Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Tunisian

Subject: 1908 SS Tunisian LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC -
Unaccompanied British Home Children
Based on the sailing of 1909, families with children are apparently shown together and BHC's (British Home Children) as Unaccompanied Children.

The Tunisian seemed to be the primary carrier of British Home Children making as many as 8 to 10 trips per year.

Four adults were on this voyage, and are listed below in columns which 
represent Ticket #, Name, Occupation, Sex, and Age:

 Tkt # 13049: Mrs. WHITTLE      Wife  Female  12+
 Tkt # 13050: E  B  FALKANS     Lab   Male    12+
 Tkt # 13051: Ernest ROBINSON   Lab   Male    12+
 Tkt # 13052: J. DONOVAN        Lab   Male    12+

All 134 Children boarded at Liverpool and debarked at Quebec,
the only port of call in Canada for this voyage.

Information only shows Contract Ticket Number, Name, Sex, Adult 12
and over, Child 1 to 12.  All children were in 3rd Class, and 
profession was listed as child.


The following are all females:

CT# 13013:
HASEBY, Beatrice         12+
HOOKER, Eleanor          12+
MORGAN, Catherine        12+
NASH, Beatrice           12+

CT# 13014:
GRANT, Lucy S        1 - 12
GREEN, Edith         1 - 12

CT# 13015:
PARKER, Agnes            12+
PARKER, Daisy        1 - 12

CT# 13016:
HARRINGTON, Martha   1 - 12

CT# 13017:   
GREEN, Annie             12+
GREEN, Edith         1 - 12
HYDE, Victoria       1 - 12

CT# 13018:
HASEBY, Sarah            12+
WEBB, Daisy              12+
PENTECOSTE, Violet       12+
HOLLER, Elizth           12+
LAWRENCE, Maud           12+
BENNETT, Lizzie      1 - 12
BENNETT, Emily           12+

The following are all males:

CT#  13026:
SCANLON, Jas     1 - 12
KERRIGAN, Wm D           12+
CONROY, Jas          1 - 12
BURKE, Thos          1 - 12
BRADBURY, Hbt            12+
CALLAGHAN, Rd            12+
BRADSHAW, John           12+
GIBBONS, Wm              12+

CT# 13027:
RYAN, Denis              12+
MOODY, Hy                12+
RODNEY, Jas              12+
MILES, Fred              12+
FURY, Jas Pat            12+
FORMBY, Geo              12+
CLEARY, Edw              12+
PIPPARD, Edw P           12+

CT# 13028:
HISSAMAN, Jas            12+
WOODWARD, Jos        1 - 12
WOODWARD, Geo        1 - 12
SULLIVAN, John           12+
HARKIN, Richd            12+
REARDON, Jos             12+
LONSDALE, Wm             12+
QUILTY, Thos         1 - 12

CT# 13029:
SMITH, Alfred            12+
SULLIVAN, Sidney     1 - 12
CALLAGHAN, Richd         12+
SPELLER, Richd       1 - 12
MOLLOY, Chas         1 - 12
MOLLOY, Hy               12+
DONOVAN, Tim             12+
REARDON, Wm              12+

CT# 13030:
FISHER, Arthur           12+
HEALEY, John         1 - 12
CONNELL, Wm              12+
CLOSHER[N?], Jas     1 - 12
RUSSELL, Leslie      1 - 12
RUSSELL, Rupert          12+
NICHOLLS, Leonard    1 - 12
DAVIS, Richd         1 - 12

CT#  13031:
DADE, Cyril F.       1 - 12
DONOGHUE, Denis      1 - 12
GRAVES, John             12+
HALL, Hy A           1 - 12
BURTONSHAW, Rd C     1 - 12
HOLGATE, Fred            12+
WISE, John J         1 - 12
STANLEY, Alf J.R.    1 - 12

CT#  13032:
DRISCOLL, Patk       1 - 12
SULLIVAN, Maurice    1 - 12
CARVER, Fred         1 - 12
MOORE, Jason         1 - 12
GREENHAM, Alf        1 - 12
MOORE, John          1 - 12
DONNELLY, Bernard        12+
PARKER, Thos             12+
WILD, Edwin              12+

CT#  13033:
STEWART, Harry           12+
WILSON, Wm               12+
PECK, Joseph             12+
MOORE, Walter            12+
SMITH, Ben               12+
CRACKNELL, Geo           12+
RUSHER, Horace           12+
PARKER, Horace           12+

CT#  13034:
WEST, Robt               12+
PAGE, John               12+
FARR, Frank              12+
GRANT, Edwin             12+
BRADLEY, Thos            12+
BREWIS, Josiah           12+
HYAT, John               12+
BRITT, Henry             12+

CT#  13035:     
KELLY, Alf J.            12+
BARRIS, Walter           12+
BLORE, Chas              12+
BOWLING, Jas             12+
BRIGGS, Fred             12+
GLOWER, Chas             12+
PALMER, Francis          12+
THRING, George           12+

CT#  13040:
SKELTON, George      1 - 12
FOSTER, Thos         1 - 12
OLLEY, Arthur        1 - 12
PRINCE, Sidney       1 - 12
BARNWELL, Chas       1 - 12
SHUTER, William      1 - 12

CT#   13041:
PRINCE, Laurel       1 - 12
SHELTON, Wm          1 - 12
SELBY, Maurice       1 - 12
BAKER, Derrick       1 - 12
EDGE, Rowland            12+

The following are all females:

CT #   13042:
GRAVES, Ms E.            12+
EDWARDS, Ms. N.          12+
MITCHELL, Lily           12+
KERSS, Constance         12+
PENNELL, Annie           12+
BOOKE, Elzth             12+
PORTER, Maud             12+
CHAMBERS, Lily           12+

CT#   13043:
FARLOW, Lydia        1 - 12
MYERS, Grace         1 - 12
PORTER, Lily         1 - 12
RATTEN, Rose         1 - 12
BOOK, Rose           1 - 12
EDWARDS, Violet      1 - 12
MYERS, Alma          1 - 12
BOOK, Lilian         1 - 12

CT#   13043:
CHAMBERS, Kate       1 - 12
EDWARDS, Ivy         1 - 12
De GRATH, Annie          12+
De GRATH, Charlotte      12+
CHARTERS, Fanny          12+
CHARTERS, Charlotte      12+
FOX , Theresa J.         12+

Correspondence 03/31/2005 passenger Graves
My Father, John Graves, was a Home Child, born on the Isle of Wight who
sailed to Canada aboard the SS Tunisian, departing Liverpool on April 30,
1908 and arriving in Quebec on May 9, 1908.  He was sent to Canada by the
Catholic Emigration Society and under the supervision of St. Georges Home,
Ottawa and was placed on a Quebec farm shortly after arriving.  He served in
the Canadian Armed Forces in WWI, lost an eye in combat in France and
returned to Ottawa where he worked for CNN while attending Univ.of Toronto
where he received his DDS in 1929 and moved to Detroit, Mich. to set up his
practice.

He married Dorothy (nee Ferry?) in Detroit in 1934 and raised 5 children:
Mary Josephine(1935), Mary Joselyn(1935), John(1936), Thomas(1938) and
Judith(1939).  He died in December, 1974.

Any direction/references to additional sources of information on the Home 
Child Program, my Father's ancestors and/or relatives, etc. would be greatly 
appreciated. Tom Graves
Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada

Contributed by Patricia Corney for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 December 2000

Researched by Dr. Alexander G. Smith of
East Molesey, Surrey, England

Formatted by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

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