20 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In February 1948, Barnardo's moved its Canadian base in Toronto from Jarvis Street to new premises at 20 Spadina Road, Toronto. The move also included the records of some 50,000 Barnardo's children who had emigrated to Canada.
In 1952, a further relocation took place to premises at 466 Briar Hill Avenue, Toronto. Following the closure of that establishment in 1960, all the records were shipped back to England.
Records
Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available.
- Barnardo's 'Making Connections' and Family History Services — for enquiries relating the records of children formerly in the care of Barnardo's and those of other organisations absorbed by them.
Bibliography
- Bagnell, Kenneth The Little Immigrants: The Orphans Who Came to Canada (2001, Dundurn)
- Birt, Lilian M The Children's Home-Finder: the story of Annie Macpherson and Louisa Birt (1913, J. Nisbet)
- Corbett, Gail H Nation Builders: Barnardo Children in Canada (2002, Dundurn)
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
- Kershaw, Roger and Sacks, Janet New Lives for Old: The Story of Britain's child migrants: The Story of Britain's Home Children (2008, The National Archives)
- Kohli, Marjorie The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada 1833-1939 (2003, Natural Heritage Books)
- McEvoy, Frederick J 'These Treasures of the Church of God': Catholic Child Immigration to Canada (in CCHA, Historical Studies, 65 (1999), 50-70)
- Parker, Roy Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 (2010, Policy Press)
- Barnardo, Syrie Louise, and Marchant, James Memoirs of the Late Dr Barnardo (Hodder & Stoughton, 1907)
- Batt, J.H. Dr. Barnardo: The Foster-Father of "Nobody's Children" (S.W. Partridge, 1904)
- Bready, J. Wesley Doctor Barnardo (Allen & Unwin, 1930)
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
- Rose, June For the Sake of the Children: Inside Dr. Barnardo's: 120 years of caring for children (Hodder & Stoughton, 1987)
- Wagner, Gillian Barnardo (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1979)
Links
- The Barnardo's website.
- The Goldonian Website — memories and information from former Barnardo's children.
- British Home Children in Canada.
- Home Children Canada — British Home Children Registry.
- British Home Child Group International — has database of over 23,000 Canadian British Home Children
- National Library and Archives Canada especial the Home Children section.
- British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) — has several indexes of the names of children brought to Canada by various organizations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- FindMyPast — Home Children Canada Immigration Records Index, 1869-1930.
- Young Immigrants to Canada. [Archived]
- National Archives of Australia — Immigration Records.
- Good British Stock — Australian National Archives research guide.
- Personal History Index for former Child Migrants to Catholic homes in Australia.
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