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Chapter 2
Settlement

1948 Jens Skov and Christian
Bennedsen begin planning their emigration to Canada.

1951 Jens Skov emigrates to Canada.

1951 On November 8, Chris signs an Agricultural Labourer’s Agreement with the Department of Colonization of the CNR in Copenhagen.

1951 On December 6, Chris arrives in New York City aboard the SS Oslofjor after an eight-day trip.

1951    Chris arrives at Union Station in Toronto on December 7.

1951   Chris is sent to the “wrong” farm in Beamsville, Ontario, on December 7.

1951   Chris returns to Toronto from Beamsville on December 8.

1951   On December 8, Chris is befriended by a Danish–American brick layer at Union Station and spends the weekend with him in Toronto.

1951 On December 10, Chris travels to Mackenzie Rutherford’s farm, near Colborne, Ontario.

1952 Chris begins working as a
handyman at Card Motors in Cobourg on November 20.

Chapter 2
Settlement

1952 On December 7, Chris goes to work on Gordon Macklin’s farm, near Cobourg.

Late 1952 Chris meets his first Canadian girlfriend, Florence, in Cobourg, Ontario.

1953   On May 10, Chris moves to Cobourg, begins working as a truck driver for Jenkins Cartage Co., and moves into a boarding house at 434 Victoria Street.

1954   On September 5, Chris moves to Toronto to a boarding house at 210 Cottingham Street.

1954   On September 6, Chris begins working for Atlas Sheet Metal.

1954   Sigvard Bennedsen graduates from college and begins university.

1955   Sigvard marries Birgit.

Early 1955    Chris leaves Atlas Sheet Metal to work for McEwen Sheet Metal.

1955    Chris and his friend Erik Skov move into a boarding house at 65 London Street in March.

1956   In November, Chris moves to 2394A Bloor Street West in Toronto and shares accommodation with his friend Eric Skov. He meets Connie Colangelo.

1958   Ella Bennedsen graduates from elementary school.

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