British home children
Subtitle: their stories
By: compiled by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
Publisher: Global Heritage Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milton, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781926797472
Subjects: Home children (Canadian immigrants); Emigration and immigration; Biography; History
Description: "British Home Children were those who had been admitted into a Philanthropic Home, Union Workhouse or Industrial School between 1869 and 1948, from families that had suffered a great tragedy or were dysfunctional. A great many of these children were then brought to Canada where they were received into a Distributing Home for settlement as farm labourers and domestics. [The stories of Home Children collected in this book by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa] reflect the contributors' recollections of their ancestors and the times and conditions in which they lived"--Introduction, p. ix.
Notes: Includes index.