age ~64
from Janesville, CA
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, ...
Author
Mary S. Pettit
Binding
Paperback
Pages
158
Publisher
Ulan Press
ISBN #
7
In the early years after Confederation in Canada, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent overseas by well-meaning philanthropists to solve the colony’s farm...
Author
Mary Pettit, Gail H. Corbett, Marjorie Kohli, Kenneth Bagnell
Binding
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Dundurn
ISBN #
3
Home child Mary Janeway runs away from her farm placement, grows into adulthood, and ultimately comes to terms with life in Hamilton, Ontario. Sixteen-year-old Mary Janeway, a home child, is desperate to escape from her rural home child placement and flees to London, Ontario, to find a domestic posi...
Author
Mary Pettit
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
Natural Heritage
ISBN #
1459701712
EAN Code
9781459701717
ISBN #
2
Mary Janeway, born in Scotland in 1887, came to Canada as a "home child" at a very young age. Separated from her brothers and sisters, the "tiny" Mary was sent as a domestic to a farm near Innerkip, Ontario. This is Mary’s story – a recreation of her life set in Victorian rural Ontario, from the tim...
Author
Mary Pettit
Binding
Paperback
Pages
162
Publisher
Dundurn
ISBN #
1554884136
EAN Code
9781554884131
ISBN #
1
Mary Janeway: The Legacy of a Home Child [ Mary Janeway: The Legacy of a Home Child by Pettit, Mary ( Author ) Paperback May- 2009 ] Paperback May- 01- 2009
Author
Mary Pettit
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Dundurn Group (CA) 05-01-2009
ISBN #
8
Used Book
Author
Mary P Pettit
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
128
Publisher
Hart Book Co
ISBN #
5