Hi Patricia:- I am so very happy for you -- and I do belong to the BHC list -- my interest became too great!! It is great being able to help others -- so, in the old tradition, pass it on! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Patricia Corney wrote: > Dear Listers > Thanks to Muriel Davidson who check at the Ottawa records regarding my > grandmother, a link was made to Fulham Union in England. Went to a great > list, UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP List [rootsweb] and asked questions. Mary Hallett > of this list, provided information on where the records were held. I paid > Mary US$35.00 to go to the Metropolitan Archives and search. > Yesterday, Tuesday, she replied that the documents she researched were all > original documents [not microfiled copies]so was not able to photocopy them. > At Fulham Union she found that Elsie BERRY's information was given by GRO, > she believes it meant General Receiving Officer. > Under Register of Children Emigrated 1899-1928: FGB117 > Date of Emigration: 3 Jun 1909 > Surname: BERRY > Christian Name: Elsie > Birth: 13 Dec 1894 > Age at date of Emigration: 14 > Instution: Home of Industry, 29 Bethnal Green Road > [Annie MacPherson Agency] > 6 addresses where she was placed in Canada > 7 Government reports > 5 Association reports, last one 4.18.12 to new home at Aylmer, Ont. > > Date of Emigration: 23 July 1908 > Surname: BERRY > Christian Name: Rose L > Birth: 3 July 1893 > Age at date of emigration: 14 > Instution: Miss MacPherson Agency, 29 Bethnal Green Road > Country: Canada > names of 3 employers > 1 Government Report > 7 Association Reports > > This was a well spent US$35. as it found my great aunt Rose who we supposed > was a BHC, but she is not in the ArchiviaNet and the only mention of Rose > Berry was 1911 St. Catharines Street Directory and 1913 Marriage License > [many thanks to Gail Collins who is so generous with her expert advice on > where to look, but also a new friend] and so was at a loss of how she > arrived in Canada. > > This is so exciting for me to find her. > > Without Perry, Gail C and all of you generous listers who provided pieces of > the puzzle and Muriel Davidson [ who does not belong to BHC list] would not > have known about Fulham Union or gone on the UK Workhouse list. So many nice > people on the UK Workhouse List. Hope this information will give all of you > some other places to search for your BHC's, > > Bless you all and best wishes and good searching. > > Patricia Corney > Quakertown, PA USA > Granddaughter of Elsie Eliza A. BERRY, BHC > Great Niece of Rose Lucy E. BERRY, BHC > IOWFHS #1334 > > bluroc@worldnet.att.net > > ==== BRITISHHOMECHILDREN Mailing List ==== > BHC Resource Book: http://www.cadvision.com/psnow/waifnorstray.htm > Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren > BHC Chat: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/descendantsofhomechildren > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!