Welcome to British Home Children Descendants
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In recognition of the Home Children’s courage, ingenuity, vision & contributions in this forgotten period in Canada’s history, the Canadian Parliament has unanimously designated 2010 as the Year of the Home Child. As well, the Canadian Stamp Advisory Board of Canada will issue one stamp in October 2010 in recognition of the Home Children, & The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism plans to include recognition of their stories in citizenship ceremonies.
Welcome to our site dedicated to the Descendants of British Home Children (BHC). We are an extension of the British Home Children Mailing List, hosted by Rootsweb. During the Child Emigration Scheme (called now British Home Children), between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada alone from Great Britain. According to the UK House of Commons Child Migrant's Trust Report, "it is estimated that some 150,000 children were dispatched over a period of 350 years—the earliest recorded child migrants left Britain for the Virginia Colony in 1618, and the process did not finally end until the late 1960s."
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| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:13 ) |
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 The administration of British Home Children Descendants is proud to show and display the new painting by its webmistress, N. E. Dennis, called Homechild. The painting is done in a highly colored watercolor and encapsulates many many hours of emotional work by the artist which is dedicated to her great-grandmother, Catherine Carroll.
If you would like to purchase the original painting or a high resolution print, please contact Norah via her membership on BHCD (member name: norah).
Museums, family history societies, or Home Children societies will be given first priority of sale and will be offered a 50% discount.
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| Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 April 2010 09:37 ) |
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS OF QUILT SQUARES TO OUR 2010 BHC MEMORY QUILT PROJECT!
All entries now have been received and the deadline has passed.
We will let you know when this beautiful quilt is complete, and will post a picture for you to see it. Our very sincere thanks to those who Donated to help share the expense to accomplish this. We will have 90 or more ten inch squares which looks to be a King Size Quilt!
Our goal was accomplished, something we can all proudly say we took part.
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| Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 March 2010 20:25 ) |
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 A Special Edition Anthology Book, to be published later this summer by Canadian Stories magazine, is a great opportunity for us to tell our stories and have them grouped together in one book, to acknowledge and honour our Home Children, and a wonderful keepsake and resource for 2010 Year of the British Home Child.
No limit for the length of story. No deadline yet (but to be published this summer).
You can include picture(s) which will be printed in black and white for the Anthology.
Send your Home Child Story to:
[email protected]
When submitting your story please use the Subject line - 2010 Anthology
Ed Janzen
CANADIAN STORIES
P.O. Box 232
Fergus, Ontario - N1M 2W8
Or contact Gail Collins for information at (905) 935-4960 or [email protected]
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