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Home of the Friendless/Home of the Friendless Children |
ca.1900-1928 |
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Capacity is difficult to determine but 100s are believed to have passed through the Home's various locations. |
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60 & 96 Francis, Winnipeg, MB and others. |
1900-1905 |
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590 & 592 Furby St., 81 - 83 Polson, Winnipeg, MB and others |
1905-1928 |
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Main Street (Seven Oaks) and rural properties |
from 1914-1928 |
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No records survive from the Home per se and they are believed to have been destroyed by Laura Crouch in 1928 when the Home was closed.
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Testimony and Report of a 1927 provincial inquiry into conditions at the Home.
--Held by the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (Government Records) in Sessional Papers (GR 174 - Box 164, File #3; Box 174, File #3). |
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Winnipeg CAS Office Files (correspondence, clippings and miscellaneous information) in records of Department of Community Services and Corrections (Government Records Description CSC 0188), 1898-1986.
--Held by the Provincial Archives of Manitoba (Government Records). Access by application to the FIPPA Access & Privacy Coordinator, Manitoba Family Services & Housing. |
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Professor Len Kaminski of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba has researched the Home and identified 109 residents. He will attempt to respond to inquiries from former residents and family members. See Records Custodians/Research Resources for contact information. |
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Laura Crouch tried to re-establish her charity in British Columbia after 1928 and some records concerning her activities are in the British Columbia Archives. |
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