Dr. Dan recounts family research concerning his great-grandmother, who entered a children's home in Birmingham after severe parental neglect. The institution sent her to Canada as a child. She eventually returned to Britain and rejoined older siblings who could then care for her. A brother sent overseas stayed in Canada and became a lumberjack. The account gives one family's experience of institutional child migration and different outcomes among siblings, without identifying the home or establishing the wider scheme's dates.
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A family account of child migration from Birmingham to Canada
One child returned from Canada to older siblings in Britain while her brother remained overseas, illustrating different paths within the same family.