Hello Gail,wondering if you had any idea how to find a home child,she came from england on the same ship as i did in1950,her name was EVELYN GOWER,thanks Carol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gail collins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:38 AM Subject: [WRY] Home Children > 2010 has been designated as Year of the British Home Child in Canada. > >>From 1869 to 1939 various workhouses, sheltering homes, orphanages and > child care organizations in Great Britain immigrated over 100,000 > orphaned, > abandoned, pauper children ages 1 to 18 to Canada today known as the > British Home Children. Of the over 50 sending agencies, some of the more > well known names are Maria Rye, Macpherson, Fegan, Quarriers, Barnardo, > Middlemore, Catholic Emigration Society, Salvation Army, Church of England > Waif & Strays. > > Canada Post is issuing a stamp to commemorate the British Home Children > this October. > > It is estimated that 12%, over 4 million of the Canadian population, is a > descendant of a Home Child. How many would there be worldwide? > > There is a British Home Child mailing list and accompanying Descendants > website for further > information http://www.britishhomechildren.org/ > > We hope you will join us in publicizing this important part of Canadian > history > by helping us spread the word and educating the general public. > > Maria Rye Home Children Database > Gail Collins 1869-1879 [email protected] > Chris Sanham 1880-1896 [email protected] > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >