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Topic: British Home Children - Child Migration Scheme - Canada (Read 3642 times)
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Mobo
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If anyone has Ancestors who were sent to Canada from Cheshire, the following link maybe of interest
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,81351.0.html
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BUCKLEY, Ches. DUNN, Ireland & Lancs. EDGSON, Rutland, Leics & Lancs. LYON, Lancs. McNULTY, Ireland & Lancs. MORRIS, Beds, Hunts & Lancs. TURNER, Lancs. WILLIAMSON, Lancs. Website: http://www.ag19pfalz36.plus.com/All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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LouiseB31
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I am just sticking this comment in here in case someone finds it useful in the future and find it while googling.
There is an organisation in Nottingham, UK called the Child Migration Trust that exists to help the migrated child find any existing members of their own family back home in Britain.
It was set up by Margaret Humphreys who has written a wonderful book called Empty Cradles about her work.
As you will all know, some children and their parents were told that their relatives had died when it was not the case, so Margaret's work has been particularly important.
There was a very good TV play here in England which has since been repeated and which I very much admired, The Leaving of Liverpool which is a fictionalised account of the experiences of some of these children.
I can recommend the book and the play.
Regards
Louise
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Baldock, Benn, Millward, Harriman, Wilson, Hilton, Fairclough, Hadley, Bedford, Brady, Jutson, Sharp, Pinfold, Butler, Mottram, Upton, Daffern, Lister, Shellswell, Skelding, Wall, Scattergood, Ferguson and then his family - Lord, Machin, Gowling, Eckersley, Atkinson all from Manchester area
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lily-pond
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Hi
This year i tried to trace family members on my dads side who went to Canada.I found a second cousin and family .
I also learned that my dads aunt and uncle had been sent there with Barnardos.The uncle had stayed in Canada and married,the aunt came back to England.I didnt know any information about family members going into Dr Barnardos homes.
I recieved from my cousin in Canada the information Barnardos had sent to him on request about his grandfather.I got intouch with Barnardos concerning my great aunt,they did a check for me,i had to pay a small fee,they then sent me her information of her stay in homes in England and in Canada.I hope this helps someone.
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eillo
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Sarah Page born Chilham Kent 1836 who are parents?
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Marj Kohl has done extensive work on Home Children - and she has many resources online at her website at http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/index.html
Hopefully everyone has gone to the LAC (Library & Archives Canada) searchable database where they have begun extracting names of Home CHildren from passenger lists. It is not complete but there are many children listed there http://www.archives.ca/02/020110_e.html
As an example I did a quick search there and think I've found your Charles William Dainton born 1 Nov 1879
DAINTON , C
Age: 13
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1893
Microfilm reel: C-4515
Ship: SS Labrador
Port of departure: Liverpool
Departure Date: 16 Mar 1893
Port of arrival: Halifax
Arrival Date: 25 Mar 1893
Party: Dr Bernardo's
Comments: Intermingled with H93BC, but via US Portland
Note: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
You can order the film yourself to see if there are any siblings on the passenger list with him, and you can send to Bernardos for more detail.
Good luck!
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KENT: Fuller, Simpson, Stead, Caspall, Norris, Philpott, Elvery DEVON: Williams, Caspall SUSSEX: Simpson YORKSHIRE: Dewhirst/Dewhurst, Wormald, Hill, Schulze CANADA: McGinnis, Peer, Vollick and more Websites: AllEnglishRecords.comAllCensusRecords.com |
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eillo
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Sarah Page born Chilham Kent 1836 who are parents?
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Here's another one of the DAINTON children, on the same ship (SS LABRADOR) as Charles.
DAN_TAN , E
Age: __
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1893
Microfilm reel: C-4539
Ship: SS Labrador
Port of departure: Liverpool
Departure Date: 10 Aug 1893
Port of arrival: Quebec
Arrival Date: 19 Aug 1893
Party: Dr Barnardo's
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: 166 Dr Barnardo's boys for Toronto
Note: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
The child's age was illegible, difficult to decipher or not given
I used the wildcard feature when searching the database at LAC. Otherwise this child would not have shown up. I guess it's Edward, given it is a group of boys. Can't be Ellen, Edward is the only one left.
Good luck!
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KENT: Fuller, Simpson, Stead, Caspall, Norris, Philpott, Elvery DEVON: Williams, Caspall SUSSEX: Simpson YORKSHIRE: Dewhirst/Dewhurst, Wormald, Hill, Schulze CANADA: McGinnis, Peer, Vollick and more Websites: AllEnglishRecords.comAllCensusRecords.com |
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