Clifford Sifton’s policy on immigration, as Minister of the Interior for the Liberal government of Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier was one of the principal factors contributing to the increase in immigration to Canada during the years 1896-1905. Only Farmers Need Apply Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government desired to populate western Canada with farmers in […]
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Canada’s 1901 census put our population at 5,371,315. Fifty-seven percent of those counted claimed British origins. In 1902 the greatest influx of immigrants in Canada’s history began and continued until the beginning of World War 1 in 1914. After an emigration office was established in Trafalgar House, Trafalgar Square, London, in 1903 the number of
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by Brunette Reynaert(Aylmer W. Ontario Canada) Millicent was my grandmother. Her Father was Edward Henry Rothwell and her mother Eleanor Louise McKenzie. Eleanor gave birth to Millicent March 12 1897. She died and was buried at sea. On Millicent’s marriage license it states father was ship’s captain. Edward died in Montreal or Quebec City aboard
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by Colin.P.Horton(North Wales GB) Elizabeth was my wife’s Grandmother and Annie was her younger sister they emigrated together on 4th May 1912 from Liverpool to Quebec (SS Teutonic) then onward via the Grand Trunk Railroad to Toronto. My research indicates that they had been recruited by an agency in the UK of which I so
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by Brenda Batho(Hertfordshire, England, UK) Nora(h) Malley born 1891 Salford Lancashire. Is living on the Isle of Man in the 1911 census occupation governess. Arriving in Canada after 1911 possible to Montreal. Could have travelled with her employer or on her own. Parents both dead by 1910. There is no marriage or death record for
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by Cecilia Burkhalter (nee Cecilia Castro H Toovey(Denver CO USA) Henry was my great uncle the youngest son of Ernest and Ellen H. Toovey nee (Le Seelleur) from St. Heliers Channel Island UK. He was the youngest of 4 boys. Ernest Villiers (1893-1980) Kennedy St. Clair (1895-1918) Hamilton my grandfather (1897-1978) and Henry born in
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by Janet Bessey (nee Saul)(Thornhill, Ontario) Francis Saul was born c.1782 in East Yorkshire England. He married Isabelle (Belle) Nicholson 23 December 1806 at Willerby near Scarborough, East Yorkshire. They appear to have had 4 children. Hannah baptised at Willerby 25 October 1807, Richard baptized 29 October 1809 also at Willerby. There seems to be
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by Graeme Bennett(Auckland, New Zealand) I am trying to trace two sisters who travelled to Montreal in 1908.Christina has proved the most elusive, and for Annie, it is her marriage and details of her daughter Jean that I am looking for. Christina Spence Killen Born 09 May 1881 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.Travelled with her sister
by Sheila Haynes(Jersey Channel Islands) My Mother Betty Hayes left the family home in Southall Middlesex in 1960 never to be seen or heard of again. After several unsuccessful searches in the UK we found an entry on the ships list from Liverpool to Montreal on The Empress of France. This simply stated that a
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By Anonymous, Elsie Cooke from Bristol, England We believe that Elsie Cooke immigrated from the Bristol England area in 1913 to Canada. We are searching for more information.
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