Hello, My great-grandmother and her four younger siblings were born in Liverpool, England, between 1860 and 1870. They were children of Evan and Elizabeth (?) CORKILL. Evan had been born on the Isle of Man in 1827, and he was reported to have been a Mariner. Mrs. Corkill might have died around 1872, as in 1873, the children went to live in the Liverpool Sheltering Homes. In 1874, they were shipped to Canada (Halifax, NS), ages 14 to 3. They all went to live in different homes in Nova Scotia. .. I have been able to find out who the three older sisters married .. while living in NS, and they all married in Truro, NS, between 1879 and 1882. Their younger brother, John CORKILL (5), married later in life, and owned a farm in Nova Scotial. The youngest brother was Age 3, and he went to live with a FERGUSON family. He was still living with them in the 1881 Census. He was then listed as Robert CORKHILL .. Age 10. I have not been able to find him mentioned in Nova Scotia after that. This morning I did another Google search for Robert, and found his name mentioned on this web page: http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/act1913.htm In the first? paragraph it mentions a Robert CORKHILL living in Australia in 1921. I am curious whether Robert "followed in his father's footsteps" and became a Mariner (1890's?), and whether he sailed to Australia and remained there. About 2 years ago I heard from a CORKILL man in Australia ??, and he thought that he was the only man .. who had his surname. So far in my research, I have found this surname mentioned with many spelllings: CORKILL, CORKHILL, COCKILL, CORNHILL, COSKILL, as examples. And, it seems to be a surname centered around the Isle of Man. I'm curious how many times this surname shows up in Australia and New Zealand, and whether anyone has information on this Robert CORKHILL. (The one I am looking for would have been born in ~1871 in Liverpool, England, and was sent to Halifax, NS, in 1874.) Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. If anyone would like more information on the "British Home Children" (aka "Home Children, Canada"), they can do a Google search for those terms (using quotes), or they can go to the following web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/ There is a British Home Children List at www.rootsweb.com (Go to Mailing List INDEX and look under Canada.) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.