Only just found this thread! (mind you, I've been on hols for the past two weeks, but obviously missed the earlier posts). I looked to see if my uncle, John Oliver North, was in the database, but couldn't find him, so I've added a new record. He was the middle son of seven children, and apparently my grandfather just decided to send him away to Canada as a 'Home Child'. My cousin says that my grandfather was supposed to give him 10 shillings (10 'bob' to us!), but at the last minute changed his mind and sent my poor uncle, aged 14, off on his own. When he arrived in Quebec, in 1928, he had nowhere to go and no money, and ended up as a vagrant. However, he did do well for himself, got a good job, got married and had two daughters, and lived into his eighties, and I did meet him twice when he came back to England to visit family. I was very young at the time though and can't remember much about him, and of course didn't ask all those important questions
Thanks to all for setting up the database, a great addition to the categories of information about our families.
