File 15: Hardial Singh Dhaliwal ➔ [Transcription of interview with Hardial Singh Dhaliwal]

Item
Identifier:
2022_13_15_002
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Repository Identifier
HARDIAL SINGH DHALIWAL Transcription
Date
Extent
5 p. of textual records
Format
textual record
Description
Transcription and English transliteration of an interview with Hardial Singh Dhaliwal. Hardial Singh Dhaliwal was born in village Pammi Balichak, District Lajpur, Pakistan on 4th September, 1934. His father Arjun Singh was from Pakistan and his mother Raj Kaur, was from Punjab. Hardial Singh first came to Canada on June 3, 1996 when his son Sukhminder Singh, who had been in Canada for four years, sponsored him. When Hardial Singh first came to Canada he felt good but after sometime he started facing some difficulties as he didn’t know how to speak in English. He came to Canada with his wife and one son and the other 3 sons followed later. Initially he stayed in Surrey for a month and found a job picking berries in Abbotsford.
Language
English;Punjabi
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Copyright not evaluated
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Sikh men;Sikh families
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Agricultural laborers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002338];Emigration and immigration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042782]