Report of inspection of Home children [1875, 1886] 
(Archives of Ontario, RG 11-7) 
Published with permission

Series consists of an inspection report of Home Children who had been sent to Ontario in the several years preceding 1875 and 1886, when the inspections were carried out. The report is in the form of a register which includes the following headings: name; age; where [the child was] born [city / town or in some cases country are given]; if [the child has] been in [a] workhouse and where [city]; when [s/he] came to Canada [year]; with Miss Rye or Miss MacPherson; religion; name and post office address of guardian or employer; wages per month; nature of employment; remarks on conduct; etc.

Children are listed as having been sent out to placements in the following communities in Ontario: Newcastle, Bradford, Mount Forest, Guelph, Chatham, and London. While most of the children listed in the report are English, names of a few Irish and Scottish children also appear. These inspections were performed under pressure from British authorities and humanitarians who were concerned about abusive living conditions.

names appearing in this document:
Clara Hardy, Lillie May, Joseph Perrott, Mary Jane Churcher, Jane Barlow, Amelia Egan, Una Richards, Annie Lyons, Anna Whitford, Annie Nye, Louisa Bailey, ellen Tennant or Ellen Tarrant, Ellen Connor, Sarah Goddard, Eliza Hall, Mary Goddard, Isabella Fraser, Mary Stewart, Elizabeth Mitchell, Matilda Brown, E. Nicholson, Agnes Champion, Eliz Epps, Elezth Epps, Sarah Emery, Mary Ann Law, Mary Thompson, Alice Churcher, Martha Cole, Eliz Driscoll  to the end of page 3
For information on the Maria Rye children please contact
Maria Rye Home Children Database
Gail Collins      1869-1879  gcollen@sympatico.ca
Chris Sanham  1880-1896  chris@sanham.com