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The golden bridge : young immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939 / Marjorie Kohli ; foreword by J.A. David Lorente.
- Title
- The golden bridge : young immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939 / Marjorie Kohli ; foreword by J.A. David Lorente.
- Author
- Kohli, Marjorie.
- Publication
- Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, c2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HV1006 .K64 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 462 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The majority of young immigrants transported to Canada between 1833 and 1939 were from Great Britain and Ireland. The young immigrants were often orphans and were known as "home children.".
- Subject
- Orphans > Canada > History
- Immigrant children > Canada > History
- Home children (Canadian immigrants) > History
- Orphans > Great Britain > History
- Orphans > Ireland > History
- British > Canada > Genealogy
- Irish > Canada > Genealogy
- Enfants immigrants > Canada > Histoire
- Enfants abandonnés britanniques (Immigrants canadiens)
- Canada > History
- Great Britain > History
- Ireland > History
- Canada > Histoire
- Grande-Bretagne > Histoire
- Genre/Form
- Genealogy
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-437) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT; CHAPTER 1 Conditions in the United Kingdom Which Led to Emigration; CHAPTER 2 Canada: Promise of a New Beginning; CHAPTER 3 The Voyage Over; CHAPTER 4 The Work Begins; CHAPTER 5 The Work Grows: Major Agencies; CHAPTER 6 Latecomers and Smaller Organizations; CHAPTER 7 Roman Catholic Participation; CHAPTER 8 Poor Law Participation in Emigration; CHAPTER 9 Reformatories, Industrial Schools and Ragged Schools; CHAPTER 10 Female Immigration; APPENDIX A: Text of Forms Used by Various Organizations.
- APPENDIX B: Father Seddon's Last Party of ChildrenAPPENDIX C: Limerick Union Party of 1865; APPENDIX D: A Fegan Boy's Story; APPENDIX E: Text of a 1903 Barnardo Advertisement; APPENDIX F: Smyly Home Boys Who Enlisted from Canada October 8,1915; APPENDIX G: Number of Children Immigrated Recorded; APPENDIX H: Circular of 1895 Sent to Agencies Involved with Immigrant Children; APPENDIX I: List of Institutions: Reformatories, Farm Schools, Industrial Schools, Ragged Schools; APPENDIX J: Home Children Canada; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
- ISBN
- 189621990X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2004380636
- OCLC
- 52493365
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library