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Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by NickJ on 26/7/2018, 2:22 pm

Birth registration in 1900 at Totnes of Bessie Pengelly, the last of 11 children born to Samuel Pengelly and Mary Jane Ackrell. 1901 census Bessie living in Dartmouth with parents and 3 siblings. Death registration for Samuel at Totnes in 1910. 1911 census Mary Jane living Dartmouth with one son only. A Bessie Pengelly is in the 1911 census living at Dr Barnado's Girls Village Homes, Ilford, Essex, age 10, born Dartmouth. In 1921 in Ontario a Mary Elizabeth Pengelly marries Ernest L C Grant. Mary's age 21, born Dartmouth. Her father is Samuel, born England, her mother Mary Jane Actrell. 1921 census Ontario has Bessie living with Ernest Grant, her age 21, birth England, year of immigration 1911. Long story, shorter question. Was there some kind of "arrangement" for Dr Barnado's to place girls (and boys) overseas, presumably for permanent settlement. Was the Salvation Army also involved? Apologies if this has already been discussed; I've not come across the possibility before.

Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by NickJ on 27/7/2018, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?"

Thanks to you all for your replies and for those useful links. An area I was quite unaware of. I have some catching up to do. My thanks again.

Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by Ellen Quan on 26/7/2018, 6:20 pm, in reply to "Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?"

I should also mention that if you go to the Links section of this DFHS page they have links to more information regarding Canadian Home Children under the emigration section.

Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by Ellen Quan on 26/7/2018, 6:13 pm, in reply to "Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?"

They are called Home Children. On the Library and Archives Canada website you can do a home child search by name. There is a record for a Bessie Pengelly age 11 arriving on June 23, 1912 aboard the Tunisian. The comments on the record state there were 153 girls! Once you have the ship name and dates you can search their passenger records and search the images to find her record. Ellen

Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by Karen Newman on 26/7/2018, 4:42 pm, in reply to "Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?"

I haven't personally come across this with my family, but there is quite a lot of information regarding this situation on the Barnado's website.

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/barnardo_s_children_v2.pdf

Page 8 onwards

Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?

Posted by Lin on 26/7/2018, 10:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Canada-Dr Barnado's connection?"

You may find this useful.....a Bessie Pengelly is shown here...https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/barkingside.html

https://bifhsgo.ca/cstm_upsAndDowns.php?page=1&nr=50&scl=sna&sn=pengelly

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