Ignored but not Forgotten: Canada's English Immigrants: 3 (The English In Canada, 3) - Softcover

Campey, L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459709616 ISBN 13: 9781459709614

Publisher: Dundurn, 2014

Synopsis

In her third and final book in the English in Canada series, Lucille Campey provides an overview of the great exodus from England to Canada that peaked in the early twentieth century. Drawing on wide-ranging documentary and statistical sources, Campey traces this major population movement on a region-by-region basis. Widely ignored in the past as an immigrant group, the English are now being given the attention they deserve. Campey reveals their outstanding contribution to Canada's settlement and subsequent development and challenges the assumption that English Canadians were a privileged elite. In fact, most came from humble backgrounds. The book is essential reading for genealogists and general readers wishing to appreciate why the English immigrated to Canada and the enormity of their achievements.

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Review:

Anyone with an English immigrant among his Canadian ancestors will benefit from the study of this book. . . . Even for readers with no personal connection to the theme, the story Dr. Campey tells is compelling. (William Reeve, The British Coumbia Geneologist, Vol. 44 No. 1)

About the Author:

Lucille H. Campey was born in Ottawa. A professional researcher and historian, she has a master's degree in medieval history from Leeds University and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University in emigration history. She is the author of eight books on early Scottish emigration to Canada and one on English emigration to Canada. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1459709616
• ISBN 13: 9781459709614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472