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Scotland / Looking for information about Quarrier children repatriation to Scotland
« on: Monday 12 May 08 20:35 BST (UK) »Is anyone the relative of a Quarrier child who emigrated to Canada and then repatriated back to Scotland??
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Is anyone the relative of a Quarrier child who emigrated to Canada and then repatriated back to Scotland??
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Canada / Re: Scottish Home Children to Canada
« on: Monday 12 May 08 00:17 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone.
My paternal grandmother was a Quarrier home child. She and her 3 sisters were "given" to William Quarrier's village at Bridge of Weir in 1906. My grandmother and one sister arrived at Fairknowe home in Brockville, Ontario in 1908 on the SS Ionian. Another came to Canada in 1910 on the SS Grampian. And the final girl came over in 1911. Only the one sister who arrived in 1910 returned to Scotland ( a very rare occurence) in 1915 on the SS Pretorian.
There is a lot of information available from the National Archives in Ottawa and on-line you can find many years of ship's lists. As well, Quarriers Canadian Family has a lot of information to give out.
I wrote Quarrier's at Bridge-of Weir and they sent me the 2 page report from the original log book from when these 4 McTurk girls were taken from the Govan Poorhouse to Quarrier's Village on June 11, 1906. It cost next to nothing; only postage I believe.
Find the book The Little Immigrant and it will tell you how difficult a life these children had. Miserable!!!
Good luck.
sue from Ontario
My paternal grandmother was a Quarrier home child. She and her 3 sisters were "given" to William Quarrier's village at Bridge of Weir in 1906. My grandmother and one sister arrived at Fairknowe home in Brockville, Ontario in 1908 on the SS Ionian. Another came to Canada in 1910 on the SS Grampian. And the final girl came over in 1911. Only the one sister who arrived in 1910 returned to Scotland ( a very rare occurence) in 1915 on the SS Pretorian.
There is a lot of information available from the National Archives in Ottawa and on-line you can find many years of ship's lists. As well, Quarriers Canadian Family has a lot of information to give out.
I wrote Quarrier's at Bridge-of Weir and they sent me the 2 page report from the original log book from when these 4 McTurk girls were taken from the Govan Poorhouse to Quarrier's Village on June 11, 1906. It cost next to nothing; only postage I believe.
Find the book The Little Immigrant and it will tell you how difficult a life these children had. Miserable!!!
Good luck.
sue from Ontario
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Lanarkshire / Mcturk family from Glasgow
« on: Tuesday 29 April 08 20:16 BST (UK) »
I am looking for information on McTurks from Glasgow. My great grandfather, John McTurk, worked for the railroad and married Mathilda Brady in the 1880's. Eventually all of the surviving children became wards of Quarrier's and emigrated to Canada.
I am looking for information on John McTurk's family.
I am looking for information on John McTurk's family.
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