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Here's George's home children info - at least some of it:

Home Children (1869-1930) database
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/022/022-908.009-e.html
Group of children travelling together:
HISCOCK George 17 M Laurentian 1895
SMITH Albert 18 M Laurentian 1895
WALTON Joseph 18 M Laurentian 1895

Library & Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1aMicrofilm: C-4540
HISCOCK, George, male, 17 [b. 1878]
Ship: Laurentian departed Liverpool 8 Aug 1895
Arrival Port: Quebec16 Aug 1895
Party: Philanthropic Society Farm School, Red Hill, Surrey
Destination: Wapella, Northwest Territories
Comments: Three lads
1. SMITH Albert 18 M Laurentian 1895
2. HISCOCK George 17 M Laurentian 1895
3. WALTON Joseph 18 M Laurentian 1895

I've lost track of some of Dixon's info -- what was his Dad's name?


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