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Offline Pinjarra1929

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where&who's man1930 Toronto?
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 02:40 BST (UK) »
please can anyone tell me anything about this photo frim November 1929. we are helping the girl who was 17 then. We need to know was it Canadas Toronto railway station and who he is. we understand he probably accompanied her to Barnardo's conference at Hamilton. mayb he was a Minister? did that station go to Hamilton in 1929?  thankyou.

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Re: where&who's man1930 Toronto?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 05 April 25 09:28 BST (UK) »
So the girl was born 1912 and is still alive  ???

It’s hard to decipher much from the photo but he could simply be a railway employee.
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Re: where&who's man1930 Toronto?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 April 25 11:04 BST (UK) »
History of Union Station Toronto here- the 3rd Union Station opened in 1927-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Toronto)
As far as I know there are several stations in Hamilton but you'd need to research when they opned to see if any are a possiblity.
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Re: where&who's man1930 Toronto?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 07 April 25 14:58 BST (UK) »
thank you.  Yes maybe is railway employee.  it seems a good warm working smart coat. I've not been to Canada maybe everyone wore similar type I don't know.  think is very cold sometimes.
Thankyou for link.
Actually Mary maud botten died but her niece who is 91 ish wants to know as they lived together.  Mary did not marry. In August 1929 exactly 00 months  after the trip she was pregnant and Barnardos shipped her to Scotland with girl guides to have baby boy then shipped her back to be a maid in Toronto.  The boy died last year. He knocked on her employer door some time as adult but she terrified lose job so denied being his mum. he had 2 kids. my friend is helping the son apply Barnardos records.  denied to the niece  as told not next of kin. my friend  thinks grandson  will need supply dna evidence.  I wonder we would like to know what happened in Scotland as she described it as very bad. ps she kept a few photos  only. one is a big long grandson institutional  building  with a supposed  shaped tree looks like a phallus. we want  to know where this austere looks place is presumably in Scotland.  she was birn in Kent.  when I locate posted photo will put here.