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Sara Ann Slack
From the Gateshead Union, born September 10, 1894 in Gateshead, Durham, England. She arrived in Canada with Dr. Barnardo in 1903 and taken to the Hazel Brae receiving home in Peterborough, Ontario. Sarah married Robert McFarland on September 12, 1912. They had 11 children, 10 of whom grew to adulthood. Sarah died December 1, 1960 and is buried in the Emily Cemetery, Victoria County, Ontario

Lucy 2

Grace

Pearson

mary stevenson

Mains

Alfred Sewell

Drake

Annie second try

Dawn Sheppard

Johnson

Biggs

Rachel

Chamberlain square

William Kenney

crockford

Cheryl Toms Cheek

Jowett

usher

Oschefski

Nellie Page

Morris children

Munt

Knowles2

Knowles

JoAnn 1

Jefkins

John Page
British Home Child George Beardshaw, 94 years old, 2017 showing off his square on the quilt.
British Home Child, Cyril Hewitt, 94 years old, 2018, pointing to his square on the quilt


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