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Record #5188

Name :: : Harold Warneford VENNELL (1917 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1917
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Willesden

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 19 Mar 1932
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Montclare
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Harold W Vennell: Mother's Maiden Surname: Adams; Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1917; Registration district: Willesden; Registration county: Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex; Volume Number: 3a; Page Number: 414.

At age seven, Harold became ill with rickets and his single mother was unable to care for him.

In 1932, Harold Vennell, 14, arrived at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in a group of Barnardo children en route to Mr John Hobday, 538 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Next of kin given on passenger list given as Mother-Mrs Betty Crabb, Holmwood, Magdalen Green, Clacton on Sea; intended occupation-farming.

In June, 2002, Harold Vennell brought a 400 million pound class action suit at Ontario's Superior Court of Justice against Barnardo's (through his attorney, Harvey Strosberg). "While Barnardo's intentions may have seemed laudable to some, it is now indisputable that many of the migrant children were neglected, abused or otherwise mistreated," said Harvey Strosberg, Vennell's lawyer. The class action alleges that the charity did not screen or monitor Canadian applicants to ensure that children were being treated properly, and alleging that the charity sent children from Britain to Canada even though their parents were still living in Britain. In many cases, the parents did not consent or even know that their children were being shipped out.

Despite his mother's refusal to give permission, Barnardo's sent 14-year-old Harold to Canada in 1932 to work on a farm in Pakenham, a small community near Ottawa, where he worked 18 hours a day, seven days a week, was abused and was given meagre food. Harold stated that he spent more than a year working 18 hours a day, seven days a week for a couple who assaulted him several times. He
wasn't allowed to go to school and church. "He was given meagre food and inappropriate clothing for the harsh Ontario winters to which he was unaccustomed. He slept in an attic," according to the lawsuit. A Barnardo's representative visited the farm once, but failed to do anything despite Harold's "obvious neglect, abuse and unhappiness."

Harold was moved to work on another farm in Uxbridge, north of Toronto. When he was released from Barnardo's care at the age of 18, the organization failed to give him accounting of the money he should have earned.

Harold Vennell lives in Windsor, Ontario.

ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-24 13:51:36 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-01-05 20:48:16 /

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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
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
7339	ALFORD, Thomas Reginald	1912	ENG, WIL	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
13296	ANKER, Sidney Gerald	1911	ENG, LND, Enfield	Feb 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Salvation Army
8265	ANNIS, George	1911	ENG, LAN, Toxteth Park	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4426	ARCHER, Ida Mary	1909	ENG, WAR, Solihull	Jun 1926 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
14482	ASLAGSEN, Alfred	1913	ENG,	Oct 1927 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4792	AYLIFFE, Robert John	1912	ENG, , Knighton	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4793	BABB, Herbert	1913	ENG, , Islington	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
14483	BAGULEY, Samuel	1910	ENG, LAN, West Derby	Oct 1927 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
14513	BAILEY, Joseph	1913	ENG,	Oct 1927 : Montclare	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
4757	BAINES, Evelyn Mary	1911	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
9240	BAINES, Richard	1910	ENG,	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8949	BAKER, Arthur W	1911	ENG, , Arlesey	May 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
14484	BAKER, Charles	1913	ENG,	Oct 1927 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8266	BAKER, Sidney	1913	ENG, LDN, London	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4794	BANKS, Edwin Godfrey	1911	ENG, LDN, London	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
14514	BANNON, Maureen	1913	ENG,	Oct 1927 : Montclare	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
4795	BARNES, Alfred S	1914	ENG, KEN, Dover	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4796	BARNES, Frederick	1915	ENG, KEN, Dover	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8267	BARRETT, Frank	1915	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8268	BARTON, Leonard	1912	ENG, , St Helens	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
5127	BASS, Percy	1917	ENG, ESX, West Ham	Mar 1932 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8378	BASSETT, Minnie	1910	ENG, CON, St Austell	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
8269	BATEY, Harold	1913	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4758	BATTERSBY, Isabella	1910	ENG,	May 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5128	BEARDSHAW, John W	1917	ENG, YKS, Thorne	Mar 1932 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
20487	BECKETT, Edwin	1911	ENG,	Aug 1927 : Montclare	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
4866	BEECHING, Dorothy	1914	ENG, , Walmer	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
4867	BEECHING, Hilda	1915	ENG, , Walmer	Apr 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
21600	BELCHER, Frederick	1911	ENG,	Aug 1928 : Montclare	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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