HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-04-20, Page 17Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • Huron Expositor 17
Anew temporary exhibit at the Huron County Museum
Whether it was settlers
from the Great Britain in the
nineteenth century, Dutch
immigrants after the Second
World War, or more recent
refugees & immigrants, the
migration of people in and
out of Huron County has
brought great changes to the
landscape and culture of our
County. The Huron County
Museum's newest exhibit
features the stories of 7 peo-
ple who moved to make
Huron County their home.
Beginning with the story
of Agnes Mcllwain, a newly
married step -mother to six
moving from Ireland in 1840
to Goderich Township with a
new baby on the way; the
exhibit traces each person's
life as they arrive in Huron
County, make their home
and leave their mark. Also
included is the story of Mar-
garetha Keller -Becker, a
young German woman
immigrating in 1865 to Hay
Township. She lived
through two world wars and
numerous changes to the
County, raised 10 children,
and passed away in 1942 as
one of the district's oldest
residents.
Not all immigrants came
by choice. Bernard Brown
was only 10 years old when
he came to Tuckersmith
Township as a Barnardo's
Home Child. Emigration
separated Bernard and his
younger brother Edward
from their mother and sis-
ters in Northern Ireland. A
decade after he arrived in
Canada, Bernard returned to
the United Kingdom with
the 161st Huron Battalion as
a soldier in the First World
War. Due to World War II,
Victor Kadonaga came later
to Huron County as a young
Japanese -Canadian man for-
cibly evacuated from British
Columbia in 1942. In 1946
he came to live on the farm
of Ernest and Irene Town-
shend on the Cut Line near
Holmesville through church
sponsorship and was able to
finish his schooling before
moving again.
Still others saw Huron
County as part of a land of
opportunity. Bakke de Haan
was only a six-year-old girl
when she and her family
emigrated from the Nether-
lands in 1948 to East
Wawanosh. Knowing no
English, young Bakke some-
times found life in Canada
strange and puzzling, but
she soon adjusted and
thrived. Her memoirs have
been recorded in her book
Our Land of Milk and Honey.
Living still in Goderich
today, Ernst and Pauline
Tafeit grew up in times of
scarcity and hardship in
Nazi -occupied Austria. The
couple had only been mar-
ried six months when they
immigrated to Canada in the
winter of 1951. In Goderich,
they soon partnered with
two other recent immigrants
to found their own manufac-
turing business, Akromold
Ltd. And finally, the most
recent immigrant featured in
the Museum's exhibit is Kau-
shik Patel who as a boy had
dreamed of Canada while at
school in India. Originally
from a farm family, Kaushik
was looking to run his own
business and return to life in
a rural community when he
and his family took over
Charlie's Variety store and
settled in Clinton in 2007.
The stories featured in this
exhibit are only a small selec-
tion of the journeys that have
shaped and continue to trans-
form Huron County as new
neighbours arrive to this day,
and illustrate the strength and
diversity of our residents.
The special exhibit is open
to the public during
museum hours until Octo-
ber 15, 2016. Regular admis-
sion rates apply. Groups and
tours welcome. Visit the
Huron County Museum to
see and learn more about
these individuals, and to
leave your immigration story
for others to discover.
The Huron County
Museum is located at 110
North Street, Goderich. Visit
Tuesday - Friday, from 10
am - 4:30 pm (8pm on
Thursday evenings) and
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