Emigrated Collection

The Main Street of Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913
Photograph of the main street of Dove Holes, near Buxton in Derbyshire, pictured in 1913. Between 1905 and 1913 a quarter of the village population, about 250 people, emigrated to Canada

Robert O'Hara Burke (1820 - 1861), Irish explorer, pictured shortly before his death in 1861. Burke had emigrated to Australia in 1853

A page from Opal's precocious childhood diary which backs her claim to be a French princess who had emigrated to the U.S. : though truly extraordinary, not all believed it. Date: 1920

Picturesque illustration of an Italian Community living off Leather Lane in London. The County Council had decided at the time that they would gradually do away with a colony of Italian people living

Australia - Large Family outside home at Kalgoorlie
Western Australia - Large Welsh Immigrant Family outside home at Kalgoorlie (269 Egan Street). The town was founded in 1893 during the Coolgardie gold rush. Date: 1912

Annie Macpherson House of Industry, Bethnal Green Road, Lond
The House of Industry run by Annie Macpherson at Bethnal Green Road, East London. Most of the children at the home were emigrated to Canada

Thomas Henty, Pioneer
THOMAS HENTY Sussex banker and landowner inspired by news of the Swan River Settlement chartered a barque and emigrated to Australia as pioneer settler. Date: 1775 - 1839

The Marchington Family outside the Post Office in Dove Holes
Photograph of the Marchington family outside the Post Office which they ran in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913. Mr. Marchington (centre of doorway) was thinking of emigrating to Toronto, Canada

SS Victorian
The SS Victorian, aboard which many children were emigrated to Canada

Hugh Crompton
HUGH CROMPTON Unsuccessful poet who emigrated to Ireland and was never afterwards heard of : he left behind some indifferent verses, some of them coarse. Date: CIRCA 1787

Robinson Crusoes House
The dining room of the Robinson Crusoe House Bremen, Germany. In Daniel Defoes novel (1719), Crusoes father was a Bremen merchant who emigrated to Hull, England. Date: 1930s

Ps Dupont De Nemours
Pierre Samuel DUPONT DE NEMOURS French economist, who for political reasons emigrated to the United States where he became an influential figure Date: 1739 - 1817

Sydenham Poyntz
SYDENHAM POYNTZ Parliamentary general during the Civil War, emigrated to Virginia Date: flourished 1645

Fegans Canada Farm Home, Goudhurst
The Canada Training Farm at Goudhurst, Kent, set up by James Fegan to train boys before they emigrated to Canada

Demetra Vaka, Greek-born author
Demetra Vaka (1877-1946), Greek-born author, emigrated to USA in 1894, married the writer and journalist Kenneth Brown. Her new book, A Child of the Orient, was published in 1914. Date: 1914

Andrew Petrie
ANDREW PETRIE Scot who emigrated to Australia 1831, settler in Queensland, civil engineer and architect in Brisbane. Date: 1798 - 1872

Herkomers Father
HUBERT HERKOMERs FATHER a Bavarian woodcarver who emigrated first to America and then to England where they settled permanently. Date: 1849

Richard Boss Crokers horses, Dublin, Ireland
Horses belonging to Richard Boss Croker, an Irishman who emigrated to America as his family fled the potato famine, and worked successively as barman

Lilly Dache (1898-1989) French milliner who emigrated to America and was reported to have said - Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number

Irish Peasants attacking an Eviction Party, Ireland, 1887
Engraving showing several poor Irish farmers preparing to attack an eviction party with boulders, Ireland, 1887. Absentee landlords evicted tenant farmers who could not pay their rent during

Immigrants arriving at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909
Photograph of crowds of immigrants arriving at the train station in Winnipeg, Canada, 1909. Winnipeg was at that time the chief distributing centre for Western Canada

William John Wills (1834-1861)
Engraving of William John Wills, the Australian surveyor and explorer, pictured in 1860. Wills was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1852, joining the staff of Melbournes observatory

Alice Salomon
ALICE SALOMON German-Jewish social reformer and champion of womens rights, 1937 expelled, emigrated first to England then to USA

Joseph Lancaster
JOSEPH LANCASTER English educationalist. The Lancasterian system was widely adopted by nonconformists. Emigrated to America in 1818

Thomas Paine / John Kay
THOMAS PAINE Radical writer, born in England, emigrated to America in 1774 where he urged declaration of independence

ANN LEE Religious enthusiast who became member and ultimately leader of Shaker sect (as Mother Ann ) with which she emigrated to America

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