Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHerbert E. “Bertie” BROCKETT, 2C2R
Birth11 Aug 1897, Maidstone, Kent
Death10 Dec 1965, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
BurialRiverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan
FatherGeorge BROCKETT (1863-)
MotherCaroline Hilda HART (~1866-1905)
Spouses
Notes for Herbert E. “Bertie” BROCKETT
In the July to September 1897 birth index, Bertie Brockett, Maidstone, Kent, volume 2a, page 783.
In the 1901 census 7 Groton Road, Wandsworth, London.
Caroline H. Brockett, wife, age 35, born Westminster, Middlesex.
Daughter Caroline H. S. Brockett, age 12, born Westminster.
Daughter Daisy Brockett, age 10, born Battersea, Surrey.
Son George Brockett, age 8, born Maidstone, Kent.
Son William Brockett, age 6, born Maidstone.
Son Bertie Brockett, age 3, born Maidstone.
Son Frederick Brockett, age 1, born Earlsfield, Surrey.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived Quebec, Canada, October 8, 1908 on the Dominion
Bertie Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 11 and
Frederick Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 9.
[Their older brother took the same ship to Canada about 5 months earlier. There were over 170 children and teenagers listed one after another on this ship.]
Canadian Soldiers of the First World War December 28, 1915
Bertie Brockett, Regimental Number 745031, 116 Overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address Udora, Ontario
Born Maidstone, Kent, England
Next of Kin Walter Wanes of Udora, Ontario, friend
Birthdate August 11, 1897
Farmer
not married
no previous military service
age 18 years 4 months
height 5 feet 5 inches
complexion reddish, eyes brown, hair auburn
Methodist
Considered fit for Canadian Expeditionary Force at Uxbridge, Ontario
1921 Canada Census Scott Township, Subdistrict 14, Ontario North, Ontario
Lodger Bert Brockett, single, age 21 [23], born England, parents born England, immigrated 1909, labourer, wage earner, farm
He is loading with the Robert H. Webster family who are farmers.
1931 Canada Census Broadway, Fort Qu’Appelle (Village), Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
Head Herbert Edward Brockett, age 30, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1901 [not correct], occupation income
Wife Irene Mary Brockett, age 25, born Quebec, parents born Quebec
Son Herbert Edward Brockett, age 2, born Saskatchewan
Son Reginald George Brockett, age 1, born Saskatchewan
Canada Voters lists 1953
Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
Herbert Brockett, shipper
Mrs. Herbert Brockett
Reginald Brockett, clerk
Canada Voters Lists 1957
920 Rae Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert E. Brocket, shipper
Mrs. Irene Brockett
Reginald Brocket, clerk
[Suprisingly, this is about 5 blocks away from where I lived at the time!]
Canada Voters Lists 1962
1247 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Albert A. Brockwell, retired
Mrs. Alfred Brockwell
Mrs. Mary Field, widow
Herbert Brockett, retired
Canada Voters Lists 1965
Geriatric Centre, 23rd Avenue and Broad Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert Brockett, patient
Findagrave.com
Herbert E. “Bertie” Brocket
Born August 11, 1897, Maidstone, Kent, England
Died December 10 1965 (aged 69)
Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
His Headstone reads
Private
Herbert E. Brocket
745031
116 Battn C.E.F.
10 December 1965
Aged 67 Years
Their Name Liveth
Forever
[Home Children of Canada left a “flower” on his page.]
from https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47220772
The British Home Children
For more information on the British Home Children please visit:
www.britishhomechildren.com
or find us on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Britishhomechildren/
Over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from England, under the Child Immigration scheme from 1833-1939. These boys and girls ranged in age from toddlers to adolescents and were all unaccompanied by their parents even though only one-third of them were orphans. Most emigrant children came from respectable, if poor, families bound by strong ties of affection and support. Most of these children were brought to institutions such as Barnardo's as a last resort, when a crisis, or repeated crises – desertion or death of a parent, illness, unemployment – prevented a family and its network of kin from coping. Although some families regarded admission as a temporary expedient, the rescue homes carefully controlled or even discouraged further contact between all children and their relatives for fear that the children would be tempted to return to homes. Once in care, most of these families never saw these children again. Siblings in care in Britain were often separated from their families and each other. Siblings were often separated from each other when they were sent to Canada. Most never saw each other again. Many spent their lives trying to identify their parents and find their siblings and most were unsuccessful.
The Barnardo homes were set up in Canada and England by Dr. Thomas Barnardo for homeless or destitute English children. Peterborough, Ontario emerged as the main Canadian distribution centre for Barnardo children from 1889 to 1922. The Hazelbrae Barnardo Home in Peterborough was built by Thomas Belcher in 1872 for Alexander Smith. It was renovated in 1883 by George and Margaret Cox and donated to Dr. Barnardo. In 1923 it was destroyed by fire.
Although Dr. Barnardo's organization was not the only one involved in the immigration of children to Canada, he became the most influential figure in child migration of the last half of the nineteenth century. His crusade to 'rescue children from the streets' was one the best known social interventions in the last half of the nineteenth century. Dr. Barnardo himself, died in 1905. When he died, there were nearly 8,000 children in the 96 residential homes he had set up. Around 1300 of these children had disabilities. More than 4,000 children were boarded out, and 18,000 had been sent to Canada and Australia. After his death, the Barnardo organization would continue to run in his name and is still an active children's charity organization in England today.
Of the 125,000 children sent to Canada, 20,000 came from the Barnardo Homes. There were many other organizations involved in the migration of children out of England. Some of the better known were Annie Macpherson, Maria Rye, Fegan Homes, Dr. Stephenson and the National Children's Home. Annie Macpherson and Maria Rye pioneered child migration to Canada in 1869. Emigration seemed the only way to break the tragic cycle of grinding poverty that was so rampant in the Victorian years. Dr. Barnardo began migration of children in about 1872 through Macpherson's organisation. By 1881 Dr. Barnardo established himself in his own right in the migration of children by the acquisition of a receiving home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and then the Hazlebrae home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He would go on to set up "receiving homes" across Canada, including a large training farm in Russel Manitoba. There he would send the older boys to be trained as farmers with hopes they would acquire land form the Dominions Land Act and become farmers in their own right.
Once in Canada, the children were not usually adopted into new families, but rather were taken into households to be trained and to work as indentured agricultural labourers and domestic servants until about the age of 18. The poor choice of placements in Canada and the subsequent lack of supervision left these children vulnerable to being exploited and abused - and many were. The organizations sending these children never adequately took into consideration the welfare and safety of the children in their charge. Sensational stories of isolated incidents of criminal and immoral behaviour committed by home children, exploitation in the press and propaganda spread about these children by influential people of the time raised Canadians' fears about the character of the young emigrants. As much as they feared these children, Canadians needed the cheap help on their farms and in their homes. These organizations, including Barnardo's in the later years, quickly lost sight of the mission of rescue as the need increased. The British Child Care organizations, who professed motives of providing these children with a better life, developed other ignoble and pecuniary motives. As Canadian's need for these children, despite their fears increased - the organizations could not immigrate these children into this country fast enough. The organizations in effect rid themselves of an unwanted segment of their society and profited when they in effect "sold" these children to Canadian farmers.
In the 1901 census 7 Groton Road, Wandsworth, London.
Caroline H. Brockett, wife, age 35, born Westminster, Middlesex.
Daughter Caroline H. S. Brockett, age 12, born Westminster.
Daughter Daisy Brockett, age 10, born Battersea, Surrey.
Son George Brockett, age 8, born Maidstone, Kent.
Son William Brockett, age 6, born Maidstone.
Son Bertie Brockett, age 3, born Maidstone.
Son Frederick Brockett, age 1, born Earlsfield, Surrey.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived Quebec, Canada, October 8, 1908 on the Dominion
Bertie Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 11 and
Frederick Brockett, child, 3rd class, age 9.
[Their older brother took the same ship to Canada about 5 months earlier. There were over 170 children and teenagers listed one after another on this ship.]
Canadian Soldiers of the First World War December 28, 1915
Bertie Brockett, Regimental Number 745031, 116 Overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Address Udora, Ontario
Born Maidstone, Kent, England
Next of Kin Walter Wanes of Udora, Ontario, friend
Birthdate August 11, 1897
Farmer
not married
no previous military service
age 18 years 4 months
height 5 feet 5 inches
complexion reddish, eyes brown, hair auburn
Methodist
Considered fit for Canadian Expeditionary Force at Uxbridge, Ontario
1921 Canada Census Scott Township, Subdistrict 14, Ontario North, Ontario
Lodger Bert Brockett, single, age 21 [23], born England, parents born England, immigrated 1909, labourer, wage earner, farm
He is loading with the Robert H. Webster family who are farmers.
1931 Canada Census Broadway, Fort Qu’Appelle (Village), Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
Head Herbert Edward Brockett, age 30, born England, parents born England, immigrated 1901 [not correct], occupation income
Wife Irene Mary Brockett, age 25, born Quebec, parents born Quebec
Son Herbert Edward Brockett, age 2, born Saskatchewan
Son Reginald George Brockett, age 1, born Saskatchewan
Canada Voters lists 1953
Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
Herbert Brockett, shipper
Mrs. Herbert Brockett
Reginald Brockett, clerk
Canada Voters Lists 1957
920 Rae Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert E. Brocket, shipper
Mrs. Irene Brockett
Reginald Brocket, clerk
[Suprisingly, this is about 5 blocks away from where I lived at the time!]
Canada Voters Lists 1962
1247 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Albert A. Brockwell, retired
Mrs. Alfred Brockwell
Mrs. Mary Field, widow
Herbert Brockett, retired
Canada Voters Lists 1965
Geriatric Centre, 23rd Avenue and Broad Street, Regina, Saskatchewan
Herbert Brockett, patient
Findagrave.com
Herbert E. “Bertie” Brocket
Born August 11, 1897, Maidstone, Kent, England
Died December 10 1965 (aged 69)
Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
His Headstone reads
Private
Herbert E. Brocket
745031
116 Battn C.E.F.
10 December 1965
Aged 67 Years
Their Name Liveth
Forever
[Home Children of Canada left a “flower” on his page.]
from https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/47220772
The British Home Children
For more information on the British Home Children please visit:
www.britishhomechildren.com
or find us on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Britishhomechildren/
Over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from England, under the Child Immigration scheme from 1833-1939. These boys and girls ranged in age from toddlers to adolescents and were all unaccompanied by their parents even though only one-third of them were orphans. Most emigrant children came from respectable, if poor, families bound by strong ties of affection and support. Most of these children were brought to institutions such as Barnardo's as a last resort, when a crisis, or repeated crises – desertion or death of a parent, illness, unemployment – prevented a family and its network of kin from coping. Although some families regarded admission as a temporary expedient, the rescue homes carefully controlled or even discouraged further contact between all children and their relatives for fear that the children would be tempted to return to homes. Once in care, most of these families never saw these children again. Siblings in care in Britain were often separated from their families and each other. Siblings were often separated from each other when they were sent to Canada. Most never saw each other again. Many spent their lives trying to identify their parents and find their siblings and most were unsuccessful.
The Barnardo homes were set up in Canada and England by Dr. Thomas Barnardo for homeless or destitute English children. Peterborough, Ontario emerged as the main Canadian distribution centre for Barnardo children from 1889 to 1922. The Hazelbrae Barnardo Home in Peterborough was built by Thomas Belcher in 1872 for Alexander Smith. It was renovated in 1883 by George and Margaret Cox and donated to Dr. Barnardo. In 1923 it was destroyed by fire.
Although Dr. Barnardo's organization was not the only one involved in the immigration of children to Canada, he became the most influential figure in child migration of the last half of the nineteenth century. His crusade to 'rescue children from the streets' was one the best known social interventions in the last half of the nineteenth century. Dr. Barnardo himself, died in 1905. When he died, there were nearly 8,000 children in the 96 residential homes he had set up. Around 1300 of these children had disabilities. More than 4,000 children were boarded out, and 18,000 had been sent to Canada and Australia. After his death, the Barnardo organization would continue to run in his name and is still an active children's charity organization in England today.
Of the 125,000 children sent to Canada, 20,000 came from the Barnardo Homes. There were many other organizations involved in the migration of children out of England. Some of the better known were Annie Macpherson, Maria Rye, Fegan Homes, Dr. Stephenson and the National Children's Home. Annie Macpherson and Maria Rye pioneered child migration to Canada in 1869. Emigration seemed the only way to break the tragic cycle of grinding poverty that was so rampant in the Victorian years. Dr. Barnardo began migration of children in about 1872 through Macpherson's organisation. By 1881 Dr. Barnardo established himself in his own right in the migration of children by the acquisition of a receiving home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and then the Hazlebrae home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He would go on to set up "receiving homes" across Canada, including a large training farm in Russel Manitoba. There he would send the older boys to be trained as farmers with hopes they would acquire land form the Dominions Land Act and become farmers in their own right.
Once in Canada, the children were not usually adopted into new families, but rather were taken into households to be trained and to work as indentured agricultural labourers and domestic servants until about the age of 18. The poor choice of placements in Canada and the subsequent lack of supervision left these children vulnerable to being exploited and abused - and many were. The organizations sending these children never adequately took into consideration the welfare and safety of the children in their charge. Sensational stories of isolated incidents of criminal and immoral behaviour committed by home children, exploitation in the press and propaganda spread about these children by influential people of the time raised Canadians' fears about the character of the young emigrants. As much as they feared these children, Canadians needed the cheap help on their farms and in their homes. These organizations, including Barnardo's in the later years, quickly lost sight of the mission of rescue as the need increased. The British Child Care organizations, who professed motives of providing these children with a better life, developed other ignoble and pecuniary motives. As Canadian's need for these children, despite their fears increased - the organizations could not immigrate these children into this country fast enough. The organizations in effect rid themselves of an unwanted segment of their society and profited when they in effect "sold" these children to Canadian farmers.
Notes for Irene Mary (Spouse 1)
Canada Voters lists 1963
No. 5 109 25th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta
Robert Brockett, office worker
Reginald Brockett, assistant manager
Mrs. Irene Brockett
Canada Voters Lists 1968
7150 Fulton Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia
Reginald Brockett, wholesale drug
Mrs. Irene Brockett [This is likely his mother. ]
Canada Voters Lists 1972
7150 - 110 Fulton Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia
Reginald Brockett, whole. drug emp.
Mrs. Irene Brockett [This is likely his mother.]
British Columbia Death Index
Irene Mary Brockett, died October 11 1983, age 81, Burnaby, British Columbia
The Province - Vancouver, British Columbia, October 14 1983
BROCKETT Irene Mary, on October 11, 1983. Irene of Burnaby, B.C.. went home to be with her Lord, at the age of 81 years Survived by her 2 sons. Reg, of Burnaby, Bob and wife, Mary-Ellen, of St. Johns. 1 daughter, Shirley, and her husband, Henry, of Leduc, Alta; she leaves 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 1 sister. Germaine Fontaine and her husband. Roland, of Seattle. 1 brother, An Rouleau, of Shaunavon, Sask Adrian Rouleau, and his wife, Terry, of Colville. she leaves many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Brockett was predeceased by her husband, 1 son, 1 daughter, 2 grandsons, her mother and father, 3 sisters, and 9 brothers.
Cremation. Private prayer service was held by the family.
No. 5 109 25th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta
Robert Brockett, office worker
Reginald Brockett, assistant manager
Mrs. Irene Brockett
Canada Voters Lists 1968
7150 Fulton Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia
Reginald Brockett, wholesale drug
Mrs. Irene Brockett [This is likely his mother. ]
Canada Voters Lists 1972
7150 - 110 Fulton Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia
Reginald Brockett, whole. drug emp.
Mrs. Irene Brockett [This is likely his mother.]
British Columbia Death Index
Irene Mary Brockett, died October 11 1983, age 81, Burnaby, British Columbia
The Province - Vancouver, British Columbia, October 14 1983
BROCKETT Irene Mary, on October 11, 1983. Irene of Burnaby, B.C.. went home to be with her Lord, at the age of 81 years Survived by her 2 sons. Reg, of Burnaby, Bob and wife, Mary-Ellen, of St. Johns. 1 daughter, Shirley, and her husband, Henry, of Leduc, Alta; she leaves 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 1 sister. Germaine Fontaine and her husband. Roland, of Seattle. 1 brother, An Rouleau, of Shaunavon, Sask Adrian Rouleau, and his wife, Terry, of Colville. she leaves many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Brockett was predeceased by her husband, 1 son, 1 daughter, 2 grandsons, her mother and father, 3 sisters, and 9 brothers.
Cremation. Private prayer service was held by the family.