Tag: immigration
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Emigreren naar Canada: 1954
Read More: Emigreren naar Canada: 1954Enige tijd nadat de oorlog was afgelopen en alles weer op zijn plaats viel in Nederland emigreerde mijn broer Jaap naar Canada, omdat landbouwgrond nog steeds moeilijk te krijgen was. Dat ging goed dus ik wilde ook emigreren. Ongeveer twee weken voordat ik toestemming zou krijgen, vertelde ik een vriend over mijn plannen en hij…
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Kaasmaken
Read More: KaasmakenNa het ontbijt begon het kaasmaken. Het stremsel had de melk veranderd in een gel-achtig product, bijna zoals pudding. Daarna begonnen we het te snijden.
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Emigrating to Canada: 1954
Read More: Emigrating to Canada: 1954Some time after the war ended and things were settling into place in Holland my brother Jaap emigrated to Canada, as farmland was still very hard to come by. That went well so I wanted to emigrate too. About two weeks before I was to be granted permission, I told a friend of my plans…
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Cheese Making
Read More: Cheese MakingAs I mentioned before we were a large family. When the war broke out, I was just 12 years old and there were 12 children already in our family. I believe the marriage was good, and as children we could get along quite well, apart from some minor rivalry that typically happens among children. Looking…
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Harry van der Laan
Read More: Harry van der LaanHarry van der Laan’s memoirs cover the shared trajectory of the van der Laans, from Harry’s birth until a couple of years beyond immigration
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1953: Immigration
Read More: 1953: ImmigrationArrival in Halifax After a week at sea, we arrived in Halifax—our landing destination. We were towed into the harbour by a tug and pilot boat, as ships were not allowed to dock under their own steam. It’s a large harbour. Around Halifax, you can see, from the ocean, a lot of homes along the…
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Young and Old Alike
Read More: Young and Old AlikeIt was 50 years ago this month that the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) held its first Family Conference in Niagara, Ontario, on the August long weekend.