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Record #4334

Name :: : Gerald BURT (1902 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1902
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

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: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
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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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
9871	ADAMSON, Charles Daniels	1897	SCT, , Airdrie	Apr 1909 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
22546	AITKEN, Archibald McMillan	1900	ENG,	Apr 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
6418	ALEXANDER, Thomas	1893	SCT,	Jun 1910 : Hesperian	CAN	Cossar (George Carter)
22548	ANDERSON, Alex	1896	SCT,	Jul 1912 : Hesperian	CAN	Cossar (George Carter)
13168	ANDERSON, George Bennie	1901	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
13169	ANDERSON, Mary Gordon Inglis	1899	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Jun 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
6419	ANDERSON, Walter Michie	1896	SCT, RFW, Paisley	Apr 1910 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
2959	ANGUS, Alexander	1899	SCT, LKS, Glasgow	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
22549	ANTHONY, Alexander	1902	SCT,	Mar 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
9820	BARRIE, Isabella	1895	SCT,	Aug 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Sailing Alone
9818	BATHGATE, John	1900	SCT, , Airdrie	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
9819	BATHGATE, William	1900	SCT, , Airdrie	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
5681	BEATON, George Alexander	1897	ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
19664	BEATON, Marion	1902	ENG,	Jun 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
19665	BEATON, Maximillian	1899	ENG,	Jun 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
21646	BELL, Agnes	1902	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
17338	BELL, James	1899	ENG,	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
22850	BRADBURY, Claude	1899	ENG,	Apr 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Dakeyne Boys Farm
12577	BRAIDWOOD, Janet	1902	ENG, , Paisley	Jun 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
12576	BRAIDWOOD, Jne	1900	SCT, RFW, Paisley	Jun 1914 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
17446	BROWN, David	1892	SCT,	Apr 1909 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
10661	BURRAGE, Arthur	1899	ENG, SSX, Horsham	Jul 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
4334	BURT, Gerald	1902	ENG, KEN, Lewisham	Jul 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Catholic Emigration Society
3723	CAMERON, David	1896	SCT, , Helensburgh	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
3724	CAMERON, Gordon	1898	SCT, , Helensburgh	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
16022	CAMPBELL, Andrew	1899	SCT,	Apr 1909 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
5593	CHEDD, Albert	1899	ENG, , Islington	Mar 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Salvation Army
2965	COONEY, Charles	1901	SCT, RFW, Paisley	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
2964	COONEY, James	1898	SCT, RFW, Paisley	Apr 1911 : Hesperian	CAN	Quarriers
10296	DAWES, Emmanuel	1901	ENG, , Greenwich	Jun 1915 : Hesperian	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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