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Record #12006
Name :
: Beatrice M. CARTWRIGHT (1897 - )


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Date of Birth
: 1897 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Wimbledon
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Aug 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesParents: George Frederick Cartwright and Mary Elizabeth Williams, married 1885, Kingston, Surrey, England.

A death registration was found for Mary Elizabeth Cartwright: Year of Registration: 1905; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Age at Death: 36; District: Kingston; County: Middlesex, Surrey; Volume: 2a; Page: 213.

[EDITORS NOTE: No death certificate found for George Frederick Cartwright. However a Violet M. Stevens and George F. Cartwright were married in Guildford, Surrey, England during March quarter 1934; and the death of a George F. Cartwright, 63, was registered in the March quarter, 1938 in Lambeth, Surrey, England.]

In 1910, Beatrice Cartright, 13, arrived at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in a group of 85 Barnardo girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

From Leader-Post (Saskatchewan), March 31, 2010/P. Roth:

"REGINA ? It might be looked upon as a sad moment in history when thousands of penniless children were sent from the U.K. to Canada to work as farm labourers or domestic servants.

But Holly Schick isn't ashamed to say she's one of an estimated four million Canadians who are descendants of the home children. She isn't proud of it either.

"It's kind of a sad piece in history. They were very much looked down upon by people here," said Schick, a member of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, who's invested countless hours towards tracing her grandmother's roots and the history of home children in Canada.

"When you think about it, they were a major force in who we are now."

The federal government has designated 2010 as the year of the British home child.

From 1869 to the late 1940s, religious and philanthropic organizations brought around 100,000 children between the ages of nine and 14 to Canada from the U.K. to make new lives for themselves, rather than live in the slums.

Many of them were labelled as orphans, even though two-thirds had parents, who were simply too poor to care for them.

They were sent to live with Canadian families, often as farm labourers or domestic servants under the U.K.'s Child Migration Scheme, and became known as home children.

Some became victims of abuse, but many of them did well for themselves, including Schick's grandmother Beatrice Cartwright, who has since passed away.

With the passing of her mother and re-location of her siblings, Cartwright's father was too poor to take care of her at their Wimbledon home.

So she was sent to one of Barnardo's Homes in England, where she lived for two years prior to arriving in Ontario at the age of 13 to live with a family near Uxbridge and help look after their children.

She was among approximately 70,000 home children who arrived in Ontario, with another 12,000 sent to Quebec.

A few home children eventually made their way to farms in Saskatchewan, but the majority remained in Ontario.

According to Schick, Cartwright had a good life and was treated like a member of the family.

She eventually married and moved to Saskatchewan to farm with her husband near Lemberg, where she raised five children.

As a result of the move to Canada, Cartwright lost all connection with her family in England. Her past was virtually erased, which Schick said left deep wounds for many of the home children.

"It looked like a real good idea to everybody, but it was a major shock to the system," said Schick, who travelled to England to tour the former residence of her grandmother at Barnardo Homes.

"She had a good life here, but lost a lot too. It must have been sad and a challenge. She didn't talk a lot about it ? most of them didn't."

Last month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on his country's behalf for shipping out 150,000 home children to lives of servitude in Commonwealth countries. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has also done the same.

Schick said the apology was appreciated.

"I think, for the most part, the organizations that collected those children and sent them to Canada had the best interests of the children at heart. But looking back, it's one of those things you don't realize the end results of it and the potential problems until it's too late," she said."

? Copyright (c) The Regina Leader-Post 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-20 12:07:57 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-06-20 13:50:19 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
25931 CARLIN, Edward1889ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
23107 CARTER, Albert1898ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22617 CARTER, Alice1896ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
21166 CARTER, Arthur Ernest1913ENG, LND, Marylebone May 1922 : Orsova AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20994 CARTER, Charles1887ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
4797 CARTER, Charles Arthur1914ENG, LDN, London Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
20014 CARTER, Charles Edward1871ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
19981 CARTER, Charles N.1913ENG,     Mar 1930 : Albertic CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7604 CARTER, Christina1856ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
23479 CARTER, Clifford1896ENG, LAN, Swinton Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
24004 CARTER, Daisey1911ENG,     Jun 1916 : Scandinavian CAN Middlemore  
18696 CARTER, Dora1895ENG,     Jun 1912 : Empress of Britain CAN Salvation Army  
18930 CARTER, Dorothy1897ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
19137 CARTER, Dorothy1894ENG,     Aug 1901 : Parisian CAN Barnardos  
10473 CARTER, Edwin Victor1907ENG, LDN, London Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
4176 CARTER, Ellen1883ENG, MDX, Paddington, London Sep 1894 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
11686 CARTER, Emily1891ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
14876 CARTER, Ernest1912ENG,     May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
4177 CARTER, Florence1879ENG,     Sep 1894 : Numidian CAN Maria Rye  
18252 CARTER, Francis Lawrence1909ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
5055 CARTER, Frank1914ENG,     Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Barnardos  
9309 CARTER, Fred1892ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
19859 CARTER, George1919ENG,     Aug 1926 : Ascania CAN   
24005 CARTER, Gladys1908ENG,     Jun 1916 : Scandinavian CAN Middlemore  
18945 CARTER, Harold1898ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18642 CARTER, Harriet1889ENG,     Apr 1895 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
15649 CARTER, Harry1910ENG,     Jul 1926 : Montroyal CAN Unknown  
23658 CARTER, Harry1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
18946 CARTER, Helen1893ENG,     May 1905 : Bavarian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15038 CARTER, Henry1883ENG,     Sep 1897 : Numidian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
12721 CARTER, Henry G1900ENG, LND, Fulham Jun 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
18260 CARTER, Herbert Kenneth1908ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
18292 CARTER, Horatio1879ENG,     Apr 1895 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
18261 CARTER, Hubert Stanley1909ENG,     Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17294 CARTER, James1892ENG,     Jul 1899 : Laurentian CAN Louisa Birt  
18387 CARTER, James1887ENG,     Jul 1902 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
19429 CARTER, James1867 Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
23029 CARTER, James H1898ENG,     Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19380 CARTER, Jane1864 May 1882 : Polynesian CAN   
14001 CARTER, Jane Ann1887ENG,     May 1901 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
19428 CARTER, Jane D1888ENG,     Sep 1904 : Bavarian CAN Church of England Waifs and Strays Association  
12141 CARTER, Joan Vera1919ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
19477 CARTER, John1871ENG,     Aug 1885 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
19576 CARTER, John1878ENG,     May 1895 : Parisian CAN Annie Macpherson Homes  
19720 CARTER, John1877ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
19763 CARTER, John1887ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
20816 CARTER, John1888ENG,     May 1904 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
25437 CARTER, John1913ENG,     Feb 1924 : Euripides AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21694 CARTER, John Nelson1888ENG, BRK, Watchfield Apr 1900 : Dominion CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
19536 CARTER, John William1910ENG,     Jul 1926 : Celtic CAN Canadian Government Scheme  
19954 CARTER, Joseph1882ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22007 CARTER, Joseph1893ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15645 CARTER, Joseph Harry ENG,     - Unknown - CAN Unknown  
17465 CARTER, Joseph Henry1894ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
8978 CARTER, Leonard1896ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
19074 CARTER, Leonard1896ENG,     Nov 1912 : Empress of Ireland CAN Unknown  
19861 CARTER, Leslie1919ENG,     Aug 1926 : Ascania CAN   
20669 CARTER, Lillian1902ENG,     Oct 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
8648 CARTER, Linda Bertha1910ENG, DBY, West Derby Jul 1925 : Athenia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
20819 CARTER, Lizzie1889ENG,     May 1904 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
21364 CARTER, Louisa1902ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
20132 CARTER, Lucy1894ENG,     Jul 1910 : Virginian CAN Maria Rye  
19197 CARTER, Marion1895ENG,     Sep 1912 : Victorian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15626 CARTER, Marjorie1912ENG,     Jun 1924 : Ausonia CAN MacPherson Homes  
19075 CARTER, Mary 1855ENG,     Oct 1873 : Hibernian CAN Unknown  
12142 CARTER, Myra Isobel1915ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12143 CARTER, Olive Irene1919ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
14960 CARTER, Robert1884ENG,     Aug 1899 : Laurentian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
12234 CARTER, Roy1925ENG, SOM, Bath Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3648 CARTER, Samuel1898ENG, WAR, Birmingham Aug 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
13840 CARTER, Thomas1882ENG, BRK, Watchfield May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
25001 CARTER, Thomas1899 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
8880 CARTER, Valentine1896ENG,    , Hendon Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
18167 CARTER, Walter Albert William 1876ENG,     Apr 1888 : Sardinian CAN Waifs & Strays  
11525 CARTER, William1880ENG,     Oct 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
18586 CARTER, William1886ENG,     Aug 1904 : Bavarian CAN Unknown  
21693 CARTER, William Henry1886ENG, BRK, Watchfield May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
9550 CARTER, William Parker1889ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
7801 CARTHY, Maria1853ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
18324 CARTIN, W.1887ENG,     May 1895 : Labrador CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
7697 CARTLIDGE, Emily E 1900ENG, GLS, Bristol May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
7698 CARTLIDGE, Florence1895ENG, GLS, Bristol May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
26197 CARTMAN, E1884ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
22245 CARTNELL, Charles1884ENG,     Apr 1900 : Dominion CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8881 CARTON, Amy1894ENG, ESX, West Ham Jul 1907 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays  
18028 CARTON, James Canrad1894ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
22473 CARTWRIGHT, Ada1888ENG,     Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
6919 CARTWRIGHT, Albert1887ENG,    , Paddington Jun 1899 : Tainui CAN Waifs & Strays  
12006 CARTWRIGHT, Beatrice M.1897ENG, SRY, Wimbledon Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
6920 CARTWRIGHT, Bertie1889ENG,    , Paddington Jun 1899 : Tainui CAN Waifs & Strays  
27149 CARTWRIGHT, Edward J  Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
5134 CARTWRIGHT, Frederick 1917ENG,    , Stafford May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
6921 CARTWRIGHT, Harry1891ENG,    , Paddington Jun 1899 : Tainui CAN Waifs & Strays  
18209 CARTWRIGHT, Harry1875ENG,     Aug 1889 : Oregon CAN Waifs & Strays  
17468 CARTWRIGHT, Henry1897ENG,     May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
19756 CARTWRIGHT, John1879ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
16271 CARTWRIGHT, Sarah1870ENG,     Nov 1884 : Parisian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
7850 CARTWRIGHT, William1856ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
22618 CARVER, C W1895ENG,     Aug 1905 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
6329 CARVER, Nellie1895ENG,     May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
10443 CASARTELLI, Louis1911ENG,    , Warwick Jun 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
7226 CASBON, George1914ENG,    , Penge Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Barnardos  
9629 CASE, Florence Annie1905ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
5813 CASE, Rose Elizabeth1904ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1911 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
10704 CASELEY, Gordon1885ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
10705 CASELEY, Herbert 1884ENG, GLS, Bristol Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
10634 CASENTIERI, Albert Edward1907ENG,    , Hackney May 1922 : Montrose CAN Waifs & Strays  
10845 CASENTIERI, Ellen Grace1903ENG,    , Hackney Jul 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
11151 CASEY, Benjamin1892ENG, LND, Camberwell Jun 1907 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
14869 CASEY, Catherine1874ENG,     May 1883 : Peruvian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
22917 CASEY, Daniel1870ENG,     Jul 1886 : Polynesian CAN Cardinal Manning (now Nugent Care)  
2843 CASEY, Edward1905ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
2844 CASEY, George1903ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1909 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
15363 CASEY, George1862ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
6869 CASEY, John1895ENG,     Aug 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
15324 CASEY, Mary1863ENG,     Jun 1871 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
21087 CASEY, Patrick1882ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
24134 CASEY, Samuel1853ENG,     May 1870 : Medway CAN Unknown Industrial School  
19484 CASHFORD, Net???1877ENG,     Aug 1885 : Sardinian CAN MacPherson Homes  
17295 CASHMAN, Alfred1884ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
25491 CASS, Thomas1899ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
10444 CASSELL, Manuel1909ENG, LAN, Liverpool Aug 1923 : Megantic CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
11170 CASSELLS, Jonathan1890ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
9310 CASSELLS, L1894ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
4369 CASSIDY, Arthur1891ENG, YKS, Leeds May 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
7268 CASSIDY, Gerard J1912ENG, DUR, Gateshead Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
13866 CASSIDY, Joseph1873ENG,     May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
18392 CASSIDY, Joseph1889ENG,     Jul 1902 : Tunisian CAN Unknown  
4371 CASSIDY, Lily1896ENG, YKS, Leeds Oct 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4370 CASSIDY, Mabel Prest1890ENG, YKS, Leeds Jun 1905 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
13864 CASSIDY, Michael John1880ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
13865 CASSIDY, Patrick1874ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1887 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
14297 CASSIDY, Raymond Sidney1888ENG, HAM, Portsea Island Jul 1900 : Lake Megantic CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
3490 CASTELNOVO, George1901ENG,     Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
3491 CASTELNOVO, Millicent Long1902ENG,     Oct 1911 : Victorian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
16418 CASTERSON, James1907ENG, YKS, Hull Sep 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
27085 CASTLE, Arthur Charles1915ENG, KEN, Thanet Jun 1929 : Largs Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes Pinjarra1929  
22130 CASTLE, Edmund1915ENG,     Apr 1930 : Laurentic CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
17297 CASTLE, Elizabeth1885ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
17298 CASTLE, Ellen1887ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
21015 CASTLE, Frederick1888ENG,     Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
18490 CASTLE, George1901ENG,     Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
15479 CASTLE, Henry1894ENG,     Mar 1906 : Tunisian CAN Louisa Birt  
17296 CASTLE, Priscilla1885ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
4753 CASTLEY, Louisa Emily Gertrude1872ENG, HRT, Ware May 1887 : Corean CAN Charlotte Alexander  
18924 CATCHPOLE, George1909ENG,     Mar 1927 : Melita CAN Salvation Army  
24146 CATCHPOLE, Henry1852ENG,     May 1870 : Scandinavian CAN Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London  
6296 CATCHPOLE, Sydney1897ENG,    , Great Yarmouth May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
4225 CATER, Alfred1881ENG, WAR, Solihull Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
19812 CATER, Cecil1898ENG,     Apr 1908 : Victorian CAN Hurst House Training Home  
9875 CATER, John1891ENG,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
4226 CATER, Thomas Warner1879ENG, WAR, Solihull Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
4227 CATER, William1878ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
20598 CATERER, William Joseph1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
8531 CATHCART, Margaret1911IRL,     Jul 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
20178 CATHER, Thomas1886ENG,     Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
14559 CATHIE, Stanley John1907ENG,    , St Marylebone Mar 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
7649 CATHING, Louisa1861ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
7675 CATHING, Norah1859ENG,     Nov 1870 : Peruvian CAN Maria Rye  
16201 CATLEY, John1889ENG, MDX, St Mary May 1893 : Parisian  Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos) roseofsharon930  
18366 WOOLNER, Henry Thomas1889ENG, LND, Wandsworth Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
18364 WOOLNER, Percy Harold1891ENG, MDX, London Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
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