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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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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