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Salvation Army Boys' Home in Eltham
Salvation Army homes were the only option for many 19th-century orphans and abandoned children. Institutional life could be highly regimented: in this image residents of the Salvation Army Boys' Home in Eltham line up to salute a visitor to the institution in the 1890s.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: 1/2-044824-F
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the library through its 'Timeframes' website,
http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New
Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any
reuse of this image.
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Hi,
My Grandfather, Charles Turkingon's, brother Samuel Turkington emigrated to New Zealand in 1897, with his wife, Mary Anna and two children James and Mary Ann.
Eileen Olivette Turkington was born in New Zealand on the 13th March 1904. After her father, Samuel was killed in horse and trap accident in 1912 and her mother died months after, Eileen was adopted by the Jenkins family of Eltham. Eventually Eileen became a matron at an orphanage.
Was this the orphanage she was the matron of?
is there any records of her being there?
I am putting togather my family tree and would be grateful for any information.
Kind regards
Bob Ferris
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