Kent County is located near the South-Western tip of Ontario, between London and Windsor. Have you hit a brick wall with your Kent County ancestors? Search for your family origins on Kent County GenWeb. I hope this site will help you find that brick-wall ancestor.

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Home Children

Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement. Members of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa are locating and indexing the names of these Home Children found in passenger lists in the custody of the National Archives of Canada.

Home Children Going to Chatham

PATRICK George
Age: 18
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1879
Microfilm reel: C-4530
Ship: SS Sarmatian
Port of departure: Liverpool
Departure Date: 3 Jul 1879
Port of arrival: Quebec
Arrival Date: 13 Jul 1879
Destination: Chatham
Comments: Single individual boarding Londonderry.
Note: The child's given name was illegible or difficult to decipher.

PULLIN Albert
Age: 18
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1884
Microfilm reel: C-4534
Ship: SS Bristol
Port of departure: Bristol
Departure Date: 11 Jul 1884
Port of arrival: Quebec
Arrival Date: 23 Jul 1884
Party: Not Given
Destination: Chatham, Ont

STONE Frederick G
Age: 15
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1884
Microfilm reel: C-4534
Ship: SS Bristol
Port of departure: Bristol
Departure Date: 11 Jul 1884
Port of arrival: Quebec
Arrival Date: 23 Jul 1884
Party: Not Given
Destination: Chatham, Ont

REID Hugh
Age: 17
Sex: M
Year of arrival: 1910
Microfilm reel: T-4699
Ship: SS Baltic
Port of departure: Liverpool
Departure Date: 30 Apr 1910
Port of arrival: New York
Arrival Date: 9 May 1910
Party: Not Given
Destination: Chatham, Ont

UNDERHILL Elsie
Age: 12
Sex: F
Year of arrival: 1914
Microfilm reel: T-4809
Ship: SS Calgarian
Port of departure: Liverpool
Departure Date: 5 Jun 1914
Port of arrival: Quebec
Arrival Date: 12 Jun 1914
Party: Not Given
Destination: Chatham, Ont

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