If a Home Child then "Claimed" may mean he was claimed by a sponsor in Canada and went to work for that person. You don't state his birthdate but... In the 1901 census for Canada there is a Clement West, living with Donald McKinnon family in Prince Edward Island, East Queens on Brackley Point Road. Today that road runs from downtown Charlottetown to PEI National Park on the north shore of the island Other details - Born 3 April 1887 England, immigrated 1895, working as Domestic Can't see him in 1911 also don't see an Eden Wets in either year Did you access the Home Children on National Archives site in Canada? Clemet is listed there travelling in a group of 71 Home Children on the Carthaginian Surname: WEST Given Name: Clement Age: 9 Sex: M Ship: Carthaginian Year of Arrival: 1895 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1895-06-18 Arrival Port: Halifax Arrival Date: 1895-06-28 Party: Middlemore Homes Destination: Fairview Home, Halifax, Nova Scotia Comments: 71 children to be dispersed in the Lower provinces Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1b Microfilm: C-4516 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Mel Smith Whitby, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marg & Neil Andrews Sent: October 17, 2012 8:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SFK-UK] British Home Children to Canada I am helping a cousin with her family and in particular her gggf who is believed to have been shipped off to Canada when he was young and the entry said he had been 'claimed' Does that mean that another researcher has claimed him as their own? (I googled for the British Home Children to Canada) If so, is there any way of finding out how to contact the person who claimed him? The youth we are looking for is Eden Clement West and I found a possible entry for a 9 year old on the Carthigian in 1895 (called Clement West) and a possible chr on 8 Sept 1890. Can anyone suggest any other ways of searching for him please? I seem to have lost the knack!! I don't know his county of origin but the above chr entry has him in Birmingham with parents Clement and Edith. Marg in Qld Oz.