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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
22542 ADAIR, William1912ENG,     Jun 1928 : Letitia CAN Empire Settlement Act  
7961 ALEXANDER, George1913ENG, LAN, Fleetwood Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7974 ANDREWS, John William1914IRL, ANT, Carrickfergus Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7973 ASHTON, Kenneth1913ENG,    , Edlington Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7933 BARBOUR, Robert1915SCT,    , Penpont Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7934 BEEDIE, William1914SCT,    , Brechin Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
21647 BELL, Agnes1908ENG,     Feb 1927 : Letitia CAN Unknown  
3267 BLAIR, Hugh1913SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7975 BLAKLEY, Robert1913IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7962 BROWN, Thomas B1914ENG,    , Loddington Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7935 CAMERON, John1914SCT,    , Greenock Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7936 CAMERON, William1914SCT,    , Ross-Shire Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7937 CLARK, Archibald1916SCT,    , Plean Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7964 CLARK, Henry F W1914WAL,    , Abertillery Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7963 CLARKE, Douglas 1915ENG, YKS, Hull Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7965 COTTRELL, Edward 1912ENG, WAR, Birmingham Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7966 COWELL, George R1912ENG,    , Middlesbrough Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7938 CUMMINGS, Sidney 1915SCT,    , Kirkcaldy Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7976 DAVISON, Robert1914IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7930 DEANS, Robert 1914ENG,    , Glasgow Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7977 DEMPSTER, William1911IRL, ANT, Belfast Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
4427 DIACK, Frederick1911SCT,     Aug 1929 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7967 DODD, Cyril 1914ENG,    , Moxley Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7927 DONALDSON, Andrew1912ENG,    , Edinburgh Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7939 FARMER, John1913SCT,    , Perth Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7978 FRIARS, James 1912IRL,    , Moira Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7931 GERRARD, James Allan1915SCT,    , Arbroath Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Church Army  
7979 GILMORE, Harold Ennis1914IRL,    , Kircubbin Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7940 GRAHAM, Thomas 1916SCT,    , Blackridge Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
7941 HASTIE, Robert1915SCT,    , Aberdeen Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN Quarriers  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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