The Holland Familly - Child Immigrants to Canada on the S.S. Sarnia
Child Immigrants to Canada
on the SS Polynesian, Allen Line, May 1873
Departed Liverpool 15 May 1873, Arrived Quebec 25 May 1873
Believed to be going to The Children's Home, Hamilton, Ontario
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Robert Holland's Story

The Children's Home
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  1. Chronological History
  2. Newspaper Articles

    3. 1873 May 29, Spectator
    1873 Jun 3, Hamilton Evening Times
    1874 Oct 7, Hamilton Times
  3. Children to Hamilton

    4. 1873 May, SS Polynesian
    1874 Sep, SS Texas
    1884 May, SS Sarnia
    About the SS Sarnia
Internet Links		 Sources:
  1. Spectator, May 29, 1873, stated that 35 boys and 14 girls arrived in Quebec on "Sunday last". (May 29, 1873, was a Thursday, May 25, 1873 was a Sunday)
  2. Hamilton Evening Times, June 3, 1873, stated that 50 boys and girls arrived "a few days ago".
  3. National Archives of Canada on-line search for Home Children (search terms used: Polynesian, 25 May 1873)
Notes from NAC database:
  1. The letter m or f, indicating the child's gender was illegible.
  2. The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher.
  3. Due to the poor legibitlity of the original records, some information in this database may be incorrector and/or incomplete.
  4. Unaccompanied young people.

 
Data 
Entry
Order
Last
First
Calculated
Birth
Year
Age
Sex
Notes
1 Langdon E. 1855 17 - 1
13 Brown Agnes L. 1856 16 F 3
29 Johnston Ellen 1853 19 F 3
35 Offard Agnes 1856 16 F 3
40 Saunders Emily 1853 19 F 3
41 Saunders Hannah 1856 16 F 3
42 Saunders Lizzie 1853 19 F 3
43 Street Mary E. 1854 18 F 3
9 Barrow Charles 1853 19 M 3
2 Beechman Henry 1856 16 M 2
10 Bray George 1855 17 M 3
11 Bray John 1859 13 M 3
12 Broadhurst William 1854 18 M 3
14 Bullock Daniel 1854 18 M 3
3 Cage Arthur 1855 17 M 2
15 Caley Joseph 1852 20 M 3
16 Cotter Thomas 1853 19 M 3
17 Dixon Thomas 1855 17 M 3
18 Durrant Daniel 1856 16 M 3
19 Dyer Edwin 1854 18 M 3
20 Furger Charles 1859 13 M 3
21 Furger John 1857 15 M 3
22 Gibson William 1854 18 M 3
23 Gillespie Robert 1857 15 M 3
24 Goldby Alfred 1855 17 M 3
25 Hands John 1854 18 M 3
26 Hill George 1854 18 M 3
4 Horn Henry 1857 15 M 2
5 Horn Thomas 1855 17 M 2
27 Jeffery Joseph 1853 19 M 3
28 Jeffries Frederick 1854 18 M 3
30 Johnston John 1854 18 M 3
31 Johnston Robert 1856 16 M 3
32 Johnston Samuel 1853 19 M 3
33 Kirkwood Robert 1856 16 M 3
6 Laker Walter 1855 17 M 2
7 Loy Thomas 1855 17 M 2
34 Mills Robert 1855 17 M 3
8 Moorhead John 1853 19 M 2
36 Osgood Henry 1854 18 M 3
37 Owen Rowland 1854 18 M 3
38 Potter Robert 1856 16 M 3
39 Reid William 1853 19 M 3
44 Stirling Robert 1854 18 M 3
45 Tamer Charles 1854 18 M 3
46 Thomas James 1858 14 M 3
47 Thomas Joseph 1853 19 M 3
48 Wainwright Herbert 1857 15 M 3
49 Weeks Charles 1854 18 M 3


I believe these are the first children to go to the Children's Home in Hamilton, Ontario, based on the sources used above.  To obtain more information about your Children's Home ancestor you may request information by writing to:

NCH Action for Children (National Children's Homes)
Ashwood Project, 85 Highbury Park, London, England, N5 IUD.
Phone:   084 5762 6579.  Fax:   020 7226 2537.
Email:  [email protected]
Website:  http://www.nchafc.org.uk/