home child
home child noun: a person who was sent as a child from the United Kingdom to one of its colonies, under a migration scheme founded in 1869.
Noun
home child (plural home children)
- A person who was sent as a child from the United Kingdom to one of its colonies, under a migration scheme founded in 1869.
- […] orphanages sent tens of thousands of children to start new lives in the overseas dominions, particularly Australia and Canada. Some 100,000 children were sent to Canada alone, and about a quarter of all Canadians have a home child on their family tree.2011, Simon Fowler, Family History: Digging Deeper
Forms of home child
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Questions about home child
- What does home child mean?
- Home child means a person who was sent as a child from the United Kingdom to one of its colonies, under a migration scheme founded in 1869.
- What part of speech is home child?
- Home child is a noun.
- What is the plural of home child?
- The plural of home child is home children.
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