Dear Pat, There was a time in UK when the Children's Society thought Children weren't being looked after by their Parents properly. They took the Children away and sent them to Australia, South Africa and I think Canada. Also the Barney Benito Homes for Children. I have read on the list and somewhere else that these boys in S.A. were not always treated well, had to attend Church on Sundays and looked after the sheep or cattle, had to wash their own clothes and got scraps to eat eventually they were in tatters but had something near decent to wear on Sundays so people would think the were well looked after .Also they were checked occasionally by the Children's Friends Society. but the children were dressed properly for the occasion and had to answer their questions in front of their owners and so weren't always truthful out of fear of beatings and no food. They mainly looked that the child had grown it didn't matter that they had got thinner. Regards Mary Shearar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Frykberg" <patfryk@clear.net.nz> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH > Kobus I have a Farrell family from OFS starting from a Christopher > Farrell, > 1822-1894 . That was a Catholic family. Other names, Charlotte, James John > and Mary Ann Probbly not yours though. Just thought in case? > Patricia Frykberg > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Kobus Farrell" <kobusfarrell@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:37 AM > To: <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH > >> Dear whoever >> >> On 07-12-1833 the ship "Bolton" landed in Algoa Bay. On board to arrive >> in >> Grahamstown on the 22-12-1833 was J. Farrell amongst several other boys >> placed out as apprentices to so called Masters. Placed with Mr. >> Matthews, >> a schoolmaster in Grahamstown was my young lad as a servant (thought >> slavery was abanded earlier ) It is known that many so called street >> children were send out from Britain (always a leader in solving social >> problems) to S.A. by the Children's Friend Society. (Can you beat this >> name? ) In 1839 an investigation into the well being of these children >> took place in Cape Town. A certain James Farrell was then instructed to >> be >> interviewed by the Commission -silly little scary fool- but absconded, >> leaving me to sort out where he slots into the picture. My question is, >> would this be one and the same person to be placed with Mr.Matthews, or >> are we dealing with two completely separate individuals ? Any >> recommendations will be highly appreciated to resolve this ! >> matter ones and for all. >> >> Kobus Farrell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3895 - Release Date: 09/13/11 >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3866 - Release Date: 08/29/11 11:34:00

This is a great blight on the Australian Government and churches between 1945 and the early 1970's. The Catholic and Anglican churches had the orphanages and were the biggest offenders. I do not know about children in Australia being fostered in private homes. A film has recently been released 'Oranges and Sunshine' the story of a Social worker who reunited thousands of children with there parents who were told they were orphans and sent to Australia for presumably 'Oranges and Sunshine' but instead they got cruelty. In Australia there are many people suing the different church groups for the mal treatment of them as children. It appears this happened all over the Commonwealth countries. Lynette from OZ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Shearar" <mary@shearar.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:35 PM To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH > Dear Pat, > There was a time in UK when the Children's Society thought Children > weren't > being looked after by their Parents properly. They took the Children away > and sent them to Australia, South Africa and I think Canada. Also the > Barney > Benito Homes for Children. > I have read on the list and somewhere else that these boys in S.A. were > not > always treated well, had to attend Church on Sundays and looked after the > sheep or cattle, had to wash their own clothes and got scraps to eat > eventually they were in tatters but had something near decent to wear on > Sundays so people would think the were well looked after > .Also they were checked occasionally by the Children's Friends Society. > but the children were dressed properly for the occasion and had to answer > their questions in front of their owners and so weren't always truthful > out > of fear of > beatings and no food. > They mainly looked that the child had grown it didn't matter that they > had > got thinner. > Regards Mary Shearar. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Frykberg" <patfryk@clear.net.nz> > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH > > >> Kobus I have a Farrell family from OFS starting from a Christopher >> Farrell, >> 1822-1894 . That was a Catholic family. Other names, Charlotte, James >> John >> and Mary Ann Probbly not yours though. Just thought in case? >> Patricia Frykberg >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Kobus Farrell" <kobusfarrell@gmail.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:37 AM >> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH >> >>> Dear whoever >>> >>> On 07-12-1833 the ship "Bolton" landed in Algoa Bay. On board to arrive >>> in >>> Grahamstown on the 22-12-1833 was J. Farrell amongst several other boys >>> placed out as apprentices to so called Masters. Placed with Mr. >>> Matthews, >>> a schoolmaster in Grahamstown was my young lad as a servant (thought >>> slavery was abanded earlier ) It is known that many so called street >>> children were send out from Britain (always a leader in solving social >>> problems) to S.A. by the Children's Friend Society. (Can you beat this >>> name? ) In 1839 an investigation into the well being of these children >>> took place in Cape Town. A certain James Farrell was then instructed to >>> be >>> interviewed by the Commission -silly little scary fool- but absconded, >>> leaving me to sort out where he slots into the picture. My question is, >>> would this be one and the same person to be placed with Mr.Matthews, or >>> are we dealing with two completely separate individuals ? Any >>> recommendations will be highly appreciated to resolve this ! >>> matter ones and for all. >>> >>> Kobus Farrell >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3895 - Release Date: 09/13/11 >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3866 - Release Date: 08/29/11 > 11:34:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message