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Girls Friendly Society Lodge |
ca.1915 |
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Mostly girls 16 and over, although some were younger. Some widows with children. |
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148 River Ave., Winnipeg, MB |
ca.1915 |
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Minute books, correspondence, emigration registers, and other printed material.
--Held by the National Archives of Canada in Girls Friendly Society fonds (Reference No. R3408-0-5-E; also microfilm reels A1188-A1217).
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The Girls Friendly Society was formed by the Church of England in 1875 primarily as a social club. Emigration was added to their work in 1883. |
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Women and girls (aged 14-18 years) were sent to Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie in Manitoba, primarily as domestic servants. |
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