Hello, There is a story on "Mass Moments" this morning about a woman who had arrived in Boston as a child - with her Russian family. And, later she decided to write about her experiences. http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=352 I mentioned last week that my husband's grandmother arrived from the Azores at Age 12 and alone. She was here to be an indentured-servant for 7 years for a family on Beacon Hill. (Her sister might have come with her; I haven't been able to find that out. I also don't know if an aunt or uncle accompanied her.) I was just wondering if others had an ancestor who arrived in MA in the 1890 to 1910 timeframe - as a child. And, a reminder about the very good book I found out about several years ago: "Boston's Wayward Children." It's a treatise on all the "un-cared-for children" in Boston in the 1860 to 1900 timeframe. (In the book it states that the "Orphan Train movement" started in Boston. When NYC officials found out about it, they started their own version of it.) It seems the "British Home Children" movement went on for the exact set of years. That is the Canadian term for the British term, "Child Migrant movement." (1860 to 1930's). What I haven't found out, yet, is whether the "thousands" of "un-cared-for children" arriving in Canada - were discussed in the Boston, MA, newspapers ! Stay warm ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) (My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandparents arrived in Halifax, NS, CAN, in ~1874 - as "British Home Children." (They were 14. My gr-grandmother's 4 younger sibling accompanied her; the youngest were 5 and 3 years old. All went to different families. Their "Master Mariner" (widower) father was sailing to Africa when that happened. He was alive and remarried for some 20 years after that. I have no way of knowing whether he ever saw his 6 children again. (Oldest son went to British Columbia.).. ) (I don't know if any of you have read the autobiography of "Dr. Ruth." It's another story of a child "being sent away.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer

Betty, thank you for the information on Mary Antin's book "The Promised Land" I found 2 links on a google search with the entire book with photos on line. Looks very interesting if one wishes to learn more about the immigrant experience... The links are: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/antin/land/land.html and http://books.google.com/books?id=MiffDBGJf9MC&dq=the+promised+land+by+mary+antin&pg=PP1&ots=63Eu9LGOBi&source=bn&sig=PmC8Zy22pQxiaufWBAVy4uTJJ3U&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP2,M1 Happy Holidays! Louise > From: bbffrrpp@comcast.net > To: genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com; BOSTON@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:31:57 -0500 > Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Immigrants Who Arrived as Children ? (MassMoments) > > Hello, > > There is a story on "Mass Moments" this morning about a woman who had > arrived in Boston as a child - with her Russian family. And, later she > decided to write about her experiences. > > http://www.massmoments.org:80/moment.cfm?mid=352 > > I mentioned last week that my husband's grandmother arrived from the Azores > at Age 12 and alone. She was here to be an indentured-servant for 7 years > for a family on Beacon Hill. (Her sister might have come with her; I > haven't been able to find that out. I also don't know if an aunt or uncle > accompanied her.) > > I was just wondering if others had an ancestor who arrived in MA in the 1890 > to 1910 timeframe - as a child. > > And, a reminder about the very good book I found out about several years > ago: "Boston's Wayward Children." It's a treatise on all the > "un-cared-for children" in Boston in the 1860 to 1900 timeframe. (In the > book it states that the "Orphan Train movement" started in Boston. When > NYC officials found out about it, they started their own version of it.) > > It seems the "British Home Children" movement went on for the exact set of > years. That is the Canadian term for the British term, "Child Migrant > movement." (1860 to 1930's). What I haven't found out, yet, is > whether the "thousands" of "un-cared-for children" arriving in Canada - > were discussed in the Boston, MA, newspapers ! > > Stay warm ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > (My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandparents arrived in Halifax, NS, CAN, in > ~1874 - as "British Home Children." (They were 14. My gr-grandmother's 4 > younger sibling accompanied her; the youngest were 5 and 3 years old. > All went to different families. Their "Master Mariner" (widower) father > was sailing to Africa when that happened. He was alive and remarried for > some 20 years after that. I have no way of knowing whether he ever saw > his 6 children again. (Oldest son went to British Columbia.).. ) > > (I don't know if any of you have read the autobiography of "Dr. Ruth." > It's another story of a child "being sent away.") > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message