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Settlement

A New Life for Chris in Toronto

Chris was making good wages and meeting new friends in Toronto, including Erik's brother, Truels, and his friends Johnny and Marie Sorenson, who had emigrated to Canada from Denmark about the same time as Chris. By the fall of 1956, Chris and Erik had moved to a larger apartment in the west end of Toronto, at 2394A Bloor Street West.

Chris Bennedsen on Erik Skov's car, Wasaga Beach, Ontario, 1955.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-7.E1-9.001,
E2007-00180)

Chris at Wasaga Beach, Ontario, 1955.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-7.E1-10.001,
E2007-00181)

Chris Bennedsen, Toronto, 1956.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P38-1.M1-3.001,
E2007-00199)

Erik Skov, Toronto, 1957. He was recovering at a rehabilitation hospital after breaking his leg.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-7.E1-5.001, E2007-00179)

A New Life for Chris in Toronto

Chris's friends Kathleen Traynor, Johnny and Marie Sorenson, and Alex Speirs at Johnny and Marie's apartment, Toronto, ca 1957.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P37-15.L4.20.001, E2007-00195)

Chris and his friend Marie Sorenson at a party, Toronto, 1957.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P37-8.E-63-1.001, E2007-00200)

Erik Skov and his brother Truels Skov at a Christmas party at Chris and Erik's Bloor Street West apartment, Toronto, 1957.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-7.E1-34.001, E2007-00184)

Erik Skov, Chris, and a friend at a Christmas party at Chris and Erik's Bloor Street West apartment, Toronto, 1957.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-7.E1-40.001, E2007-00186)

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