Information from Marlene Dance's Lecture

FINDING A LOST HOME CHILD November 2023 

1) Library and Archives Canada: www.bac-lac.gc.ca 

2) Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) They are most helpful. 3) Families of British Home Children – Facebook Public page. Excellent for help and for current information.  They have a monthly newsletter as well. Sign up for it please. 

4) GOOGLE NAMES OF CHILDREN’S HOMES: over 100 organizations brought children to Canada.  Here are a few: 

a) Middlemore Homes of Birmingham,  

b) Waifs and Stray’s Society  

c) Church of England, United Church of Canada, Catholic Homes & Charities  

d) Liverpool Sheltering Homes  

e) Marchmount Homes  

f) The MacPherson Homes  

g) Orphan Homes of Scotland – Dundee, Scotland  

h) Dr. William Quarrier Homes in Glasgow 

i) Fegan’s Boys Homes in Stratford, UK 

j) Dr. Barnardo’s Homes for Children  

 Mailing address: Barnardo’s c/o After Care Centre, Children’s Services Dept.,  

 Tanners Lane, Barkingside Illford, Essex, England 1G6 1QG 

k) Child Migrant Trust in UK: www.childmigrantstrust.com 

Attn: Margaret Humphreys 

28A Musters Rd.,  

West Bridgford, Nottingham, UK NG2 7PL 

l) British Home Children in Canada: https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/ 5) 1) Library and Archives Canada – British Home Children/ Check passenger records too 2) The time span of these children coming to Canada begins in 1869 so use 1871 census onwards.  3) Children were sent to the prairies in the later part of the 1890’s 

4) If you are not having any luck, take a shot in the dark and write to both Barnardo’s and The Child  Migrant Trust in the UK. They may be able to help. Barnardo’s require the application form and you  need to be a direct descendant. There may be a charge. The Child Migrant Trust will accept letters of  enquiry.  

6) BOOKS of interest on this subject:  

1) The Little Immigrants: The Orphans who came to Canada by Kenneth Bagnell  

2) Charlie: A Home Child’s life in Canada by Beryl Young  

3) Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada by Gail H. Corbett  

4) Marjorie: Too Afraid to Cry and Marjorie: Her War Years both by Patricia Skidmore 5) Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys  

6) The Golden Bridge: Young immigrants to Canada by Marjorie Kohli 

7) The Forgotten Home Child by Genevieve Graham  

8) Promises of Home by Rose McCormick Brandon 

9) Quarriers Story by Anna Magnusson 

10) Outside the Gate: The true story of a British Home Child in Canada by Carole Marie Newal