Emigration Collection (page 3)

Maria Rye
A portrait of Maria Rye (1829-1903) who became well known for organising the emigration of pauper and orphan children to Canada. Date: Date unknown

Barnardos Labour House - Discharging a Cargo of Wood
A cargo of wood is transferred from a barge onto wagons for Barnardos Labour House, London. The home prepared older boys for emigration to Canada. Date: circa 1905

Emigration of the Germans. Engraving. Colored
Louis the German (806-875). Carolingian Emperor. Emigration of the Germans. Engraving by A. Closs in Germania, 1882. Colored

United States. 19th century. Union Pacific Company. Railway Station. Engraving in the newspaper Frank Leslies in 1869. Colored

American Steamship 1920S
An American passenger steamship, possibly at New York Harbour, U.S.A. Date: 1920s

ACADIA STEAMSHIP
The Acadia passenger steamship, entering New York Harbour, U.S.A. Date: 1920s

Emigration / A Spinster
A spinster here... Image 3 of a series on the benefits of Australia over England & encouraging emigration. Date: 1863

Crossing Mississippi
Settlers wagons are ferried across the Mississippi River, at the start of their long journey to the Golden West. Date: circa 1850

The Asylum of Peace
THE ASYLUM OF PEACE Exile:-" Ah, Dear Britannia, it is with you, only, I can be certain of a safe home!" Date: 2 June 1866

Emigration from Skye
Emigration from The Isle of Skye - The Hercules in the harbour of Campbelton. Date: 1853

Swearing in a new American citizen, New York

New York City, USA - Ellis Island. Date: circa 1910s

Immigrants arrive in Ellis Island, America

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, recreations
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Recreations on board - the men appear to be playing chess or draughts

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, a family
A family group of steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. The journey began in London with an emigrant train from Euston to Liverpool. Date: 1896

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Young emigrants working their passage and chatting

Steerage passengers, working ones way out
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896, working their passage to America. The journey began for these emigrants in London with an emigrant train from Euston to

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, outside cabins
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896, huddled on deck outside the cabins. The journey began for these emigrants to America in London with an emigrant train

Come down under Australia emigration poster 1926-7
Poster encouraging British emigration to Australia, 1926-7. To the young unemployed miner, come down under and be a digger on the surface. Work, health and happiness on the land in Australia

Macpherson Home, Stratford, Ontario
The distributing home at Stratford, Ontario, operated by emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson. A horse-drawn sledge stands in the snow. Date: early 1900s

Mrs Louisa Birt
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. From 1873 to 1915 she was Superintendent of the Liverpool Sheltering Home. Date: circa 1910

Miss Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Elizabeth Meiklejohn became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1877 ran the Macpherson distribution home in Knowlton, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Mrs Rachel Merry
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. Rachel and her husband Joseph Merry superintended Macphersons Home of Industry for several years

Miss Emma Barber
Emma Barber, a resident of Knowlton, Ontario, became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1872 to 1877ran the Macpherson distribution home in the town

Miss Ellen Bilbrough
Ellen Bilbrough, an assistant of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson, went to Canada to run the Marchmont House distribution home at Belleville, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Macpherson Boys en route to Canada
Boys en route to Canada in an emigration party organised by Miss Annie Macpherson

Miss Annie Macpherson
Annie Macpherson was a promoter and organiser of the emigration of poor and orphan children to Canada in the latter part of the 19th century

Barnardos Home Carpenters Final Lesson before Australia
Barnardos Home Carpenters having a final lesson in roof construction before their emigration to Australia. Date: 1922

Barnardos Home Boys leaving Tilbury for Australia
Barnardos Home Boys aboard the tender Ballarat at the start of their emigration journey to Australia. Date: December 1922

Barnardos Home Boys at Tilbury en route to Australia
Barnardos Home Boys arriving at Tilbury at the start of their emigration journey to Australia. Date: December 1922

REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua. Edward Holdens sons
REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-1792). The Children of Edward Holden Cruttenden. Rococo. Oil on canvas. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo Museum of Art

Replica of The Mayflower in Brixham Harbour, Devon
Replica of The Mayflower (Mayflower II) at Brixham Harbour, Devon. The ship was built at Uphams Yard, Brixham, and sailed across to New Plymouth in June 1957. Date: 1956

American soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1
American soldiers on board the Aquitania at Liverpool preparing to sail home accompanied by English wives who they had married while in Britain during the First World War

New Zealand soldiers returning home with English brides, WW1
A party of New Zealand soldiers on board the Remuera, heading home accompanied by their English wives who they had met and married while in Britain

Emigrant ship St Vincent
The emigrant ship St Vincent, bound for Sydney, Australia, being towed out. The ship left Deptford, south London, preparatory to sailing for Plymouth, then Cork in Ireland

Departure of Irish emigrants
Poverty-stricken Irish folk waiting on the railway platform for a train to take them to the port for embarkation to America or elsewhere

Childrens Aid Society Emigration Party, Canada
A Childrens Aid Society emigration party arriving from England at Winnipeg, Canada. Date: Circa 1908

Waifs and Strays Children Emigrating to Canada
A party of boys from Church of England Waifs and Strays homes on-board ship en route to Canada. The emigration of orphans

Orphan Girls Emigrating to Canada
Girls on board the RMS Canada, June 13th 1924, in an emigration party to Canada organised by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1924

Waifs and Strays Society, First Emigration Party
The first emigration party organised by the Waifs and Strays Society to send some of children in its care to Canada. Date: 1924

Government Inspectors Visit to Canadian Emigrant
A Canadian Government Inspector visits a young emigrant from Britain to Canada, placed there by the Waifs and Strays Society

Former Kitchener Home Boy in Canada
A former inmate of the Kitchener Memorial Home For Boys, 122 Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, after his emigration to Canada. The home, operated by the Waifs and Strays Society, could house 50 boys

Emigrant landing, New York, USA Date: circa 1903

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Australian settlement
Powers to appoint a Vice Admiral and a judge for the occupation and settlement of NSW Australia 25 April 1787 (cover) Date: 25th April 1787

Emigration to Australia
Child Emigration, boys at Farm School in Western Australia, c.1916 c. 1916

Emigrants on the shipdeck

Steamer Orlando
The emigrant steamer Orlando in the roadsted, Gothenburg harbour, 1880. Date: 1880

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