British Home Children - Child Migration Scheme - Canada

[lily-pond]

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.

[eillo]

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!

[eillo]

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!

[J.J.]

research resource page for Home Children Resources & info

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355348.0.html

[akstel]

Hi there.  i'm really new at this whole thing so please bear with me.  I'm looking for info of Barnardo children( my grandfather)  i have tried most of the sites that are posted and can not come up with anything.  i need help.
my granfather's name was william john white and he was born june 2 1912 or 1913.  he was born in london england. he was sent to barnardo house(the boys garden in essex0 in march of 1924, then in sept 1924 he was sent to canada on the ss metila.  i have found the ship but it is not listed as a barnardo ship.  and his name is not on any lists that i have found. i'm also trying to find out what happened to his three older brothers and one younger brother.  none of them were sent to barnardo house.  that i know of.  we have got some info from barnardo house, which is great but i would really like to know what happened to the rest of the family.
his father was Charles white, who died dec22 1913 he died of heart failure he was a boiler maker
mother was mabel ellae payne, diedaug 2 1917 in child birth
Charles remarried a nora?  in 1920 and then she died of cancer on dec 22 1922
  his brother's were Charles white born 1889?rivet heater
ernest reginald white born 1892?  he was in the navy when his father died.
sidney archibald white born 1897? driller's mate
edward alfred white born 1917 do not know were he went.
  Granddad had living relatives- his father's parents Charles white (75)
ellen white (71)
and a uncle (mother's brother)  Charles Payne (50) milkman
  this was the ages went granddad went into barnardo house in 1924
  if anyone could help me find anything about this family please contact me.
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[Heather24Anne]

I went to the site and found two children that were missing from research:

Alfred (Henry) Dainton (born 16 Dec. 1877)
George Thomas Dainton (born 1882)

The other members of family are not listed - does this mean they were not sent to Canada?

Missing from same family:

Charles William Dainton born 1 Nov 1879
Edward Dainton born 1886
Ellen Dainton born 1888

All were the children of Hannah Rachel (nee Hardick) & Alfred Henry "Harry" Dainton.

Harry murdered his wife on 8 September 1891 & Harry was executed in Decembe 1891 for the crime. Children were sent to orphanage in Bath, Somerset.

I am looking for a child who I suspect was an orphan and born in Bath.  Now I am intrigued to know where the orphanage was. 

I am looking for Edwin George Truman (born 1895) , so he has no connection with this family.

[Keitht]

Like Robertb99 I really do recommend the Ottawa Archive. I was looking for my mother's younger brother who, somewhat unusually, had been placed in Fsther Hudson's Homes at his own request because he wanted to go to Canada. Ottawa Archive supplied me with masses of information, including the fact that his unusual situation meant that my grandmother had to pay five shillings (25p) a week while he was in the home and for the first year after he reached Canada in 1924, aged 14. They also supplied me with complete written records.

Because I now knew where he had been placed I took a chance and telephoned the first person I found in that town's phone directory with the same surname and found myself talking to my uncle's grandson. I have since managed to get out there, where I was given a great reception by numerous cousins and their families.

Without the help of the Ottawa Archive I guess I would still be searching.

Keith

[J.J.]

For those searching reply 21 has been modified to correct url for Home children resources....

Edwin George Truman was not a home child http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=534670.msg3888226;topicseen

some children's schools/homes etc. in Bath
Industrial School for Girls a.k.a Bath Certified Industrial School for Girls
Limpley Stoke Girls' Reformatory
Prior Park Industrial School
Working Boys' Home, Bath