Kartar Kaur Gill ➔ [Document of Indar Singh Gill's biography]

Item
Identifier:
2022_05_02_050
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/where-are-the-women-love-solace-and-courage/
Repository Identifier
Nash Gill and his father Indar Gill
Date
Extent
3 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
This is a document of Indar Singh's biography, where the information was given by his son, Nash Gill. The biography begins with a 17-year-old Indar Singh leaving India for Canada in 1930, while his wife and daughter were left behind. Because of the 1930s depression, Indar Singh had difficulty finding work but eventually did in Kamloops. Indar Singh worked as a sawmill worker and eventually became a business owner during his time in Canada. He was separated from his wife, Kartar Kaur, for 17 years before he was able to bring her and their newborn son to Canada; the couple had two additional daughters later.
Language
English
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian couples;South Asian Canadian children;South Asian Canadian men sawmill workers;Abbotsford Sikh Temple National Historic Site (Abbotsford, B.C.)
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Canada--Emigration and immigration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100373];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Separation [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008786];Sikh temples [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133770];Interviews [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067568]