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From: Sheila Beatty Alexander <>
Subject: Re: [ORPHANAGES] STREET surname & new member question
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:19:00 -0500
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William: I don't know much about the Home Children (in comparison with
others), however, I believe there were instances where contact was kept
with family members and that family members also immigrated. Have you
contacted David Lorente (the Canadian Home Children expert)? If not,
answer back and I will give you his email address. David will not be at
home for a month though, he is visiting in England.

Sheila Beatty Alexander
Arkansas, USA

William Street wrote:

> Hello everyone;
> I'm new to this list and would like to have a look in the list
> archives. Can anyone tell me how I can do this?
> My research involves my husband's grandfather, James Glenville
> Street. Not much is known except that James was born in Manchester in
> 1886, was an orphan for most of his life, and was "sent" to Ontario,
> Canada at about age 15 (c1901). James lived in the Toronto area and
> married in 1912, and died in 1964. He had a sister, Annie Street, a
> spinster who came to Toronto, Ontario, date unknown. She lived there
> in the 20's and 30's and died c1940.
> I have been investigating the "Home" child possibilities and have
> found that James was not sent by Barnardos. I know that there are
> other organizations to check. But I find it strange that James had
> contact with Annie - from what family has said (and they know very
> little) I don't think they came to Canada together and from what I've
> heard of Home children, there was no contact with family members once
> they'd been "taken in". One of my husband's cousins has a photograph
> of James' father (so I've been told) and I wonder how an orphan or a
> Home child would have had any personal effects such as that
> photograph.
> In any event I'm hoping that this list will educate me further
> about orphanages in England and give me new hope and fresh leads in my
> search to discover more about my husband's grandfather, James Street.
> Thanks for reading all this, and for any information passed along
> from list members who have more experience in this area.
> Regards,
> Cathy Street
> Durham County, Ontario, Canada
>
>
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