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Record #11484
Name :
: Bert PRANCE (1915 - 2005)
  aka : Herbert


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 22 Jun 1915

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 22 Aug 2005   Notes : age
Abode (1) : Place of BirthWales, Glamorgan, Cardiff
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Stirling
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Apr 1930
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Letitia

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Cossar (George Carter)
NotesAll my life my father told me and my family that he worked his way over to Canada on a cattle boat and got a job working on a farm. I had never heard of the BHC until 2004 when a friend read Young Immigrants to Canada and realized my Welsh born father could be one, I didn't think he was but said I would ask him. I asked my dad and he said, oh yeah Dr. Cossar sent me over when I was 14 to work on a farm. He also said he had a brother come with him that was sent somewhere else and died, but I haven't found him yet (the brother). I only had another year with my dad, he died in 2005 at the age of 90. In that year he never mentioned it again. I don't know why he never told anybody. Dad worked on a farm in New Brunswick for a German born farmer who he seemed to be very fond of, I wish I knew his name to find his ancestors and to thank them, I believe dad was one of the lucky ones who had a good placement.
I found the details of dad's passage here in the Canadian Archives and am still learning about this whole subject. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-03-18 22:08:51 / From original database

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5004 COUSINS, Edward1916WAL,    , Cardiff Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
13841 COVE, Horace1896WAL,    , Cardiff Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
3335 DOHERTY, Daniel Joseph1894WAL,    , Cardiff May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
7276 ERICKSON, Reuben1912WAL,    , Cardiff Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
10128 GOMER, Margaret1874WAL,    , Cardiff Apr 1891 : Parisian CAN Maria Rye  
8201 GRIFFITHS, John A C1913WAL,    , Cardiff Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
7278 HARRINGTON, Thomas Albert1914WAL,    , Cardiff Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
5174 HAYES, George1918WAL,    , Cardiff Mar 1932 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
13832 JANCEY, Harold Jack1901ENG,    , Cardiff Oct 1911 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
13833 JANCEY, Victor George1903ENG,    , Cardiff Oct 1911 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
7875 KEMBLE, Garratt1915WAL,    , Cardiff May 1931 : Laurentic CAN Nova Scotia Government Party  
12829 LOCATELLI, Josephine1896ENG,    , Cardiff Jun 1909 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
4680 MILLS, Alfred George Fowler1911WAL,    , Cardiff Apr 1923 : Melita CAN Barnardos  
23489 PARR, James Phillip1893WAL, GLA, Cardiff Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
11484 PRANCE, Bert1915WAL, GLA, Cardiff Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Cossar (George Carter)  
7291 SULLIVAN, John Patrick1915WAL,    , Cardiff Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
13297 TARR, Albert B1895WAL,    , Cardiff Jun 1909 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
11590 THOMAS, George Llewellyn1909WAL, GLA, Cardiff Jun 1920 : Scotian CAN Barnardos Woodsblack  
5903 TORRINGTON, William Frederick1893WAL,    , Cardiff May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
15846 VENN, Thomas Edward1899WAL,    , Cardiff Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
2980 WHISTLER, Dorothy Elizabeth1895WAL, GLA, Cardiff May 1911 : Victorian CAN Waifs & Strays