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[TSL] Endentured Farm Labour Eng > Can
Tracy Vickers <vickerst@netcom.ca> on 12/30/1997


Hi All,

Through the list, I have the microfilm references for the Mauretania for
the years 1910-11 when my grt grandfather (Harold Townsend) came to
Canada as an endentured farmhand (in Portage la Praire, Manitoba for 1
year). Does anyone know if there was a "usual time of year" that these
men were brought over? The Maurentania made LOTS of trips and I was
hoping to start with "the most likely season" in hopes of making a lucky
hit in the first few films... rather than the last film :-)

My ideas include March... in time for planting;
or maybe August... in time for harvest;
but does anyone know if there was what could be called an "established
norm" for this type of immigration?

Thanks in advance,

Tracy Vickers Maple Ridge, BC, Canada email: vickerst@netcom.ca
Genealogy Home Port: http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/family.html

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
James B. Conant


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