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sparrett
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Hi Tracy,
I am not able to help with the Essex side of things, but if you are intersted in tracing him in Australia, maybe you could post on the Australian board.(*)
You might get some useful info if you give as many details as possible about him.
Then again, this may not be what you are looking for 
Sue
(*) Moderator Comment: moved to Australian board 
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« Last Edit: Wednesday 30 April 08 07:12 BST (UK) by Berlin-Bob »
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Parrett:Woolwich,Newington,Bermondsey,Plumstead,Middlesex, West Ham.
Evans: Bermondsey.
Mason: Stepney, Sydney {Aust}
Disney:West Ham.
Cornish: Hull {UK} to Tasmania {Aust.} to Victoria {Aust}
Catchpole:
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jorose
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http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/childmig/appendix3.htm
- mentions the Church Army, and has a good overview of child emigration to Australia. Most likely, he would have been placed soon after arrival with a farmer in the area; the experiences of home children very much depended on who they were placed with.
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/ - you should also see what the Queensland archives have, although it's more likely that any record of him, if it survives, will be with the people who organized his emigration. The Church Army still exists, http://www.churcharmy.com.au/ (+ a UK site), but I don't know if they've kept any records.
Child migrants were not necessarily orphans; our Teaker (Thomas Parker) had both parents living when he was sent to Canada. There are several possibilities: he could have come into the care of an orphanage or workhouse (one or both parents dead, or not around, or institutionalized themselves and unable to care for him), and was sent to Hempstead Hall to give him a trade. He could have been sent there to 'straighten him out' if he'd been in trouble with the law.
I'm attaching an article from the Times in 1917 which describes the farm, at the time housing a number of ex-soldiers.
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tropicalj
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Jenn and the family 1960
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Hello there
Qld certificates have a lot of information on them. Have you obtained his marriage certificate?
regards Jenn
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Research names or areas: I live in Thuringowa/Townsville Queensland, Australia and I am researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,ADAMSON from NSW, BAYLEY from Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR from Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, SHOEBRIDGE, BRINDLE from Kent, EDSALL from Cornwall, BRYAN from Staffordshire,MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER from Ireland, VAN REYK, DE LA HARPE, from Sri Lanka Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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