Category Archives: British Home Children

The British Home Children were impoverished children involved with child migration schemes that relocated them from England to Canada and Australia and enslaved them as indentured servants.

British Home Child James Salmon

After some confusion we’ve managed to sort out, what we believe, is a profile for British Home Child James Salmon.  It was not as eas [...]

British Home Child Sidney Maidment

Everything I’ve learned and have come to understand in researching British Home Children cannot and would not be possible without the [...]

British Home Child Robert Salmon

British Home Children have really been a focus for us over the last few years – And now even when we’re trying to focus on our o [...]

Private George Sadler

Years ago, before our work with BHCARA and the Honour Roll for the boys from WWI, we came across a young boy living with one of our families [...]

Private Albert Thomas Capewell

In the addition of records to the Family Trees, we discovered Albert Thomas Capewell living with the McDowell-Faulkner family in 1906.  Imm [...]

British Home Children Park Lawn Monument

British Home Children Advocacy and Research Association in a cooperative effort with Orphan Boy Films have created a memorial for 75 British [...]

Presenting British Home Child Louisa Mary Booth

Welcome to 2016!  I can’t believe that we haven’t posted since September…  We had a very productive end-of-year with res [...]

Louisa Booth, British Home Children and more from Pateley Bridge

So much news this week: So many updates! Dearest cousin Marilyn always sends the most interesting information along!  Finally, after long s [...]

The fine guesswork of Genealogy: Is that you, Frank? Louisa? Anyone?

Oh dear.  You know those days when you start to wonder if anything you REALLY know is what you really know? Yesterday I responded to an e-m [...]

A beautiful day for Wreath Bearing.

Posting Member:  Jenn Topic:  Remembrance Day Wreath for the British Home Children Location:  Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario We had [...]
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