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Record #15931
Name :
: Jack WORBY (1911 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1911 (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
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 28 Aug 1925
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Montnairn

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: National Childrens Home
NotesIn 1925, Jack Worby, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 51 young persons from the National Childrens Home & Orphanage and en route to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Jack Worby, 26, labourer, was deported back to England on the ship Montclare from Montr?al, Qu?bec, Canada, arriving Southampton, England on October 23, 1930. His proposed address in the UK was in Hemel Hempstear [sic], Harts.

[EDITORS NOTE: It's believed that this is the same John Worby who wrote "The Other Half" Reviewed by:

Toronto Star
Saturday, March 6, 1937

ASKS BAN ON BOOK

"The Other Half" is Life Story of Barnardo Boy

London Daily Express takes most of a page to say that a book "The Other Half" written by John Worby and published by J. M. Dent and Sons, should be banned. This is the life story of a Barnardo boy as told by himself and as a specimen of low-life literature it ranks high. The author has a knack of getting tough experiences and of writing them. About 50 pages of the this book should have been killed by the publishers as unfit for any decency-loving reader. Much of the rest is less revolting than many so-called respectable books of realism. Passages here and there have a high spiritual quality. One speech of the girl-hobo to the author, in the "jungle" is real emotional gold. A good deal of the hobo scene is in Canada; the toughest parts in the United States and England to which the wastrel was deported. One page of this in a S.A. hostel is on a par with some of the worst spots in a recent slum-novel of Glasgow. What this book needed was thorough editing. Much of it is too good to destroy; a great deal of it too raw to read.] 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-01-24 21:24:15 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-24 21:24:58 /

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3023 ABBOTT, Charles1884ENG, ESS, Messing Apr 1900 : Dominion CAN National Childrens Home  
3033 ABBOTT, Frederick1893ENG, SRY, Kingston Upon Thames Mar 1903 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
3103 ABRAHAMS, Frederick1876ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
3149 ACREMAN, Emily1877ENG,     Jul 1888 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
3165 ADAM, Charles1899ENG,     Mar 1913 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
17047 ADCOCK, William1892ENG, NTT, Rolleston Oct 1907 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
9832 ADKINS, Proctor Selby1894ENG,     Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
5358 AITKEN, Lawrence Gray1909SCT, LKS, Glasgow Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
5359 ALFORD, Stanley Victor1910ENG, HRT, Royston Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
22729 ALLAN, Alec1876ENG,     Mar 1889 : Vancouver CAN National Childrens Home  
13096 ALLEN, Ernest John1894WAL, GLA, Pontypridd Aug 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
2735 ALLEN, Harry Edward1898ENG, LAN Jul 1908 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home  
10434 ALLENBY, Edward1908ENG, YKS, Kirkbymoorside Aug 1924 : Doric CAN National Childrens Home  
9112 ALLISON, John Henry1897ENG, KEN, Sidcup Mar 1910 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home soutsc  
14556 ANDERSON, Charlotte1871ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1885 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
11880 ANDERSON, Christine1875ENG,     May 1885 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
10452 ANDERSON, William1906ENG, LDN, London Jul 1921 : Megantic CAN National Childrens Home  
12754 ANDREWS, Gertrude1879ENG,     May 1889 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
12637 ANGLIS, Philip George1886ENG, LND, Lewisham Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
5360 APOW, Leslie1911ENG, LDN, London Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
4390 ARGENT, Albert1878ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
8614 ARGENT, Joseph1892ENG, YKS, Sheffield Mar 1909 : Canada CAN National Childrens Home Lyn 8  
4389 ARGENT, William John1878ENG,     Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
12638 ASHDOWN, Pitman W1890ENG,    , Edmonton Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN National Childrens Home  
6447 ASLETT, Ethel 1881ENG,     May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
8180 ASPDEN, Joseph1913ENG,    , Fulwood Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
5361 ATKINSON, Thos1910ENG, YKS, Keighley Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
10454 ATTFIELD, Harry1910ENG,     Mar 1924 : Lancastria CAN National Childrens Home  
14557 AUCKLAND, Harry1882ENG,     Apr 1894 : Labrador CAN National Childrens Home  
5393 AULT, Ada May1882ENG, DBY, Derby May 1891 : Sarnia CAN National Childrens Home  
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