John Joseph Kelso
Provincial Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children
More from Kelso's journal:
1894"March 15. Had a conference with J Howard Hunter re
>child insurance and spoke strongly against the
>practice.
March 21.
Wrote yesterday to the English houses re boys at
Bolton Woollen Mills and learned this morning that 4
boys went there from the Barnardo Home.
March 22. Visit from Mr Davis representing the
Barnardo Home re boys ill-treated at the Bolton
Woollen Mills. Wrote to Mr Walshaw asking for
explanation of the charges made....Had call today from
factory inspector Brown re the Bolton case.
March 24. Wrote to Walshaw of Bolton urging him to be
more careful in dealing with the English boys under
his charge. So as to avoid complaints.
July 13. [The reader should consult the first
installment to put this entry in context. BR.]Miss
Sanderson writes today saying she is delighted to know
I am so much interested in the Barnardo girls. Miss S.
was formerly the lady Visitor for the Girls' Home at
Peterborough. [She is now connected to a place called
the 'Haven', probably in Toronto, possibly a maternity
home of an infant care home.-BR.]
Oct 11. DJ O'Donoghue called today and asked for
particulars of the conference. Seemed to think the
Trades and Labor Council ought to have been invited.
Nov 27. Peterborough. During the afternoon visited
Hazel Brae the Barnardo Home for girls. Met there Miss
Woodgate the supt, Miss Bessie Code Secy, Miss Loveday
and Miss Gibb Visiting agents.
Nov 28. Spent several hours at the Barnardo Home for
English Girls: 85 shildren from 6 to 12 years of age
had arrived from England during the night and I was
desirous of seeing what they looked like. Some of them
seemed to bear in their faces the inherited seeds of
vice but the majority appeared to be happy and
well-dispositioned children.
They are to be boarded out at the rate of $5 per month
or so until they become acquainted with the country
and ready for situations.
1894"March 15. Had a conference with J Howard Hunter re
>child insurance and spoke strongly against the
>practice.
March 21.
Wrote yesterday to the English houses re boys at
Bolton Woollen Mills and learned this morning that 4
boys went there from the Barnardo Home.
March 22. Visit from Mr Davis representing the
Barnardo Home re boys ill-treated at the Bolton
Woollen Mills. Wrote to Mr Walshaw asking for
explanation of the charges made....Had call today from
factory inspector Brown re the Bolton case.
March 24. Wrote to Walshaw of Bolton urging him to be
more careful in dealing with the English boys under
his charge. So as to avoid complaints.
July 13. [The reader should consult the first
installment to put this entry in context. BR.]Miss
Sanderson writes today saying she is delighted to know
I am so much interested in the Barnardo girls. Miss S.
was formerly the lady Visitor for the Girls' Home at
Peterborough. [She is now connected to a place called
the 'Haven', probably in Toronto, possibly a maternity
home of an infant care home.-BR.]
Oct 11. DJ O'Donoghue called today and asked for
particulars of the conference. Seemed to think the
Trades and Labor Council ought to have been invited.
Nov 27. Peterborough. During the afternoon visited
Hazel Brae the Barnardo Home for girls. Met there Miss
Woodgate the supt, Miss Bessie Code Secy, Miss Loveday
and Miss Gibb Visiting agents.
Nov 28. Spent several hours at the Barnardo Home for
English Girls: 85 shildren from 6 to 12 years of age
had arrived from England during the night and I was
desirous of seeing what they looked like. Some of them
seemed to bear in their faces the inherited seeds of
vice but the majority appeared to be happy and
well-dispositioned children.
They are to be boarded out at the rate of $5 per month
or so until they become acquainted with the country
and ready for situations.
