home children
home children is the plural of home child.
Meaning of home child
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
Questions about home children
- What is home children the plural of?
- Home children is the plural of home child.
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