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Name :: : Charles Henry HARVEY (1897 - )
Father: :
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Date of Birth: : 1 Aug 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Southampton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 9 Mar 1911
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Charles Henry Harvey: Year of Registration: 1897; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; District: Southampton; County: Hampshire; Volume: 2c; Page: 36.

In 1911, Charles Harvey died of pneumonia. Left with no money and faced with caring for eight children, one of them a three-month-old baby, his mother was forced to break up the family in order to keep her children alive. In 1911, Charlie traveled to London to live at Leopold House, one of the homes founded by Dr. Thomas Barnardo as a safe-haven for destitute children.

In 1911, Charles Henry Harvey, 13, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 216 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On his immigration record, his next of kin is named as Mrs Harvey, 40 Amor St, Southampton.

On Nov 10 1915, at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Charles Henry Harvey, 18, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He declared that he was born in Southampton, England; that his next of kind was his mother, Sarah Harvey, who resided at 31 Canton St, Southampton, England; that his date of birth was August 1, 1897; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 8 inches in height; fresh complexion; brown eyes; light brown hair. He was a member of the Methodist faith; he had three warts on the back of his left hand; and three vaccination marks high up on his left shoulder.

His daughter, Beryl Young, wrote a book about her father's life. Being a Home Child wasn't something her father talked about to her or her brother. She related to reporter Lori Gallagher of the Daily Gleaner:

"We knew my dad had come from England and we knew he'd been in the war because he had a hole in his arm from a bullet where a German shot him, and we knew, of course, that he had been in the Mounted Police, but I had no idea that he had been in a Barnardo home or that he was a Home (Child)," she says.

It wasn't until she went to live in England at the age of 21 that her aunt mentioned that her father had been in an orphanage.

"I said, 'Oh, my dad wasn't in an orphanage. He would have told me.'"

When her aunt insisted, Young called her parents in Canada.

"This was 1955. My dad said yes, he had been in an orphanage," she says.

When she asked why he had never told them, he replied, "'I knew you would blab it up and down the street,' and, he said, 'I just don't feel terribly proud of it.' I have since learned that's not unusual at all."

Being one of the Home Children is a history many haven't shared with their descendants.

"I thought it was romantic and dramatic that my dad had been a poor orphan," admits Young.

Time passed, however, and she never got around to discussing this with her father. "All that time, I think I was so busy with my own life, I didn't ask my dad (about this)," she says.

She was in her 60s before she learned her father was a Barnardo Boy. A cousin in England told her the information was online and she could find out if her father was an orphan there.

They confirmed Charles Henry Harvey had been in their orphanage and sent to Canada, they had records of everywhere he had worked and they sent her a lot of information, including a photo of him at 12.

"It was absolutely thrilling and I was amazed," she says.

She researched her father's life but thought long and hard before sharing his story.

"My dad went to so much trouble to keep his story quiet - he was ashamed of it. I talked to my brother about it and we feel proud of it," she says, so she decided to go forward with a children's book, complete with archival material including letters and photographs.

"He was courageous, all those Home Children were brave to come to Canada. They worked hard, made a life here and made a real contribution to our country."

Researching and writing this book gave Young the opportunity to get to know her father. She hopes the children who read it are inspired to ask their parents and grandparents questions about their pasts while they have the chance.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-07-17 13:14:20 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-09-19 19:14:47 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3150	ACRES, Ada	1864	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
7448	ADAMS, Ernest Alfred	1889	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17765	ADLAM, Edwin Walter	1899	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17766	ADLAM, Thomas Albert	1901	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6798	AINSLIE, Daisy Ann	1890	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5146	ALDWORTH, Cecil John	1915	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5145	ALDWORTH, Sidney Francis	1912	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
9776	ALLEN, Bertha Ethel	1886	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
15306	ALLEN, Bessie May	1888	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
4093	AMES, Mildred Doris	1903	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10896	ANNALL, Frederick William	1901	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
25954	ARMSTRONG, Benjamin John Emmerson	1918	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	splmum , Pinjarra1929
27393	ASHWORTH, Gordon Herbert Charles	1943	ENG, HAM, Alton	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27392	ASHWORTH, Maurice Benedict	1941	ENG, HAM, Aldershot	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17310	AYLWIN, Arthur Edmund	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17059	AYLWIN, Bertie	1898	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17311	AYLWIN, Ernest Edward	1896	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10932	BAKER, George Edward Windsor	1937	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1948 : Empire Brent (formerly Letitia II)	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17978	BANKS, Edmund Charles	1895	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17323	BANKS, Harry Albert	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
17980	BANKS, Mabel	1890	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Oct 1903 : Dominion		Barnardos
3442	BASHFORD, Albert Edward	1886	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3441	BASHFORD, Charlotte	1881	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
8855	BIDDLECOMBE, Annie	1886	ENG, HAM, Dibden	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10070	BLACKMAN, Phillip	1882	ENG, HAM, Gosport	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7165	BLANDFORD, Elizabeth	1856	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7042	BLANDFORD, Frances Amelia	1859	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16647	BLANDFORD, Kate Jane	1861	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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