[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] CPR

[Nelson Itterman]

Hi Rita:

Just goes to show that there was some truth in what I said about my Uncle Jonathon arranging passage for our family to come from Zhitomir to Winnipeg. 

Thanks a bunch for the information. 

Nelson

 

From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Rita Lyster
Sent: January-15-10 9:28 PM
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] CPR

 

My grandfather saved a brochure from CPR.  It advertised the open west country for settlement and cheap land.  It was from about that era and written in Polish.  CPR had agents in Russia looking for immigration.  He had other letters where the CPR worked with immigration to try to get the rest of his family over.  This was big business for them, to keep their ships and railroad busy.  

 

When the rest of my family members came, granddad paid in advance to CPR.  After my Dad came, he got a small refund for overpayment....he still kept the receipt!

 

Rita

 

 

On Jan 15, 2010, Nelson Itterman <colnels at telus.net> wrote: 

Hello Carol:
I really have no knowledge of how it was done. I do know that my Uncle
Jonathon made arrangements and paid our passage from Zhitomir to Winnipeg
sometime in 1926 with the Canadian Pacific Railway. They may have
information in their archives, if they could be found.
Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Carol
Duff
Sent: January-15-10 12:40 PM
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] CPR

Nelson: Is there a record of the arrangements made by CPR for immigration?
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