tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post239117158508597287..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: How many surviving British Home Children?JDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-87249143224364447752016-07-02T17:00:52.412-04:002016-07-02T17:00:52.412-04:00Thank you for the comment and information Janice.
...Thank you for the comment and information Janice.<br /><br />It's gratifying to see that despite the difficult start to their lives they lived to a good age. I'm interested to see a home child marrying another home child - it seems that happened more often than you'd expect based on their numbers in the population.JDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-54555017212158137812016-07-02T16:40:50.145-04:002016-07-02T16:40:50.145-04:00My paternal grandpa and my grandma were both Briti...My paternal grandpa and my grandma were both British Home children. Grandpa, William Preston Davis died in 1971 in BC(DOB 1884) Grandma, Margaret Jane Kerr died in 1987 also in BC(DOB1889.) Grandma's sister Mary Anne Kerr was also a home child. Mary was born in Belfast in 1891. We don't know when she died. My generation has no contact with her children. We never knew them. Her husband Jan Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491815327250640801noreply@blogger.com