I am trying to find information regarding my g grandfather Albert Dawdry.

He was born in March 1891. Address listed on birth certificate was 153 Odessia (?) Road Forest Gate, West Ham
In 1905 he was sent to Canada as a Home Child.

The name of the organization he was sent by was listed as Miss MacPherson's. I obtained records from Barnardo's which let me know he was sent from Bethnal Green Union School.

I would like to know if there is any way to find out his circumstances at the time of admission to the Union School. His Juvenile Inspection Reports indicate he asks about the welfare/ whereabouts of his sister "Nellie" however no information is ever produced. His military enrollment records into WW1 list "Nellie"- sister as his next of kin but her address is only listed as London, England.

Would the records of the union school indicate who "admitted" him there, where there might be a next of kin, the circumstances of his parents???


1. I have never been to England & am confused by the geography
2. I am also confused by the poor law union/ workhouses/ union schools even though I have read the information on workhouses. org.



PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!