Charles & William embarked at Bristol 26th June 1912 on the Royal Line ship Royal Edward. They were aged 9 and 7 respectively and travelled on the same ticket as 10 year old Charles Talbot and 12 year old Frederick William Biggs. They were all contracted to land at Quebec, Canada. Source: Passenger Lists via Ancestry.

Thanks for your help it could be a possible as Emily had links with Monmouthshire.
Regards Sue

The 1911 Census shows Tuffley Court headed by John & Alice Leech, occupation "foster parents" with their two children; plus a "assistant matron", then 24 boys aged between 5 & 13. The adults are shown as "workers, Board of Guardians".

Researching Tuffley Court gives a very long history, including these small excerpts:

"By the early 13th century Gloucester Abbey had built an oratory at the site of Tuffley manor. In the early 17th century the manor house, Tuffley Court, was a substantial residence sometimes occupied by tenants under the Atkyns family. It was damaged by fire c1640 and had been repaired by Richard Atkyns for his residence by 1650 when it comprised six bays and two storeys and the outbuildings included a barn of nine bays. In 1672 Henry Norwood was assessed on 13 hearths for it. The house, which probably stood in the park on Robins Wood Hill, was uninhabited in 1764 and was demolished by the dean and chapter before 1785. It was replaced by a farmhouse below the hill in Tuffley Lane. That house, which became a boys' home in the late 1890s, was demolished in the mid 20th century."

Also

"From 1792 Thomas Mee held a lease of Tuffley Court and the manorial demesne. He enlarged the estate, which at his death in 1812 passed to his brother-in-law, the Revd. Richard Raikes. Richard (d.1823) was succeeded by his nephew, the Revd. Henry Raikes (d.1854). Tuffley Court passed to Henry's son Henry (d.1863), who was succeeded by his son H.C.Raikes. H.C.Raikes sold the estate of 480a. to Joseph Lovegrove in 1867. Lovegrove broke up the estate, selling most of it that year when R. W. Attwood bought the house and 270a.; Attwood sold the house and 109a. to E.T. Bullock in 1873. Bullock sold that estate to the guardians of the Gloucester poor-law union in 1896, and in 1930 it passed to Gloucester corporation, which used it for housing after the Second World War."

From: 'Gloucester: Outlying hamlets', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester (1988), pp. 382-410.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42323
Date accessed: 08 October 2013.

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I wonder if the above-mentioned Raikes family were related to the famous publisher and philanthropist Robert Raikes (1736-1811) who, following his involvement with the local Poor Law and the boys of the slums, felt compelled to set-up the world's first "State School" at his Gloucester "Sunday School" in 1780 ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes

Re Norah being born in 1909 at "2 Smilter Lane Sheffield UD".

This address was apparently "infamous" in Sheffield as it was the site of one of the Sheffield Urban District(U.D.?) Workhouses, built at Fir Vale. The Workhouse also included the Smilter Lane/Herries Rd Children's Homes and is now the site of the Northern General NHS Hospital, the Smilter's Lane address has been discontinued from usage...
http://sheffieldindexers.com/NorthernGeneralHospital.html

Extensive history details, maps and photos here, scroll down to "Fir Vale"
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Sheffield/
And
http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/workhouse.html#FIR

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I recall the recent Una Stubbs edition of "Who Do You Think You Are" discussed the York Workhouse, Una's grandmother(herself illegitimate) gave birth there to her illegitimate son in 1903, so about the same era as Norah and not too far away. In her case she was only there a few weeks - the programme suggested it was quite common for poor expectant mothers to admit themselves into the Workhouse in this way so they could receive rudimentary healthcare during the childbirth, perhaps this was the case with Norah ?
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/una-stubbs

Hi, So far I have only found the births of Thomas b 1898 glos May b 1900 glo Charles b 1904 William b 1905 both in Lambeth London Norah b 1909 Sheffield.Emily and the children were abandoned by Francis King in 1909 and they all were sent to the Sheffield workhouse from there they were sent back to Gloucester and the boys were sent to Canada. I have found the workhouse records at the Sheffield Archives to support this.my Grandmother was never able to find her birth certificate but she knew she was born on the 10 april 1894.
Once again thanks for your help .
ps I was unable to find May on any workhouse records