The Golden Bridge Child Migration from Scotland to Canada 1869–1939

Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Canada

When children were first sent from the Orphan Homes of Scotland to Canada they went to a Receiving Home. Fairknowe was one of the Receiving Homes. It was a very well appointed and large house of three storeys with attics and 16 acres of land. The walls were two feet thick to withstand the winter and there were fireplaces in all the main rooms. William Quarrier’s daughter Agnes Burgess and her husband, who had lived in Canada for some years took charge of Fairknowe. The building, which still stands, was sold in 1934 and subdivided into apartments.

Date: c1923
Contributor: Quarriers
Creator: Photographer unknown
Rights: © 2009 Quarriers
Identifier: SLXQUA09032

Miss Quarrier's Scrapbook

Cover of scrapbook presented to Miss Mary Quarrier, 1923 Mr & Mrs Quarrier General View The Entrance Homelea and Paisley Home Some of the Tiny Tots Faith Avenue Greenock and Kintyre Homes The Stores The Wash House The Laundry Morton-Perry, Murray-Brown and Stronvar Homes Peace Avenue Central Building and Broadfield Home Church Road Getting Home from School Church Interior The Church from the Playfield View from Church Tower, Looking East View from Church Tower, Looking South View from Church Tower, Looking West Elise Hospital A Ward, Elise Hospital Operating Room, Elise Hospital By the Fountain, Praise Road Hope Avenue Fire Brigade Station The Bakery The Joiners’ Workshop On the Gotter Water The City Orphan Home, Glasgow Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Canada Torr Aluinn and Hoop House, Dunoon Torr Aluinn, Dunoon Newspaper cutting Hoop House, Dunoon The Consumption Sanatoria of Scotland Pavilion I, Sanatoria Pavilion II, Sanatoria Pavilion III, Sanatoria Dining Hall, Pavilion II, Sanatoria The Colony of Mercy

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