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Record #4334
Name :
: Gerald BURT (1902 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1902

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Lewisham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Jul 1915
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Hesperian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Catholic Emigration Society
NotesA birth registration was found for Gerald Burt: Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Lewisham; County: Greater London, Kent, London; Volume: 1d; Page: 1186.

In 1901, the family was shown residing at Dormandy Gardens, No. 12, Woolwich, Kent, England. Family members included: John B. Burt, 2; Alfred G. Burt, 15; Annette E. Burt, 9; Annie T. Burt, 4; Elizabeth A. Burt, 39; George C. Burt, 3 months; Kathleen T. Burt, 6; Mabel A. Burt, 9; Raymond T. Burt, 19; Terence Burt, 41, teacher of music; Terence J. Burt, 13; Winifred M. Burt, 5. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 549; Folio: 70; Page: 28.)

Eliza Burt died in 1905, aged 41 (Year of Registration: 1905; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 41; District: Malling; County: Kent; Volume: 2a; Page: 468). Their father left them and moved to Canada.

The children were placed at Eltham Park Home. In 1910, Gerald Burt was transferred from Eltham to St. Marys Orphanage in West Grinstead near Horsham, England. (This orphanage was later renamed St. Thomas More - approved school). Six of their sisters were put in a convent, but none of the sisters became home children.

In 1915, Gerald Burt, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 40 Catholic children en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Brother John B. Burt, arrived on the Corsican on April 4, 1909.)

John and Gerald were placed on separate farms in Quebec. Another brother moved to Canada in 1920 to get "the boys" off the farms and had hoped to start his own farm in Stanbridge, Quebec, but he never actually started to farm.

Jack loved the people with whom he lived and he stayed on with them for several more years. Gerald was abused by his "farm family" and he told his brother that he would move in with him but he would never work on a farm again. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-07 15:57:39 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 15:33:41 /

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19730 ADAMS, William1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14250 ALLEN, Alfred1887ENG,     1899 : - Unknown - CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25649 ALLEN, John1895ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
7702 ANTHONY, John1887IRL,     May 1900 : Numidian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
3859 BAILEY, Joseph1898ENG,    , Hastings Jul 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
22347 BEAR, Bertram1884ENG,     May 1900 : Numidian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14078 BERGIN, Alfred1887ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
13030 BEVAN, George1883ENG,     Jul 1896 : Parisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
7206 BISHOP, Albert 1896ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25666 BLAKEMORE, John1895ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25673 BONAS, William1896ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25644 BOYLE, Peter1896ENG, LAN, Wigan May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25642 BOYLE, William1894ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society JMann  
19723 BRADLEY, John1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
10466 BRADY, Arthur1908ENG,    , Hexham Jul 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
22351 BRANNAN, John1890ENG,     Oct 1903 : Bavarian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14079 BROOKER, Albert1887ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
25647 BROWN, Robert1894ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
19699 BRYAN, James1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
19704 BRYAN, James1879ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
9937 BUCKLEY, Cecil1898ENG,    , Ventnor May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
9936 BUCKLEY, Victor1896IND,    , Biri May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14263 BURKE, Thomas1887ENG,     1898 : - Unknown - CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
13025 BURKE, William1884ENG,     Jul 1896 : Parisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
15756 BURNS, George1901ENG,     Jul 1912 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
10661 BURRAGE, Arthur1899ENG, SSX, Horsham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4334 BURT, Gerald1902ENG, KEN, Lewisham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4333 BURT, John Bernard1898ENG, KEN, Woolwich May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
14187 BUSH, Thomas1887ENG,     May 1900 : Numidian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
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