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Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Monday, May 13, 2019

Mile End

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Nineteenth-century maps and other documents show the name Mile End as the crossroads at Saint-Laurent Road (now Boulevard) and what is now...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

The Little Canadas of New England

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Dozens of Little Canadas have contributed a significant but often ignored part of the character and history of New England since the 19th ...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Predicting the transmission of rare, genetically based diseases

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Researchers have traced the origins of a rare genetic disease to two Quebec founding families in the 17th century... more
Friday, November 16, 2018

Taiwanese Pepper Pork Pie Recipe

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Have you heard of Taiwanese Hu Jiao Bing? It literally translates to Pepper Biscuit! But don’t let the name fool you, these pepper pork pies...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

Les anciennes familles du Québec – Prise 2

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The Ancient Families of Quebec ©2017 The Past Whispers All Rights Reserved
Thursday, December 21, 2017

For many Mainers, ‘there is no Christmas without pork pie’

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Each slice of French-Canadian tourtiere comes with memories of Christmas past. (2017) The Past Whispers All Rights Reserved
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Remberance Canadian War Dead

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Rememberance ©2017 All Rights Reserved The Past Whispers
Monday, October 9, 2017

Glen Taxi

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Glen Taxi originated in the early 1950s and disappeared in the late 1970s. The company was named after the Glen Yard located west of Saint-H...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Finding Your Roots – Season 4

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Premieres October 3, 2017 7 p.m. Central Time   ©2017 The Past Whispers All Rights Reserved
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

St. Romuald De Farnham Catholic Church

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est. 1847 My mother was christened at this church on 24th Of June 1928 ©2017 The Past Whispers All Rights Reserved
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Hôpital de la Miséricorde

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  Hôpital de la Miséricorde, 840-890 René Levesque Blvd. East, Montreal, QC – INSTITUTIONAL LANDMARK IN NEED OF REVITALIZATION This large...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Saint Helen's Island

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  Saint Helen's Island ( French : Île Sainte-Hélène ) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River , in the territory of the city of Mont...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Silent Night

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    Silent Night Chapel at Oberndorf, Austria The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndor...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The First Christmas Lights

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  One would think that Christmas lights have been around for as long as Christmas itself. Can any of you imagine Christmas without lights? ...
Monday, December 26, 2016

History of the Christmas Card

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  A prominent educator and patron of the arts, Henry Cole travelled in the elite, social circles of early Victorian England, and had the mi...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Search for Missing Friends

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  I found a book called The Search for Missing Friends, Vol. I I think the price was $3, it’s a fat book, over 600 pages compiling the adv...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

La chasse-galerie – a tale of Christmas

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  Back in the late 19th century, many French-Canadian men spent long winters in remote logging camps to support their families back in the ...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Origins of Celtic Christmas

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  Christmas has been marked in Ireland since St Patrick brought Christianity to the island in the fifth century. Over the centuries pagan C...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

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  On December 25, 1943, the acrid smell of cordite hung over the rubble barricades of Ortona, Italy, where Canadians and Germans were engag...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Old Time Quebec Sugar Pie

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    One pie shell (I cheat and don’t make my own. I find the store bought frozen shells quite good enough) One cup of brown sugar - packe...