Here's a puzzel for British Columbia researchers... I received this via HELPLIST and it's beyond my data. Any helpers?? Alan ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Send reply to: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> From: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> To: <asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca> Subject: HELPLIST CANADA Date sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:49:59 +0100 Dear Alan could you help me.I am looking for anyone with information about my mother, she was sent to Canada in 1938. My mother was put in a children home in Birmingham England it was called Middlemore Homes, that was 1938. It was 9.9.1938 she was sent to Canada, on the ship called Duchess of Atholl, and it left Liverpool to Vancouver Island. She was at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, under the child emigration society.Can you help in anyway, My daughter and I are doing the family tree, I do know that mother had a baby when she was 16yrs old, it was a baby boy and as she die she told of a baby in Vancouver and she said it was William, it`s father got killed in the war. The babies father`s parents took over the care of this child, how do I find my missing brother can you help with that to, as he will be my big brother. could you e.mail me on patricia.palser@ntlworld.com I have forgot one big thing and that was my mothers name BETTY DOREEN PALSER. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ******************** E-mail: mailto:asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca Homepage: http://www.futurenet.bc.ca/~asanderc Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~retreat Coordinator for North by Northwest BC Genweb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bcnorthw/ ********************

Hi Alan, Here's 2 references to the Fairbridge school from the BC Archives Search site (Library): British Columbia Archives Research Library Catalogue Email: access@www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca Call Number: NW_325.711_D897 Author: Dunae, Patrick Alexander, 1950- Title: Waifs Imprint: [S.l. : s.n.], 1988 Descr: p. [225]-250 ; 25 cm Notes: Offprint from Histoire sociale=Social history, no. 42 (nov. 1988) Notes: Includes bibliographical references Subject: Fairbridge Society Subject: Fairbridge Farm School (Cowichan Station, B.C.) Subject: Canada - Emigration and immigration Subject: Child welfare - British Columbia Call Number: NW_971.63_O44f Author: Old Fairbridgians Association Title: Fairbridge glimpses Imprint: [S.l.] : Old Fairbridgians Association, [1985] Descr: 82 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm Subject: Fairbridge Farm School (Cowichan Station, B.C.) Subject: School children - British Columbia - Cowichan Station Subject: Charity-schools - British Columbia - Cowichan Station Subject: Cowichan Station (B.C.) - Description Also, there are 27 pictures listed in the Visual Records section: She could look at the pictures on the web, clicking on the small picture will enlarge it- (one more wonderful thing the BC Archives offer). http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2m InTextyal Records, there are several, including this one: MS-2465 FAIRBRIDGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. Originals, 1934-1983, 6 cm; photocopy, 1985, 1 page Newspaper cuttings concerning Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School and Old Fairbridgians, ca. 1934-1983; copies of provincial government statutes and regulations re: welfare institutions, etc., 1937-1948; correspondence to Miss Katie O'Neill (farm school cottage mother), 1936-1941, 1960. Also a photocopy of a certificate from the Fairbridge Society in Britain to the Fairbridge Alumni Association, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Fairbridge Farm School at Cowichan Station. 1 leaf. Presented by members of the Fairbridge Alumni Association, 1987. Child welfare - British Columbia Emigration and immigration - British Columbia Cowichan district (B.C.) Children - Institutional care - British Columbia Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School Fairbridge Society This may lead her to the right place to ask about her mother's time at the school. Can someone advise if she should start by emailing the Archives? Pam Alan A Sandercott wrote: > > Here's a puzzel for British Columbia researchers... I received this via > HELPLIST and it's beyond my data. Any helpers?? > > Alan > > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > Send reply to: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> > From: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> > To: <asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca> > Subject: HELPLIST CANADA > Date sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:49:59 +0100 > > Dear Alan > could you help me.I am looking for anyone with information about my > mother, she was sent to Canada in 1938. My mother was put in a > children home in Birmingham England it was called Middlemore Homes, > that was 1938. It was 9.9.1938 she was sent to Canada, on the ship > called Duchess of Atholl, and it left Liverpool to Vancouver Island. > She was at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, under the > child > emigration society.Can you help in anyway, My daughter and I are > doing > the family tree, I do know that mother had a baby when she was 16yrs > old, it was a baby boy and as she die she told of a baby in Vancouver > and she said it was William, it`s father got killed in the war. The > babies father`s parents took over the care of this child, how do I > find my missing brother can you help with that to, as he will be my > big brother. could you e.mail me on patricia.palser@ntlworld.com I > have forgot one big thing and that was my mothers name BETTY DOREEN > PALSER. > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > ******************** > E-mail: mailto:asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca > Homepage: http://www.futurenet.bc.ca/~asanderc > Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~retreat > > Coordinator for North by Northwest BC Genweb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~bcnorthw/ > ******************** > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ -- Pam Thomson in BC, Canada Researching Fairweather & Todrick mailto:pamthom@intergate.ca

Hi Patricia, Print of the ship Duchess of Athol: http://www.kinshipsprints.com/catalog/ships/d/duchatholl.htm Fairbridge School: A Very Interesting Article about Fairbridge School- includes Picture : http://fairbridge.ca/fb-newsletter1.htm The following - may allow you to find some information - perhaps contact persons who knew your mother at Fairbridge Farm School. Well worth a try. http://fairbridge.ca/index.html Further info perhaps of interest: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhea lth/755/755ap24.htm Please contact the British Columbia Provincial Archives: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_cat /MS-2045.txt?MS-2045 http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_cat /MS-2121.txt?MS-2121 http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_cat /MS-2465.txt?MS-2465 http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_cat /MS-2444.txt?MS-2444 Middlemore Home: John Middlemore opened his emigration homes in St Lukes Road, Selly Oak, in 1872 as a charitable institution for homeless and deprived children from the overcrowded slums of Birmingham. Boys and girls were admitted to the homes up to about the age of 13. After a short period of training they were taken to Canada and settled with families, either as servants or as adopted children. 1.Your mother was sent to Canada September 9, 1938 and was placed at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School. How old was your mother when she was sent to Canada? Do you know how long your mother stayed at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School. Do you know if your mother had her son - while still at the Fairbridge Farm School ? there may be something recorded in their files - although this would be privileged information. Perhaps the hospital where the birth took place - may still have records ? Do you have any information - that might lead you to the childs fathers surname ? Was your mothers name at the time Betty Doreen PALSER at the time ? Was Betty her given name . Or was her name Elizabeth, or ? Did your mother stay in Canada - Marry in Canada - or return to the U.K.? Have you searched other documents that might be available - for possible clues. Diaries etc that might hold a clue to the child. The following is a list of children who arrived in Canada in 1935 - Called the Fairbridge Children - all were destined to stay at Fairbridge Farm School - Cowichan Station. These Children also arrived in Canada aboard the Duchess of Athol - arriving at the ports of Halifax and Montreal. http://dcs1.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/lists/fairbridge.html http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/fairbridge.html You might want to contact the National Archive in Ottawa - for information that they might hold: The Central Registry Files of our Immigration Branch records (Record Group 76, B 1 a) contain correspondence from various sending organizations. They include annual reports, information booklets and some lists of names of children sent to Canada.. The files cover the years 1892 to approximately 1946. To obtain volume, file and microfilm reel numbers, please consult our database for Records created by departments and agencies of the Federal Government. Select Record Group 76 (Immigration) and use the name of the sending organization as a keyword, for example Barnardo$. To read more about Home Children, you may wish to visit the Young Immigrants to Canada web site. There you will find information about various homes and organizations, reunions, titles of books on the subject and some lists of children's names. You might want to contact the Provincial Archive of British Columbia in Victoria BC - address will be found at the following. http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/library/.data/NW_971.63_O4 4f.txt?NW_971.63_O44f http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/library/.data/NW_325.711_D 897.txt?NW_325.711_D897 http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_75/c_0 8783.txt?C-08783 Class Picture - wouldn't it be wonderful if you would recognize your mother here - no year listed: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_75/c_08784 .gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_75/c_08785 .gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_75/c_08786 .gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_83/g_08500 .gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_84/h_02742 .gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/text2html/finding/government/.ms_fin ding/MS-2045.txt?MS-2045 Although I doubt that you will be given any information - you could contact the B.C. Govt Vital Stats http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm - and ask about a birth registration for the child of Betty Doreen Palser ( was that her name at the time - or was Palser her married surname - I see that your surname is Palser ).Birth records are kept private till the 101st year after the event ( from my experience even to brothers and sisters. ( unless you can prove the death of the child). It is more than possible - that your Big brother - is not aware of his history. But - perhaps if you registered with some of the groups attempting to help reunite families - you may find some help. You could post a notice - in some newspapers - Looking for William - the child of -----------. Wishing you much luck with your research. Cheers, Stella >------- Forwarded message follows ------- >Send reply to: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> >From: "patricia.palser" <patricia.palser@ntlworld.com> >To: <asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca> >Subject: HELPLIST CANADA >Date sent: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:49:59 +0100 > >Dear Alan >could you help me.I am looking for anyone with information about my >mother, she was sent to Canada in 1938. My mother was put in a >children home in Birmingham England it was called Middlemore Homes, >that was 1938. It was 9.9.1938 she was sent to Canada, on the ship >called Duchess of Atholl, and it left Liverpool to Vancouver Island. >She was at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, under the >child >emigration society.Can you help in anyway, My daughter and I are >doing >the family tree, I do know that mother had a baby when she was 16yrs >old, it was a baby boy and as she die she told of a baby in Vancouver >and she said it was William, it`s father got killed in the war. The >babies father`s parents took over the care of this child, how do I >find my missing brother can you help with that to, as he will be my >big brother. could you e.mail me on patricia.palser@ntlworld.com I >have forgot one big thing and that was my mothers name BETTY DOREEN >PALSER. > >------- End of forwarded message ------- >******************** >E-mail: mailto:asanderc@futurenet.bc.ca >Homepage: http://www.futurenet.bc.ca/~asanderc >Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~retreat > >Coordinator for North by Northwest BC Genweb Project: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~bcnorthw/ >******************** > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/