond Webb
    … Our father shipped out to fight in Normandy, Germany, and Holland. You could say this was the best and worst time of his life. He had just … a lot of strength and courage for our mother to leave her family and come to a strange land. A land where she knew no one but her new … her second birthday while in Scotland. Our dad who passed away in May 2006, loved to play cards, as does our mother still. Whenever he …
  • Pte E. Elizabeth Knowles Webb
    … Our father shipped out to fight in Normandy, Germany, and Holland. You could say this was the best and worst time of his life. He had just … a lot of strength and courage for our mother to leave her family and come to a strange land. A land where she knew no one but her new … her second birthday while in Scotland. Our dad who passed away in May 2006, loved to play cards, as does our mother still. Whenever he …

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