Barnardo's Toronto, Ontario Maternity Home
Left: from the 1909 Johnston's Street and Street Railway Guide of Toronto, showing a Barnardo's girls' Home still on Bathurst.
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According to Brian Rolfe, this home was established in about 1895. Prior to that, the girls may have stay at Hazelbrae in Peterborough during their confinements.
The Farley Street headquarters for Barnardo's in about 1908 move to Peter Street
"It seems likely that 214 Farley was not
vacated by the organization; the shelter for Barnardo
servants who had become pregnant moved to the vacated 214
Farley, later known as 664 Richmond Street" - Brian Rolfe
664 Richmond Street has come up on death certificates for children born to unwed Barnardo girls. We know as of 1912 these children were being born at that address.
The Farley Street headquarters for Barnardo's in about 1908 move to Peter Street
"It seems likely that 214 Farley was not
vacated by the organization; the shelter for Barnardo
servants who had become pregnant moved to the vacated 214
Farley, later known as 664 Richmond Street" - Brian Rolfe
664 Richmond Street has come up on death certificates for children born to unwed Barnardo girls. We know as of 1912 these children were being born at that address.
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Names listed with Clara Davis on the 1891 Census
Francis J Davis 40 Clara Davis 40 Malcolm E Davis 16 Sidney H Davis 15 John A Davis 13 George S Davis 11 Clara E Davis 10 Edith E Davis 9 Edward M Davis 5 William Davis 4 Thomas A Butler 15 Eliza Mank 16 Lillian Mank 2/12 Mary Burroughs 18 Edward Burroughs 1/12 |
The names of the girls listed here on the 1901 Toronto Census are:
Matilda Waite 21 Geo S Waite 1 Katharine Green 19 Blanche Hayes 17 (name mis-spelled in transcription) Lily Hayes 1/12 Alice Forwood 20 Lillie Beale 17 Lousia Blake 22 Jessie Blake 1/12 Selina Ford 15 |
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Immigration records found so far:
Surname: WAITE Given Name: Matilda Age: 13 Sex: F Ship: Labrador Year of Arrival: 1893 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1893-10-09 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 19 October 1893 Party: Barnardo Homes Destination: Peterborough, Ontario Comments: Girls to Peterborough Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4540 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together Surname: BEALE Given Name: L. Age: 13 Sex: F Ship: Vancouver Year of Arrival: 1897 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1897-07-29 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 1897-08-07 Party: Barnardo Homes Destination: Toronto, Ontario Comments: Party of 137 children. Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4541 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together Surname: BLAKE Given Name: Louisa Age: 12 Sex: F Ship: Caspian Year of Arrival: 1889 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1889-08-15 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 1889-08-25 Party: Barnardo Homes Destination: Peterborough, Ontario Comments: Group of 106 children to Peterborough. Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4537 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together |
Surname: HAYES
Given Name: Blanche Age: 13 Sex: F Ship: Labrador Year of Arrival: 1898 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1898-07-14 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 1898-07-25 Party: Barnardo Homes Destination: Peterborough, Ontario Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4542 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together Surname: FORWOOD Given Name: Alice Age: 12 Sex: F Ship: Sardinian Year of Arrival: 1892 Departure Port: Liverpool Departure Date: 1892-10-13 Arrival Port: Quebec Arrival Date: 1892-10-22 Party: Barnardo Homes Destination: Peterborough, Ontario Comments: 127 girls, difficult to read Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher Source: Library and Archives Canada Reference: RG 76 C1a Microfilm: C-4539 Type of Record: Passenger Lists Group of Children Traveling Together Also somewhere in Ontario, outside a major city would, for a short time, been an infants home. |
