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Child Emigration from Britain to Canada (Barnardo Homes)

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  • Rose Belcher (1875 - 1932)
    Transported to Canada in 1883 aboard 'Sardinian' Age seems to be overestimated at 10 years old when she was only 8. This may also be reflected in her marriage where she may have thought she was 18 but ...
  • John Thomas Jackson (1893 - 1968)
    Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Vera Ann Jackson (born Tremeer) by SmartCopy : Nov 29 2014, 0:30:42 UTC
  • Eliza Ann Brown (1896 - d.)
    No parents listed on marriage registration "Cannot give parents names, Orphan girl from Barnada Home"* Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via husband James Humphrey Brown by SmartCopy : Apr 19 2015, ...
  • Ellen Acton (1891 - d.)
  • Alice Acton (1889 - d.)

This is a sub-project of the Child Emigration - Britain to Canada.

This one is for the Barnardo Homes children. Barnardo's

Here is the profile of the founder and namesake: Dr. Thomas John Barnardo.

On the whole the profiles linked to this project do not have any information about the parents, what they did in Canada or exact dates of birth. What they do have is a source document showing their immigration to Canada. Because of the numbers involved the names are not listed in the body of the project - please refer to the profiles added listed (right) for links.

Some profiles may be linked to their families as someone from the family has contacted us with information.