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


Father
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
15931 WORBY, Jack1911ENG,     Aug 1925 : Montnairn CAN National Childrens Home  
10678 WORBY, Reginald1909ENG,    , Ipswich Apr 1924 : Antonia CAN Waifs & Strays