2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Children’s Emigration Homes in Highgate, founded by John Middlemore. Between the years 1873 and 1954 they emigrated over 5000 children chiefly to Canada but also to Australia. The Commonwealth Games & The Lost Children Project Over 100,000 children were emigrated …
Local Genealogical Society: British Home Children – a register of all children sent to Canada https://www.britishhomechildrenregistry.com Midland Ancestors (BMSGH) https://midland-ancestors.uk/ Free Resources: Family Search https://www.familysearch.org Free BMD https://www.freebmd.org.uk Subscription Genealogy Sites: Ancestry – free to use in Birmingham and Solihull libraries https://www.ancestry.co.uk Find My Past – free to use in …
Passenger lists, & Immigration Tips www.olivetree genealogy.com WW1 Military records www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/british-soldiers-ww1-service-records.htm WW2 Military records www.forces-war-records.co.uk/Records Middlemore Atlantic Society www.middlemoreatlanticsociety.com British Home Children Advocacy www.britishhomechildren.com
The Historical Timeline Of The Middlemore Homes Progress of the Homes Reports & Legislation 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act setting up workhouses 1850 Emigration of Children Act permitted assisted emigration of workhouse children 1869 Maria Rye’s first party to Canada including some workhouse children 1869 Canada Immigration Act required medical …
Here’s the new Leaflet / Flyer for the ongoing Lost Children Project Exhibition.Please download, print and distribute it freely. The older, original leaflets for the exhibition are below:
Here you can listen to an informative and interesting interview about the lost children project that was featured on Radio WM ( West Midlands UK)
Here are some Middlemore related,interesting, informative and educational links… Fairbridge Farm School Canada A story of British Home Children on Vancouver Island British Home Children in CanadaPlenty of good information on this website Middlemore Atlantic SocietyPhoto Galleries and much more… Books About MiddlemoreA fine selection of reading material
These educational resources are freely available for all teachers and provide a great starting point for lesson plans, workshops or group discussions. Click Here For The Lost Children School Packs Key Stage Two This pack is aimed at children in Key Stage 2. It is about the Middlemore Children’s Emigration …
1. Great Canadian Expectations by Patricia Roberts-Pichette An Excellent Book about the Middlemoe Homes specifically 2. ancestry.co.uk Access to a host of records. 3. www.olivetreegenealogy.com Olive Tree Genealogy has Passenger Lists, Immigration Tips, Canada, Military, Genealogy Guide. Canadian Genealogy: I have a lot of interest in Canadian Genealogy (especially Ontario) …
These links for researchers point to the online catalogue for the Birmingham library in the U.K. The online catalogue lists all the resources stored physically at the Library itself. You will need to actually visit the library in order to view the material in person. 1 – Application books 2 …
Marjorie – Too Afraid to Cry Saturday 21st September at 2.00 pm The Lyttelton Theatre at the Birmingham & Midland Institute (Margaret Street B3 3BS, near to the Council House) Free Admission, no pre-booking required Approx 1 hour duration, includes a Q&A session. In February 1937, ten-year-old Marjorie Arnison was …
Saturday 14th September at 2.30 pm The Lyttelton Theatre at the Birmingham & Midland Institute (Margaret Street B3 3BS, near to the Council House) Free Admission! no pre-booking required Approx 1 hour duration, includes a Q&A session. A unique opportunity to hear from the leading expert on The Birmingham Children’s …
A Heritage Lottery Funded Project The Background In 1873, twenty-six waifs and strays, from the poorest backgrounds imaginable, set sail for Toronto, Canada, some 4000 miles from the industrial heart of Birmingham City. Many left parents and siblings behind. These were the first of c.6000 children to be emigrated from …
This week in the Archives I looked at the Management Committee minutes and came across another interesting Balsall Heath connection. In 1899 the Homes were seeking to recruit a new Superintendent and Matron for the new receiving home, Fairview, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They interviewed various couples and decided to …
The archives in Birmingham Library contain quite a number of letters sent back to England by children emigrated to Canada. Some are positive. One girl wrote, “I have got fat and red cheeked now and I go to school every day. I am learning the times tables and doing sums …
Sir John Throgmorton Middlemore, 1st Baronet (9 June 1844 – 17 October 1924) was an English Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham North. He was the son of William Middlemore, who had a leather business at Holloway Head, Birmingham. He gained a degree in …
Child emigration by the Middlemore Homes continued until 1949. By this date government legislation (the Children Act of 1948) and changes in attitudes to child welfare meant emigration was seen as appropriate in only a small number of cases. During the period 1949 – 1954 the Middlemore Homes’ only activity …
The Middlemore babies’ home (Crowley House) The Middlemore Homes also ran a babies’ home at Selly Oak called Crowley House. This was established in 1938 for children under school age, who were too young to be emigrated. The babies’ home closed in 1954.
The first group of children, a party of 29, departed for Canada on 1st May 1873, accompanied by John Middlemore. On arrival in Canada, the children were settled with families. Older children were settled as farm or domestic assistants, receiving board and, in some cases, wages. Younger children were often …
The Middlemore Homes were founded in 1872 by John Throgmorton Middlemore as the ‘Children’s Emigration Homes’. The first home, for boys, opened on Beatrice Crescent, St. Luke’s Road in September 1872. In December 1872, a similar home for girls opened at 36 Spring Street, Birmingham. In 19th Century Birmingham, John …
