St. George’s Home in Ottawa, run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Paul, was used to take in the British “Home Children” and then send them out to farms across Canada. Some of them never left, however, and 23 Home Children are buried in Ottawa’s Notre-Dame Cemetery.

My 3rd Great Grandmother was born in the village of Clyffe Pypard in Wiltshire, England and came to Canada in 1908. The village is virtually unchanged today and is just 8 km from the great Stone Circle of Avebury, with many other ancient sites surrounding it. I think many would agree that Wiltshire is one of the most special and magical places in all of England.