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To: 7thson
Between 1890 and 1914 an estimated 125,000 Britons emigrated every year to the United States, with 50,000 going to Canada and 25,000 to Australia.

My grandfather, who died at age 96 in 1981, immigrated to Canada in 1905.
Quebec City was his port of entry.

33 posted on 01/23/2007 12:19:05 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o

We have a pretty good history of things from word of mouth and stories my Mom has written downn. But my wife got into it a bit more and found some new things. The boat my grandmother came over sank in the Great Lakes a few years after she made it over - I believe there was a huge loss of life. Would have been the 1890’s or so. From the web we now have a photo of the ship even - pretty cool stuff! (Plus copies of the immigration books, manifests, etc.)


42 posted on 04/29/2007 10:51:19 PM PDT by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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