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Field name | Value |
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Title | Oral History with Gertrude Beldman-Joldersma |
Date | 25 Jun 2001 |
Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
Name | Beldman-Joldersma, Gertrude |
Interviewer | Coleman, Amy |
Date of Recording | 25 Jun 2001 |
Duration | 00:17:49 |
Reference | 01.06.25GBJ |
Library / Archive | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |
Description | Gertrude Beldman-Joldersma arrived from the Netherlands in 1950. She explains why she left Holland for Canada with her brothers, the process of readying the family for emigration, employment in Canada and the organisation of Dutch churches by American-Dutch missionaries. |
Theme(s) | Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
Country (from) | Holland |
Country (to) | Canada |
Places | Aylmer, Ontario, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; The Hague, Holland |
Ports | Port Dover, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Dutch |
Keywords | farming, family, politics, church, religion, missionaries, languages, health and sickness, passport, agriculture, poverty, finance, disease, death, children, employment |
Language | English |
Copyright | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |