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Name :: : Charles Henry HARVEY (1897 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

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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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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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