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Chapter 1 Spandet
1920-1948
1951-1959
1960-1977
1980-2003
1864–1918

1906   Anna Johannesson, Chris’s mother, is born to Else and Adam Johannesson.

1908   Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at the corner of St. Patrick and Dundas Streets opens in Toronto.

1914   Michael Colangelo immigrates to Toronto.

1914–18   First World War; many young men from South Jutland are drafted into the German army. Frederik Bennedsen escapes the draft by crossing the border into Denmark.

 

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