J. W. C. Fegan, A Tribute (biography by W.Y. Fullerton)

By W. Y. Fullerton, D.D.
New Foreword by Douglas V. Fry & Fawne Stratford-Devai. New introduction by Marj Kohli

This book is an account of the life and good works of James William Condell Fegan as penned by W. Y. Fullerton. It tells the tale of a man who devoted his life to helping  disadvantaged boys during an era when a social safely net was lacking in England.

Several sending agencies were involved in bringing more than 100,000 British Home Children to Canada between the 1870s and 1940s, including Fegan Homes which sponsored and managed placement of boys to Canada from 1884 to 1939. Generally the Fegan boys would be 14 years of age when they went, although on occasion they might be younger, particularly if they were accompanying an older brother. 

The prospect of work, and of a good start in life, was much better in Canada than in England at the time. A Fegan 'Receiving Home' was established in 1886 in Toronto, from where the boys would be found a placement on a farm. Each boy's experience was different.

128 Pages
6 X 9"
Originally published by Fegan Homes, London, circa 1925
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2003
ISBN 1-894378-89-X