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Great Grandmother with criminal record?
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Vicci | Report | 29 Jan 2009 21:05 |
http://www3.telus.net/Home_Children_Canada/ |
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Shazzlou | Report | 28 Jan 2009 19:25 |
The barnardos report was excellent, very detailed. Well worth thre money. |
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Kate | Report | 28 Jan 2009 18:59 |
Could be. I think I have read - there might even be something on here about it (I think they were called "Home Children" or something similar) - that parents were encouraged to see it as a good opportunity for their children. |
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Shazzlou | Report | 28 Jan 2009 18:38 |
No mention of that in the Barnardos report an no mention of her being taken to court i wonder if they let her off as long as she signed her son over to be emigrated to Canada? |
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Kate | Report | 28 Jan 2009 18:20 |
Just thinking it over, probably the prostitution thing did as much harm to her character in court as the neglect of her child - I think child neglect could have been an offence. |
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Shazzlou | Report | 28 Jan 2009 18:12 |
Apparently she did work after her husband died but then resorted to an immoral life my nan was placed in a laundry home due to her mother immorality! |
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Kate | Report | 28 Jan 2009 18:07 |
Good question - I just looked it up in my great-grandma's book (My Own Lawyer) and all it specifically says is: |
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Shazzlou | Report | 28 Jan 2009 17:22 |
Just recieved a Barnardos report strongly suggesting the reason my Gt Uncle was emigrated to Canada was due to his mother living off immoral earnings & going off for days on end with men and leaving him alone, he was only 11! Has anyone else found out things they wished they hadnt? Also was prostitution punished with prison sentence or fine then? |
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