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


Father
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
9746 BURT, Albert1898ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
22913 BURT, Daisy1895ENG,     Apr 1899 : Carthaginian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
26418 BURT, Doreen1932ENG, DUR, Morpeth Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12312 BURT, Frederick William1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
4334 BURT, Gerald1902ENG, KEN, Lewisham Jul 1915 : Hesperian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
24999 BURT, John1900 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4333 BURT, John Bernard1898ENG, KEN, Woolwich May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
17452 BURT, Samuel 1894ENG,     Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos