In September I was able to make the trip out to Peterborough to visit the Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial. Our daughter came with us, and even though she didn't quite understand what it was about it was nice to get a few pictures of her with her Grandfather next to the Memorial. Her great-great-grandmothers name, Edith A Lloyd, is on this monument. Edith was a British Home Child from Wales that arrived in Canada in 1906.
The Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial is located at the Queen Alexandra School at 180 Barnardo Ave., Peterborough, Ontario. This monument lists 9000 names of children that arrived from the British Isles between 1884-1923 as "Barnardo Girls". These children passed through the
Hazelbrae Barnardo Home on their journey.
To see if your British Home Child name is on the Memorial go to the British Home Children in Canada website. The site owner took pictures of all of the names and has posted them on her website. There is a lot of great information about British Home Children and some great links as well.
A special thanks to the Barnardo Hazelbrae Memorial Group for all they have done to have this very special monument erected. It was so nice to see and share with our family.
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