Helping Chris with her research into the children Charlotte Carr and Adam Carr born at the Launceston Female Factory in the 1840s, I began to wonder how the infants were treated there. In Hobart there was a nursery, where the children were sent after weaning. They stayed there for 2-3 years, and were then sent to the Orphan Schools at New Town. Does anyone know what happened in Launceston? There was no Orphan School there. Was there a nursery? Judy
Chris here- from examining my gr grandmother's convict record..ie Charlotte Carr...she was punished for not keeping the nursery clean in FF Launceston. I also read "Convict Lives" edited by Lucy Frost and Meredith Hodgson in which they refer to the nursery as "dirty and overcrowded". My assumption is that a nursery existed but I don't know more details. Chris in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy" <[email protected]> To: "Aus-Tasmania List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:55 AM Subject: [AUS-Tas] Nursery at Launceston Female Factory? > Helping Chris with her research into the children Charlotte Carr and Adam > Carr born at the Launceston Female Factory in the 1840s, I began to wonder > how the infants were treated there. > > In Hobart there was a nursery, where the children were sent after > weaning. They stayed there for 2-3 years, and were then sent to the Orphan > Schools at New Town. > > Does anyone know what happened in Launceston? There was no Orphan School > there. Was there a nursery? > > Judy > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/aus-tasmania > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community
It seems that young children remained at the Launceston Female House of Correction at the Nursery until age 4 when they were transferred to the Queen's Orphanage in Hobart Town. On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, 11:29 AM Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris here- from examining my gr grandmother's convict record..ie > Charlotte > Carr...she was punished for not keeping the nursery clean in FF Launceston. > I also read "Convict Lives" edited by Lucy Frost and Meredith Hodgson in > which they refer to the nursery as "dirty and overcrowded". > My assumption is that a nursery existed but I don't know more details. > > Chris > > in > Melbourne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy" <[email protected]> > To: "Aus-Tasmania List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:55 AM > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Nursery at Launceston Female Factory? > > > > Helping Chris with her research into the children Charlotte Carr and > Adam > > Carr born at the Launceston Female Factory in the 1840s, I began to > wonder > > how the infants were treated there. > > > > In Hobart there was a nursery, where the children were sent after > > weaning. They stayed there for 2-3 years, and were then sent to the > Orphan > > Schools at New Town. > > > > Does anyone know what happened in Launceston? There was no Orphan School > > there. Was there a nursery? > > > > Judy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > > Contact Admin [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe and Archives > > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/aus-tasmania > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > > community > > _______________________________________________ > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/aus-tasmania > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >
Have just found an 1832 plan of the upper floor of the Launceston FF. It shows a hospital ward, with adjoining nursery. TAHO, PWD266-1-896. Plans - Launceston Penal Establishment - design for a female factory for 200 women - upper floor - J Lee Archer Judy