The Middlemore Homes
John T Middlemore
John T. Middlemore founded the Children's Emigration Homes, St. Luke's Road, Birmingham. The emigration of children to Canada began in 1873 and the first receiving home was Guthrie Home in London, Ontario. These children were placed around the London area. Before John Middlemore opened the Fairveiw Home in Nova Scota, he also used the facility of Emma Stirling, Hillfoot between 1893 and 1895.
Some 5,000 children came to Canada with Middlemore.
Some 5,000 children came to Canada with Middlemore.
John Throgmorton Middlemore
History of the Middlemore Homes
Faces and Places: The Middlemore Archive Collection
History of the Middlemore Homes
Faces and Places: The Middlemore Archive Collection
Middlemore boys about to leave for Canada, date unknown
Source: The Grandfather nobody knew
Liverpool on June 12, 1906.
From a book called "Children's Emigration Homes, St. Luke's Road, Birmingham---Thirty-Fourth Annual Report (For The Year 1906) with List of Subscribers and Donors". It was published in 1907. They sailed on was the SS Siberian.
Middlemore party 1898 taken outside of Fairview in Nova Scotia
The girls from Middlemore aboard the Moravian, arrived 1879-06-21
"A party of girls about to start for Canada"
"In 1879 on the 12th June we left New St Station for Liverpool with a party of ninety-one children, the great majority of whom were in boisterous spirits. A few tears may have been shed by some at parting from their friends who had assembled to see the last of them; but most were as radiant as health and hope could make them."
from the 1886 annual report.
"In 1879 on the 12th June we left New St Station for Liverpool with a party of ninety-one children, the great majority of whom were in boisterous spirits. A few tears may have been shed by some at parting from their friends who had assembled to see the last of them; but most were as radiant as health and hope could make them."
from the 1886 annual report.
Agnes Evans, Alice Roberts, Ann Tasker, Ann Amelia Derry, Ann Nellie Parsons, Charlotte Shesby, Clara Derry, Elizabeth Sadler, Elizabeth J Neil, Emily Franklin, Emily C Cook, Janes Parsons, Mary Tasker, Mary Ann Heaton, Mary Jane Deeley, Phobe Sadler, Sarah Derry, Sarah Evans, Sarah Tasker
Arrival 1920-05-23, Minnedosa
Albert Britt, Albert Smith, Albert Pettifer, Albert Ryall, Alfred Chiswell, Alfred Wright, Arthur Webber, Cecil Candler, Charles Jordan, Charles Lay, Edgar Langford, Ernest Ashfield, Ernesst Bishop, Ernest Oliver, Ernest lee, Frank Ball, Frederick Barnes, Frederick Danks, Frederick Evans, Frederick Chiswell, George Devereaux, George Walker, George Underwood, George Walker, George Knibbs, GordonBennett, Harold Chatwin, Harold Reynolds, Harold Pinder, harold Glover, Harold Hassall, Harold Cox, Harry Wright, Herbert Ball, Herbert Knight, Horace Lee, Horace O'Hanlon, James Knibbs, James Ross, John Baker, John Norris, John Vaughan, John Plimmedr, John Duggins, John Guest, John Colclough, Joseph Phillips, Reginald Rawlinson, Robert Plenderleith, Samuel Wilkes, Sidney Ball, Sidney Glover, Thomas Chow, Thomas Cope, Walter Alexander, Westley Stilcoe, Wilfred Phelps, William Evans, William Wyton, William Hughes, William Norris, William Francis
There was a sad repetition of the old heartrending and pitiable scenes, brothers torn from brothers and sisters. Large numbers of residents from all over the country were in attendance and kind hearts tried to pacify the sobs of the little ones but there were nevertheless some touching scenes……some of the boys were brave…fought to keep back the tears, while saying good-bye to their youthful commrades.There were 5 siblings in one family - the Bagley’s - must be the ones mentioned in the article who were all separated.
We have a page on our website for the Bagley family
https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/the-bagley-family.html?fbclid=IwAR0DsTl-UebtQK7MxhBaEZPuijBEkAymhyfNGUfEKaFWn5-f2EitnS1S_gw
Placements were mentioned for these children: William Bagley, Thos Short, Richard Bagley, Walter Bagley, Elsie Brown, Lucy Brown, Cluney Macpherson, Herbert McKay, Alfred Mallard, Wallace Matthew, Annie Dorothy, Elsie Burnell, Lea Ballard.
Children in this party include - Last name first:
BARRINGTON Ethel ANDREWS Andrew ASHBURN Richard ASTLEY Emma BAGLEY R C BAGLEY Walter A BAGLEY William H BAGLEY Leonard BAGLEY Annie BALLARD William G BALLARD Alfred BALLARD Leah BALLARD Annie BANKS Lily BARTON John BELL B Florence BELLASON Hanna BELLIFIELD Francis BIDDLE Ada E BLAKE Adelaide Lillian BLAKE Florence R BOND Arthur H BROOKES Benjamin BROWN Walter BROWN Harriet BROWN Lucy BROWN Elsie BROWN Lizzie BURNELL Elsie M CALDICOTT Frank CASHMORE Harry CHAMBERS William CHERRY William J CHERRY Rose CLARKE Frederick CLARKE Priscilla CLUTTERWORTH Beatrice DUNHILL Edgar DUNHILL Robert ELLIS Beatrice ESSEX James ESSEX Edith EVANS G W FLEMING Wilfred FLEMING James FRANCIS George FRANCIS Elizabeth FRANCIS Ada FYFIELD Annie FYFIELD Elizabeth FYFIELD Emma GOLDING William H GOLDING James H GOODMAN William GRAHAM William F HALE Thomas HAYES William HAYES Harry HAYES Caroline HERBERT William J HERBERT Robert J HOLMES Mary HOOPER Charles A HOOPER John H HORTON Charles HORTON Leah HUNTLEY George F R HURDIES Margaret HURDIES Elizabeth JAGGERS Joseph JONES Sarah L KIRKWOOD May KNIGHT Charles LEAD Frank LEAD W W LOVE P Lionel MALIN Henry MATTHEWS Walter J MATTHEWS Hilda J McCAVE Herbert Wm H McPHERSON Cluny MELLOR Emily G MILLINGTON James MILLINGTON Ada MUDIE James MUDIE Kate NASH J W G OSBORNE Charles PEACH Arthur PEACH Sidney PERRIN Emily PERRY Dick PHILLIPS Robert PINFIELD William C PINFIELD Frances PIQUET Arnock V POINTING William POINTING Walter POINTING Jessie POOLE Howard POOLE Francis W SCOTT Walter SCOTT Clara SHORT Thomas SMITH Joseph STOCK Robert W THOMAS Rose THOMAS Daisy TICKNER G W TICKNER Albert TICKNER Walter TOWNSEND Joshua H VAUGHAN Archibald WHEELER George WHEELER Frederick WHEELER William WHITTLE Albert WHITTLE Robert WHITTLE Albert WHITTLE Robert WILLIAM Frederick H WILLIAM Frederick H YENN William YENN William
We have a page on our website for the Bagley family
https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/the-bagley-family.html?fbclid=IwAR0DsTl-UebtQK7MxhBaEZPuijBEkAymhyfNGUfEKaFWn5-f2EitnS1S_gw
Placements were mentioned for these children: William Bagley, Thos Short, Richard Bagley, Walter Bagley, Elsie Brown, Lucy Brown, Cluney Macpherson, Herbert McKay, Alfred Mallard, Wallace Matthew, Annie Dorothy, Elsie Burnell, Lea Ballard.
Children in this party include - Last name first:
BARRINGTON Ethel ANDREWS Andrew ASHBURN Richard ASTLEY Emma BAGLEY R C BAGLEY Walter A BAGLEY William H BAGLEY Leonard BAGLEY Annie BALLARD William G BALLARD Alfred BALLARD Leah BALLARD Annie BANKS Lily BARTON John BELL B Florence BELLASON Hanna BELLIFIELD Francis BIDDLE Ada E BLAKE Adelaide Lillian BLAKE Florence R BOND Arthur H BROOKES Benjamin BROWN Walter BROWN Harriet BROWN Lucy BROWN Elsie BROWN Lizzie BURNELL Elsie M CALDICOTT Frank CASHMORE Harry CHAMBERS William CHERRY William J CHERRY Rose CLARKE Frederick CLARKE Priscilla CLUTTERWORTH Beatrice DUNHILL Edgar DUNHILL Robert ELLIS Beatrice ESSEX James ESSEX Edith EVANS G W FLEMING Wilfred FLEMING James FRANCIS George FRANCIS Elizabeth FRANCIS Ada FYFIELD Annie FYFIELD Elizabeth FYFIELD Emma GOLDING William H GOLDING James H GOODMAN William GRAHAM William F HALE Thomas HAYES William HAYES Harry HAYES Caroline HERBERT William J HERBERT Robert J HOLMES Mary HOOPER Charles A HOOPER John H HORTON Charles HORTON Leah HUNTLEY George F R HURDIES Margaret HURDIES Elizabeth JAGGERS Joseph JONES Sarah L KIRKWOOD May KNIGHT Charles LEAD Frank LEAD W W LOVE P Lionel MALIN Henry MATTHEWS Walter J MATTHEWS Hilda J McCAVE Herbert Wm H McPHERSON Cluny MELLOR Emily G MILLINGTON James MILLINGTON Ada MUDIE James MUDIE Kate NASH J W G OSBORNE Charles PEACH Arthur PEACH Sidney PERRIN Emily PERRY Dick PHILLIPS Robert PINFIELD William C PINFIELD Frances PIQUET Arnock V POINTING William POINTING Walter POINTING Jessie POOLE Howard POOLE Francis W SCOTT Walter SCOTT Clara SHORT Thomas SMITH Joseph STOCK Robert W THOMAS Rose THOMAS Daisy TICKNER G W TICKNER Albert TICKNER Walter TOWNSEND Joshua H VAUGHAN Archibald WHEELER George WHEELER Frederick WHEELER William WHITTLE Albert WHITTLE Robert WHITTLE Albert WHITTLE Robert WILLIAM Frederick H WILLIAM Frederick H YENN William YENN William
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Dorothy Annie Fell, Glady Ida Hatton, Winifred May Jordan, Evelyn Smith, Mabel Bennett, Irene Bennett, Kathleen Large, Ethel Maid Shepherd, Eunice Lilian Shepherd, Alice Phillips, Ada Phillips, Florence Mabel Evans, Doris Maud Cattell, Mirian Duggins, Elizabeth Prince, Gertrude Quiney, Ivy Gibson, Ada Elizabeth Lines, Mary Priscilla Pitt, Marie Louise Reeves, Mabel Victoria Beech, Alice Edith Stiloge, Doris Gwendoline O'Hanlon, Lily Wilson
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Alexander Angus Black, Walter Wesson, Thoams Henr D, A. Bavis, Edward Davis, William Henry Davis, James Daniel Wright, Sydney Charles Horbor, Walter Edwards, William Edwin Baird., Arthur Oswald Hanson, John Shaw Hanson, Arthur John Thomas, Frederick Vale, Joseph Brueton, Harold Baker, William Quickshank, William Hammond, GeorgeWilliam Ratcliffe, Frederic Percy Taylor
1928 Application for a Middlemore boy
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July 7, 1928 party of girls
the 1928-07-07 party of Middlemore girls. Aboard the NEWFOUNDLAND. This photo was take in England the day before the girls left. There were boys in this party but they are not in the photo.
Alice Annie Birch, Amelia Reason, Annie Ashton, Annie Fereday, , Dorothy May Adie, Edith Marion parsons, Elsie Jean Taylor, Florence May Thompson, Hilda B Weston, Nellie Flavell, Rose Burrows
Alice Annie Birch, Amelia Reason, Annie Ashton, Annie Fereday, , Dorothy May Adie, Edith Marion parsons, Elsie Jean Taylor, Florence May Thompson, Hilda B Weston, Nellie Flavell, Rose Burrows
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Hannah E Thomas
Immigrated in 1903. Given Name(s): Hannah E Surname: THOMAS Age: 11 Gender: F Ship: CARTHAGINIAN Port of Departure: Liverpool Date of Departure: 1908-05-16 Port of Arrival: Halifax Date of Arrival: 1908-05-28 Year of Arrival: 1908 Party: Middlemore Homes Destination: Halifax, Nova Scotia Florence G Toft Given Name(s): Florence G Surname: TOFT Age: 4 Gender: F Ship: CARTHAGINIAN Port of Departure: Liverpool Date of Departure: 1907-05-11 Port of Arrival: Halifax Date of Arrival: 1907-05-24 Year of Arrival: 1907 Party: Middlemore Homes Destination: Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Above two photographs Fairview c 1941
Source: Nova Scotia Canada
Source: Nova Scotia Canada
Children's Immigration Charity
The Dominion Illustrated - September 21 1889
