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Description:A group of children onthe deck of the The S. S. Franconia, on the way to Canada, 1924. John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in Birmingham who opened the Children’s Emigration (or Middlemore) Homes in 1872 as a charitable concern. They were called “Emigration Homes” as they took in children from the slums of Birmingham and sent them to what was considered to be a better life in rural Canada and later on, to Australia. A large number of the children were not orphans but had been taken away from their families due to poverty, neglect or sometimes cruelty.
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In the 1840s there were a great many homeless and destitute children living in orphanages, workhouses ...
In 1872 Sir John Middlemore was approached by a child beggar. Sooner than just give money, Middlemore ...
Before emigration the children were put into homes to prepare them and train them for a new life in ...
Henry C before and after he was "received into the homes". John Middlemore was a rich benefactor in ...
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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