Hello
Dorothy Keating, born 1888 in Persia (father in army) but back in Islington, Middlesex in 1891 census In 1894 she is sent from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada on the Mongolian, I have no idea of the circumstances or who sent her - the passenger list showed her among a number of other unrelated young children with no obvious relative or adult escort so it's likely she was being sent as a Home Child. So, can anyone tell me how I can discover the facts please? All pointers would be very welcome. Thank you.
Going back to the original question, I've located the image of the outgoing record for the Mongolian and I've taken a look the image of the record that you found.
The Mongolian set sail from Liverpool on 14 June 1894 bound for Quebec and Montreal.
As you say, there were many children on board including Dorothy. Some of the children were listed (bracketed together) as being "from the workhouse"). Dorothy was among a group marked as "not from the workhouse".
There is a note on the record that says all of the children were "Revd Father Ledoon's Party". At least, that's what I think it says.
There is also a note saying "for Montreal" so I assume that was were Dorothy and the other children were headed, not Quebec.
The children were in fact accompanied by an adult, namely a 55 matron called "Mrs Soffe".
1891 Census of Nigara, Ontario in Canada records that Hannah Soffe (matron age 50, born England) was living with a very large number of children all of whom had been born in England. I have not yet identified the property in question, but it was probably a children's home.
