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It was supposed to provide a better life for orphans and children whose parents could not look after them. The reality was often very different!

If you google British Home children there is lots of information.
http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=13

I wondered if this was Lotties' siblings leaving on the ship 'Lake Superior'? Perhaps Henrietta was Esther?? Or maybe Walter and Samuel are just coincidence? I think it's worth looking into it.

http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cstm_homeChildren.php?page=14&sortCol=sna&srch=
BLOOMER Henrietta NA Lake Superior 1886 06 15 Ontario
Record Detail BLOOMER Samuel NA Lake Superior 1886 06 15 Ontario
Record Detail BLOOMER Walter NA Lake Superior 1886 06 15 New Brunswick

If we find anything to confirm if the children went to Canada, the Central Library in Birmingham holds some fantastic records for the Middlemore children.

Oh dear.

:-(

In the 1881 census there are 3 married couples. The elder pair and James and Samuel their married sons. Eleanor****** is down daughter in law with a ditto for Charlotte.

Too many children in the ages for 1 woman. :-S

********Edit may be Selena not Eleanor poor image re AustinQ's find.

Birth for Charlotte - Stafford Walsall (Walsall was in Staffordshire until the early 1970s)

Frederick and Horace are the children of Samuel

Name: Frederick Bloomer
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1876
Baptism Date: 7 May 1876
Baptism Place: Ashted, St James the Less, Warwickshire, England
Father: Samuel Bloomer
Mother: Salina Bloomer
Reference Number: DRO10

Name: Horace Bloomer
Birth Date: 26 Dec 1877
Baptism Date: 13 Jan 1878
Baptism Place: Ashted, St James the Less, Warwickshire, England
Father: Samuel Bloomer
Mother: Selina Bloomer
Reference Number: DRO 10
Archive Roll: 637

Oh, and I think PricklyH put the wrong birth date for Samuel on page two:

Name: Samuel Howard Bloomer
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1881
Baptism Date: 30 Mar 1881
Baptism Place: Ashted, St James the Less, Warwickshire, England
Father: James Bloomer
Mother: Charlotte Bloomer
Reference Number: DRO 10
Archive Roll: 637

Ooops, yes.

I added Esther's details to his baptism record.

I have edited.

Thankyou PH :-)

Even with the birth dates I can't find them in England/ Canada or the US!

Is there a possibility they could of changed their names once they got there?

They may have done- I have a relative that changed his surname to the family he was placed with.

You may never have see Wolverhampton Street as it was. This is a Walsall Council site of pictures showing it's history by photos.

Be careful as there are some Willenhall photos mixed up with Wolverhampton St Walsall, check their titles.

Go to this link and put Wolverhampton Street in the search. The overview is a very effective photo.

http://www.aclickintime.co.uk/

Heven't got time to check further now as I have the grandchildren here from school but if you look here it will give you some info on Bloomer 'Home Children':

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/immigration-records/Pages/list.aspx?Surname=bloomer&


This is the first thing it comes up with:

Results: Home Children Records
Search term(s)
10 result(s) found for "bloomer".
Surname Given Name(s) Age Ship Year of Arrival Title of Record
BLOOMER James 14 PARISIAN 1890
BLOOMER Edward 13 1883
BLOOMER William J 13 MONTCALM 1922
BLOOMER Alfred 12 MONTCALM 1922
BLOOMER Samuel Settlement and reports of children sent to Canada
BLOOMER Henrietta Settlement and reports of children sent to Canada
BLOOMER Henrietta History Book
BLOOMER Walter History Book
BLOOMER Walter Annual Reports
BLOOMER Florence Ups and Downs (magazine published by the Canadian Branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, Toronto), November 1904

Perhaps someone could see if this leads to anything further?

I will be back later,

Dea x

The actual documents above aren't available on-line. I do know that Birmingham Central Library has the settlement records. They also have Middlemore admission records which often give the cirmcumstances of the child and detail any family they have.

What the above does tell us is that Samuel's documents in his setllement records go up to 1897- which probably means he was still in Canada then.

From the research on my own family I found many of the settlement records very poor (considering they were supposed to note the well being of the child)- many children were not adequately followed up in their placements and a lot of children ran away and were missing from the system.

I'm wondering if this is Samuel in 1901- in 1891 he was living with an Allen family. I'm still looking, but I know there's plenty that are quicker!

Whoever gave his information doesn't seem sure- his birthdate I think is just listed as January (no date) and he's listed as born in Canada- but, I can't see anything that fits so am grasping straws :)

Name: Allen Bloomer
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 20
Birth Day & Month: !! Jan
Birth Year: 1881
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Factory
Province: Ontario
District: Grey (north/nord)
District Number: 65
Sub-district: Owen Sound (Town/Ville)
Sub-District Number: D-1
Household Members:
Name Age
Richard Richardson 70
Harriet A Richardson 57
John A Richardson 28
Elizabeth A Richardson 32
Lewis C Richardson 26
Hattie A Richardson 21
Albert P Richardson 19
Allen Bloomer 20

EDIT: Can't see anything for Allen Bloomer either :-(

Home Child Walter in 1891 Canada census

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWK8-2HW

Name Walter Bloomer
Gender Male
Age 11
Relationship to Head of Household Domestic
Birth Year (Estimated) 1880
Birthplace England
Marital Status Single
Religion Church Of England
Province New Brunswick
District Carleton
District Number 12
Sub-District Woodstock

S J Carman 68 male, single, farmer
Sarah A Carman 76 sister
Fanny L Carman 62 sister
Walter Bloomer 11

there is another rather elderly Carman farmer household next door

but there is no record of a Walter Bloomer marriage or death in New Brunswick

http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/default.aspx?culture=en-CA

or of a Walter Carman, or in WWI attestations

some Home Children did return home when they were older

Lottie Bloomer was a statement witness after a stabbing in 1899 45,Wolverhampton St.,,,,,,in Walsall . Britishnewspapers.

Milton St were a Lottie Bloomer is in 1891 is in the Palfrey area of Walsall going towards Wednesbury. Well away from Wolverhampton St so I decided to investigate.

I have been looking at the newspapers and I find there seems to be a mix up re Bloomers.

An eleven year old boy came before the magistrate as he was totally out of control and was having fits. He was stealing and running away. He was remanded. His mother and father - Faith and Samuel Bloomer, Milton St Palfrey, admitted they could not control the boy - Charles Bloomer.

I've tracked Charles and he ended up in Burntwood, the local asylum dying in his early 30s.

In 1991 most of this Bloomer family have moved out of Palfrey and were then in Rushall - Lichfield end of Walsall Although no birth for another Lottie is there 2 and is this her birth family and was she left in Milton St???????

In the same article (descriptions of court cases) Thomas Nolan, an iron worker, was remanded for a rape on Lottie Bloomer aged 4, a child of a couple living in the same house as the accused. Nolan's address on this occasion was New St. This is near the parish church.

2 days later - another court appearance covered by the press. More details given and 27 Frederick St is mentioned as where he was staying as a lodger and where the rape took place . Then reference to Lottie being the adopted daughter of the William's couple of Frederick St.

Can't find Frederick St Census in 1891 at the moment. Will try later.

Hi Pat, Dea found Frederick St in 1881/1891 on 1st page of thread.

Maryb.

Patin, I'm not sure what you mean "there seems to be a mix up re Bloomers"

What mix up?

I don't see reference to a Lottie in Milton Street 1891- or did I miss something
:-S

Thank you Mary, have seen the Higgins. census now Wonder if the number was taken down wrong for the court.

AustinQ Page 1 Malyon 12.01 entry Malyon found a Lottie Bloomer 1891 census in Milton St as an adopted child and I've found a different Bloomer family in Milton St at the time of the court case against Nolan for a rape of Lottie Bloomer. This could put doubts on it being the Lottie we're trying to find. :-)

Malyon found a Lottie JONES in 1891