Child Emigration

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Description:In the 1840s there were a great many homeless and destitute children living in orphanages, workhouses or on the streets. It was estimated that there were over 30,000 on the streets of London alone. One of the solutions was to send them overseas to Canada and Australia and settle them with families there.

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Child Emigration

In the 1840s there were a great many homeless and destitute children living in orphanages, workhouses ...

Sir John T Middlemore

In 1872 Sir John Middlemore was approached by a child beggar. Sooner than just give money, Middlemore ...

Thomas, Elsie May and Blanche R

Before emigration the children were put into homes to prepare them and train them for a new life in ...

Henry C

Henry C before and after he was "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in ...

Mary Jane, Ernest and Sydney S

Although families were taken into the homes together they would generally be sent to different homes ...

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Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society , Jim Fitzpatrick , Graham Partlett , Elizabeth McKeon , Diane Stead , Keith Whitehouse

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