Posting Member: Jenn
Topic: British Home Children reading resources
Family Name Associations: Stone, Blincoe or Blinkcow
Location: Barrie
Mood: Sleepy
Music:
I put this list together earlier because I was trying help find some reading material for a descendent…
This is by no means a complete list of resources on British Home Children, maybe now that I’ve written it down here, I’ll add to it as I find more resources.
The Street Arab – Sandra Joyce
http://www.sandrajoyce.com/Home_Page.html
Belonging (Sequel to the Street Arab) – Sanda Joyce
http://www.sandrajoyce.com/Order_The_Street_Arab.html
Promises of Home: Stories of Canada’s British Home Children – By Rose McCormick Brandon
http://writingfromtheheart.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/4898442
New Lives for Old – The Story of Britain’s Home Children – By Janet Sacks and Roger Kershaw
http://www.amazon.com/New-Lives-Old-Britains-Children/dp/1905615175
Empty Cradles (Also called Oranges and Sunshine after the Movie Title, Australia based) – By Margaret Humphreys
http://www.amazon.com/Cradles-Oranges-Sunshine-Margaret-Humphreys-ebook/dp/B004RPINXK
Empire’s Children: Child Emigration, Welfare and the Decline of the British World 1869-1967 – By Ellen Boucher
http://www.amazon.com/Empires-Children-Emigration-Welfare-1869-1967/dp/1107041384/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416428018
The Legacy of a Home Child – By Mary Pettit
http://www.amazon.ca/Mary-Janeway-Legacy-Home-Child/dp/1896219691
Whatever Happened to Mary Janeway?: A Home Child Story
http://www.amazon.ca/Whatever-Happened-Mary-Janeway-Child/dp/1459701712
The Dirty Bloody Jizzy – By John R. Bicknell (Australia Based)
http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Dirty_Bloody_Jizzy.html?id=U_HmAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Home Child – By Barbara Haworth-Attard (Two covers shown)
http://www.librarything.com/work/2445485/71872469
Depicting Canada’s Children – By Loren Lerner (Beginning on page 133, several photographs included)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=hCSsDSe_6qEC
The Home Children – Edited By Phyllis Harrison
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Home-Children-Phyllis-Harrison/dp/0920486150
Barnardo Boy – By Bert Case Diltz
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Barnardo_Boy.html?id=cmOWAQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Lost Children of the Empire – By Joy Melville and Philip Bean
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Children-Empire-Joy-Melville/dp/0044406436
Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest – Sean Arthur Joyce
http://www.amazon.ca/Laying-Childrens-Ghosts-Rest-Children/dp/1926710274
The Reluctant Canadian – Brad Barnes
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Reluctant-Canadian-Inspired-Story/dp/1460211456
The Golden Bridge – Marjorie Kohli (Is also available online – link below)
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Golden-Bridge-Immigrants-1833-1939/dp/189621990X/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1D6GNGF02E81SXVPKH7G
http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Golden_Bridge.html?id=Qs3uIWGetJAC
Neither Waif Nor Stray – Perry Snow (Is also available online – link below)
http://www.amazon.ca/Neither-Waif-Nor-Stray-Identity/dp/1581127588/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1D6GNGF02E81SXVPKH7G
http://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/perry-snow—neither-waif-nor-stray.html
The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada – Kenneth Bagnell
http://www.amazon.ca/The-Little-Immigrants-Orphans-Canada/dp/1550023705/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FW3MRSVA4Z8KRTJRA0R
Marjorie Too Afraid to Cry: A Home Child Experience – Marjorie Skidmore
http://www.amazon.ca/Marjorie-Too-Afraid-Cry-Experience/dp/1459703391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401468422&sr=8-1&keywords=marjorie+too+afraid+to+cry
Charlie: A Home Child’s Life in Canada – Beryl Young
http://www.amazon.ca/Charlie-Home-Childs-Life-Canada/dp/1553801407/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1D6GNGF02E81SXVPKH7G
Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada – Gail H. Corbertt
http://www.amazon.ca/Barnardo-children-Canada-Gail-Corbett/dp/0969075103/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401469134&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=Barnardos+Childern+in+Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/Nation-Builders-Barnardo-Children-Canada/dp/1550023942/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401469134&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=Barnardos+Childern+in+Canada
Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 – Roy Parker
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847426689/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kierzekfamily-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1847426689
Magazine Articles:
Ancestry Maazine: Little Immigrant Lost, Finding Dad, A British Home Child – By Gail Smith
http://books.google.ca/books?id=JzgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false
