<In searching the 1901 Census submitted by Russell Saffin (thank you <Russell) I noticed two boys ages 7 and 9 years were farm labourers. Was <this common in 1901 Eastern Townships? Regards Roberta KERR Hello Roberta and list YES, YES, YES BRITISH HOME CHILDREN in CANADA For more information about children like this please take a look at these new sites. There were over 100,000 children sent to Canada 1870-1940, some as young as 2 years old. Take a look maybe you may find your missing person among them. Most of these children did not talk about this and usually hid their past. There were several receiving homes in the Eastern Twp's where these children were sent until they were placed, some were adopted. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/ or http://www.cadvision.com/psnow/waifnorstray.htm or http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020110&e&top&0 The archives has a database with some of these children and they are still adding to it. There are several other databases on these pages listing these children and also a place to submit any children found on 1881, 1891, 1901 census by anyone. Researching my grandfather WILLIAM (Luke) YOUNG(s) who may be one of these British homechildren. I located him in Potton Twp, Eastern Township Quebec on the 1901 census. He died when my dad was only 7 yrs old and we never knew he lived in Canada but knew he was born in England. All we ever knew was his name and death date. His birth date Dec. 22 is consistant but each document I have obtained listed him born between 1877- 1883. I sent for a U.S. WW1 draft notice even though he was not a citizen of the U.S. And was most surprised when it arrived in the mail. He listed having a sister and her name and address as nearest relative. I proceeded to locate a living son of the sister and he told me that my grandfather was not related but was a "hired farm boy" on his grandfather's DARIUS ADAMS farm in Mansonville or the PROUTY'S farm in South Bolton but that he grew up with his mother. WILLIAM YOUNG(S) is listed with a GUY and SARAH WHITE in Potton Twp. and they are related to either the ADAMS or the PROUTY's as the living son confirmed. The son even knew William sometimes went by the name LUKE so I was sure I had a match. My grandfather may have married after 1901 in this area. He is a widower on the marriage cert. to my grandmother in 1923 in Springfield MA. He is listed as being Church of England as religion on the 1901 Canadian census. Please help....we have no past...no known relatives and so many of us are desperately trying to find someone. If anyone can provide any information or direction to learn more about my grandfather's life in the Eastern Township of Canada please respond, look through any resources you may have. TIA Judy Youngs Kennedy ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.