Yes, I also appreciated your detailed reply, Holly, even though I have no Bernardo ancestors. Thank you! Very interesting.
Pat > On Feb 20, 2025, at 6:42 AM, Ian Moules via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fascinating. Misguided philanthropy! By chance, I've just been looking into > the Ragged Schools, one of which in Est London had Thomas Barnardo as a > benefactor. > > On Thursday 20 February 2025 at 14:21:34 GMT, Holly Bird via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Jane — > > The ship, Parisian, with two young sisters on board raised an immediate flag > with me as it was one of the ones chartered by Barnardo's of London to > transport unwanted children (British Home Children, or BHCs) to work off > indentures in Canada. My own great-grandfather, James Henry Gray — older than > most BHCs at the time at age 19 — was sent to Canada aboard the Parisian in > 1890 to work in the Barnardo's Industrial Farm School in Russell, Manitoba. > > If the two sisters were aboard the Parisian, they were mostly likely BHCs and > in that case, you may be in luck. Barnardo's still exists and kept extensive > files and photographs of the children. It took two years to order and get a > thick file with photos of James with information on his sisters, but it was > invaluable. If it wasn't Barnardo's that sent them over in the BHC scheme, it > might've been one of the other charities like Waifs & Strays but Parisian was > a frequent Barnardo's charter. > > Sure enough, I did find the Parisian's passenger list with one of the sisters > for that date on one of Canada's Home Children databases, Home Children, > 1869-1932 > <https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/pages/home-children.aspx>. > They must have been BHCs, likely sent over to work off indentures as > domestics in the eastern provinces. Most of the younger girls arrived at the > Hazelbrae home for processing and training in Ontario. > > Database: "Passenger Lists for the Port Of Quebec City and other Ports, > 1865-1922. There are other passenger lists in that government Home Children > website you might check out for Mary Jane to see if she was on another voyage > with the Parisian, or on another Barnardo's chartered sister ship. (Bavarian, > Numidian, Sardinian, etc.) > > Elizabeth Semple is here: > https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-quebec-port-1865-1900/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=87965&; > > Much more information can be found at the private Canadian charity, Home > Children Canada <https://www.britishhomechildren.com/>. While the sisters are > not currently in their registry, they could be added when you get more info > as it's confirmed in the Canadian government database that at least Elizabeth > was sent over in the BHC program. That charity site will have more info on > Barnardo's research dept., "Family History Service (UK, Canada and > Australia)" to see what the wait and cost is these days to order their files > as the oldest living relative. > > Good luck! > > — Holly Bird > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM Jane Hudson via CoTyroneList > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello friends > > I don’t suppose any of you have a record of the passenger list for the ship > Parisian, which departed Liverpool for Quebec, arriving on the 28th May 1882 > please? > > I’m looking for two female relatives, Elizabeth and Mary Jane Semple which I > think may have been on there. > > Any info would be greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks, kind regards, > > Jane Hudson nee Semple. > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ================================= > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ================================= > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - [email protected] > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > [email protected] > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > [email protected] > =================================
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