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From: "SOPHIEE" <>
Subject: Re: Middlemore, Halifax,N.S.
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 09:33:15 -0600
References: <3A080B5C.55F634EC@ns.sympatico.ca>


Brenda,
Below is where I wrote (no reply yet)
BUT another lister wrote here and recently got a reply so I am assuming it
is correct
Luck to you, Sophiee, Niagara Falls Ontario Canada

MIDDLEMORE HOMES
55 STEVENS AVENUE, BARTLEY GREEN BRIMINGHAM B32 3SD
CONTACT :TERESA SODEN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert . Franklin" <>
To: <>
Sent: November 7, 2000 8:02 AM
Subject: Middlemore, Halifax,N.S.


> Dear List:
>
> Received film from National Archives re my BHC grandmother's records
> from the Middlemore Adoption Agency in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I was
> disappointed as I did hope that the records from Middlemore in
> Birmingham would be copied there as well as the Canadian records and I
> must now send to England for them. I was not disappointed, however as
> the film showed correspondence with the British Middlemore Home. Can
> anyone confirm Middlemore's Address in England to me offlist? Much
> appreciated.
>
> I want to share this wonderful news. Because I did request the
> information from Ottawa, I have found out how old my great grandmother
> was when she gave birth to my grandmother (33), and also, that she tried
> for a number of years to contact grandmother but letters were sent back
> to her in England. Finally they connected in the forties, and I have one
> letter, where the Middlemore Superintendent wrote back to great
> grandmother in England.
>
> It states in part "matron has told me of your visit here (middlemore
> orphanage in Birmingham) and of your wish to go out to Canada to join
> your daughter" which she never did and couldn't afford. In another
> part it states "I am sure that at sixty-eight years of age, you would
> find it very difficult to settle down in Canada" and "my advice to you
> is to stay where you are". As the letter is dated, August 19th, 1947, I
> have finally, finally learned how old my great grandmother was when she
> died in 1966 and the year she was born. Previously, all I had was her
> death date, and nothing more except her name and previous address.
>
> My point is, you just never, never know when the brick wall will start
> to crumble, and who knew that this superintendent would mention great
> grandmothers age in that letter. I can now look for her in census, and
> see if she had any siblings, and the name of her parents.
>
> Thank you for letting me share this exciting news.
>
> Brenda
> and thanks Marj for advising me to go to NA
>
>
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