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Arthur Prentiss

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From the Brandon Sun Weekly, June 18, 1896

Bert Davis
accused of shooting
Frederick Grenville, Thorold, Ontario


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The evening Telegram Jan 9 1897

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A Barnardo Boy in Trouble - The British Colonist, January 14, 1897
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May 1896 Ups and Downs
​Villa Nova column on page 4 of the 3 Nov 1910 issue 
of the Waterford Star newspaper. The same article appears on page 7 of the 10 Nov 1910 issue of the Simcoe Reformer.
Boy Hung Himself
Francis Box, a home boy, who has worked on the Thos. H. Johnston farm at Boston for two years, hung himself Tuesday afternoon.
He was found hanging from a hay rack lifter at the top of the barn.
The boy had been acting queer for two or three days, but nothing was thought of it until was found dead. There is no doubt his mind was deranged.
A representantive of the Home and 
Dr. R. J. Teeter, coroner, made an investigation yesterday morning.
A lightly edited partial transcription of the Villa Nova column on page 5 of the 17 Nov 1910 issue of the Waterford Star newspaper.
The suicide of a young Bernardo boy on Tuesday of last week at the home of his employer, Mr. Frank Johnston, near Boston, caused considerable excitement in this section.
The usual optimism of a boy of 13 years seems so directly opposed to self destruction that one can hardly conceive of any condition of mind aside from insanity as a cause.
Dr. Teeter, as coroner, with Mr. Johnston, as official representation of the Boys' Home in Toronto, carefully investigated the circumstances and found clear evidence of suicide.
The despondency leading up to it seems to have been induced by the the death of Mr. Thos. Johnson, which occurred about six weeks ago, and with whom he was especially friendly.
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Lawrence Gowland

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The Montreal Gazette May 22 1907

Johnnie Powell

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The Morning Telegram June 23 1898
Morning Telegram
June 23, 1898

"Further Particulars of the Murder and Suicide"
THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION

Shaw, of Carberry, Visits the Scene
The Youthful Murderer Upset
Everything in the House
Before the Crime.

Austin, Man., June 22.--The coroner (Dr. Shaw, of Carberry), visited the scene of the murder this morning, but deemed an inquest unnecessary, as all the circumstances point very conclusively that the boy Powell shot Charlie Wheeler, and then committed suicide. The cow that Powell was milking when Mr. Wheeler went away was not finished, so he must have commenced his depredations shortly after Mr. Wheeler left the farm. the milk house was in a badly mixed up state, all of the pans being upset on the floor which was an inch thick with milk and cream. He also upset things in the house, emptied the coal oil can, broke dishes and smashed a window. He then must have proceeded to do his deadly work, first procuring the revolver and cartridges, then led Charlie to the barn and shot him into the left temple. He then took out the empty cartridges and turned the cylinder back, then opened his own shirt, put the revolver to his breast and fired. The cartridge with which Charlies was shot has not yet been found, there being in the revolver only one space and one empty cartridge and two loaded cartridges. The stable in which the murder was committed is a log building about 30 by 40, with a row of stalls along the south side and a door on the east side, right behind the stalls. Charlies Wheeler's body was lying cross-wise of the door about four feet back. Powell's body was partly in the first stall. when Mrs. Wheeler came home she put her horse in this first stall and must have passed within two feet of both bodies.

Dr. Shaw states that both shots could not have been better placed by an expert for their deadly effect, death being instantaneous in both cases, the younger child dying with a smile on his lips, the parents of the murdered child are nearly heartbroken. Powell was always very much thought of by both Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler. He seemed gentle with the children and was very obedient and well behaved, never showing the least sign of violent temper. He always professed great love for the children but has been known to say to another Barnardo boy living near, that he hated Charlie. No other motive for the crime has been discovered excepting Mr. Wheeler's refusel [sic] to allow him to attend the picnic.

Mr. White, of the Barnardo home in Winnipeg is expected on tonight's express. the double funeral is tomorrow at 1 o'clock."

The Manitoba and west Canada lancet : [Vol. 6, no. 4 (Aug. 1898)
on Johnie Powell


Robert Shaw

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Montreal gazette june 25 1938


Oliver Cox

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The Montrel Gazette April 28, 1911

According the Oliver's enlistment records, he was born on July 6 1891 in South Hampton, England. In 1904 he was brought to Canada by the Dr. Barnardo Homes. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Trehenne, Manitoba, Canada. His next of kin was given as an uncle named George Ebram of London, England and his occupation was farmer. 

Robert Webster

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The Evening Star July 22 1897


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James Stevens

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Toronto Star
Friday, March 26, 1915

The Jury on the murder of Annie Violet Armstrong by James Stevens, a Barnardo boy, who afterwards killed himself, near Orangeville, criticized the Barnardo Homes for lack of attention to their habits and training of boys placed in Canadian homes. 

Arthur Graines

Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 12 February 1929
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Arthur Walter Grimes arrived in Canada in 1922 with the National Children's Homes. He was taken to Hamilton Ontario. 

William Edward Smith

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William Oliver Stephens (1912) – death, funeral, inquest

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Nicholas Thompson 1925 ​

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​Lethbridge Herald
August 5, 1925

"ASSAULTS BARNARDO BOY

PORT HOPE, Ont., Aug 5--Everett Zeeland, a farmer, has been arrested on a charge of assaulting Nicholas Thompson, 14, a Barnardo boy, who was in his employ. The boy is said to have run away from the farm on July 30, but was brought back. He left again Sunday and it is stated that he was assaulted by Zeeland when again apprehended. A representative of the Barnardo Home is coming here to investigate the matter."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 6, 1925

"Alleged Assault on Barnardo Home Boy Leads to Charge

Port Hope, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- Provincial Constable Tom Cousans today laid a charge of assault occasional actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thomson, Barnardo boy, against Everett Zealand, who is being summoned to appear before Magistrate W. A. P. Campbell here on Monday morning. The Barnardo home authorities are taking an active interest in the case."

Toronto Star
August 11, 1925

"FARMER IS FINE $2 FOR STRAPPING BOY

Is Found Guilty of Assault Against a 15-Year-old Barnardo Boy

SAYS NO BLAME

Magistrate Says He Would Have Been Tempted to Strap the Boy

Special to Star Weekly by Staff Reporter

Port Hope, Aug. 11.--Everett Zealand, a Hope township farmer, was found technically guilty by Magistrate Campbell of committing a common assault on Nicholas Thompson, a fifteen-year-old Barnardo boy in his employ. He was fined two dollars and costs with the alternative of one month's imprisonment.

The magistrate agree with the contention of the defense that the evidence did not warrant conviction on the charge as laid, namely assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, and in which contention the crown concurred. The magistrate declared that it was only right that the case should be aired in court. He paid a tribute to the Barnardo Homes as an admirable institution which had the reputation of looking well after their charges.

'Some boys were easier to get along with than others, and some required severe treatment,' he said. 'This boy was not a bad sort on the whole. He has admitted being somewhat untruthful, but has given his evidence in a very frank manner, and on the whole I would fancy he was not such a hard boy to get along with.

'The boy,' continued the court, 'had laid himself open to punishment,' but according to the contract with Barnardo's Home he could not see that Zealand had the right to administer corporate punishment.

'If I were entering into an agreement with the homes for taking a boy, I would want a little more specific power. Some of these boys need punishment, and I think the best punishment for some of them is the strap. I don't blame Zealand one iota for what he did. I think had I been in his place I would have been tempted to do all he did an possibly a little bit more. But legally I don't think he he was justified in doing it.'

In imposing a conviction, the court said that no great harm was done to the boy. In his evidence Zealand denied licking the boy with a pulley belt, but said it was with one play of a leather trace. He said he had no more intention of strapping him for not finishing hoeing the turnips than he had of going to China, but he thought the threat would waken him up."

Winnipeg Free Press
August 11, 1925

"Ontario Farmer Fined for Beating Barnardo Boy

Port Hope, Ont., Aug. 10--Following conviction on a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thompson, a ward of the Barnardo Home, Toronto, Everett Zealand, farmer, of Hope Township, was today in police court fined $2 and costs or one month in jail.

In delivering sentence, Magistrate Campbell said Zeland's [sic] contract with the young Thompson did not imply the right to administer corporal punishment."

On June 18, 1927, Nickolas McM. Thompson, 16, farmhand, returned to England on the ship Minnedosa. His intended residence was to be Dr. Barnardos Homes, 18-26 Stepney Causeway, E.1., London, England.

Fred Phillips 1912

Elijah Barrowclough -Wesleyville, Ontario, Canada
​Item: Frederick PHILLIPS (59796)
Given Name(s):    Frederick
Surname:    PHILLIPS
Gender:    M
Age:    8
Year of Arrival:    1905
Ship:    CANADA
Date of Departure:    1905-09-28
Date of Arrival:    1905-10-06
Port of Arrival:    Quebec
Party:    Barnardo Homes
Destination:    Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario
Children travelling together:    Q05BI
Type of Records:    Passenger Lists
Microfilm Reel Number:    T-485
Reference:    RG 76 C1a
Source:    Library and Archives Canada
Database Item Number:    59796​


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