Albert Wood 1885 age 9, orphaned, sent to Ontario

My great uncle Albert Wood born 1885 was put into Dr Barnardos in April 1893 nine months after his father Henry Wood died of consumption.

Two months later at the age of nine he was shipped off to Ontario Canada and was made an indentured servant on the farmlands in Eastern Ontario.
He married Jenny Rigby in 1907 and had six children.

He was shipped to England in WW1 but never saw his family after the age of 9.

He died in Toronto Canada in 1969 at the age of 84.

A sad story dont you think??

Chellin

His two sisters became nurses and ended up in South Africa where they married and are buried.

mattycat wrote:

Chellin that is a very sad story a nine year old being shipped to another country.. there must be many other similar stories out there.

Smith Chat members tell us your sad family stories or deaths.

mattycat

maxine wrote:

Very sad and your family are scattered ll over the world. It must make life even harder to research

Maxine

chellin2 wrote:

Yes it is Maxine, very hard, we defintely have the wonder lust in us lol
Chellin

Just looking back on this Topic, I thought would mention - I've been studying the website about the British Homes Children who were shipped off to Canada, and some to America. The website is..........

>> The British Home Children >>
and click on the banner on the right hand side of the page
to go to the "Registry" - there are a lot of children named
Smith listed there.

Will look into this subject more in the future, to discuss on this Board
(which is now dedicated to British Emigrants to USA & Canada)

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