09-01 Challenges
My mother’s father arrived in Halifax from London in 1905 as an immigrant. He was born in Warsaw, Poland and moved to England after his mother died. He was only 17 and found work in Toronto as a bus boy in a restaurant. The photo could be immigrants in Halifax or New York.My mother’s mother…
09-02 Labour
I was an engineering student in 1955 and working in the family clothing business on Saturdays. It was so interesting watching my father interview a young Italian lady who was a skilled tailor. But with her were her two older brothers acting as chaperones. It was those highly skilled workers from southern Italy that made…