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From: "Barb Arthur" <>
Subject: Re: LIST OF ALL SHIPS FOR BHC
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:06:57 -0700
References: <39B42F84.B1620048@home.com>


Hello,
I sent an e-mail enquiry to the National Archive of Canada on Jan5/98, and
on Mar25/98, received a copy of my father's Juvenile Inspection Report
(which is a record of where he was placed in Canada) and a letter saying
what ship he arrived on and when. I don't remember what I said in the
e-mail; must have found the address on the site. The only information I had
was the year he arrived, where he landed and his name.

My father was 14 when he left London on Sept 18, 1924 and landed at Quebec
on Sept 26. 1924 aboard the SS MELITA. He was transferred (by train, I'll
assume) to Barnardo's home on Jarvis St in Toronto and then placed, Jan 29,
1925 in a home in Creemore, Ontario; the first of many.... My father wasn't
in Barnardos' care until the day he sailed. He was raised in an orphanage
"The Foundling Hospital" in London, and children who went to Canada were
transferred to Barnardo's. Perhaps other children from local, vs
international organizations came via Barnardo's.

Barb Arthur in Kelowna, BC Canada
daughter of BHC Edward Frank HAZLEWOOD


----- Original Message -----
From: Gerrie <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: LIST OF ALL SHIPS FOR BHC


>
> Hi Betty, Richard & Others,
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> I think your idea of listing more ships Is a great one. There
> must be more people out there who know about the ships.
> The only ones I have seen are on the NA Archivianet &
> the ships I am interested in are not there.
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> I am looking for a passenger lists for:
> SS Siberian, sailing from Liverpool & arriving Halifax
> Canada 14 May 1898. My grandmother Emily ABBOTT
> aboard. Would like to know the other children with her.
> Also, SS Colonian, sailing from Liverpool & arriving
> Portland Maine, 25 Sept 1902. Grandmother's sister
> Mary ABBOTT aboard.
>
> If there were indeed 100,000 children sent over, there
> must be a lot more sailings listed somewhere out there.
>
> To Richard: the URL for NA Archivianet is:
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> http://www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&0201&e&top&0
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> Good Luck, Gerrie, B.C. Canada
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