Hello, Pat (and list)-- Regarding separate housing for workhouse children, I've just finished reading Dickens' "Oliver Twist" (for the first time!), which was written shortly after the 1834 Poor Laws took effect. The early chapters deal with the orphaned Oliver's being housed with a number of other children in truly "Dickensian" conditions (this is before he went to London, met Fagin and the Artful Dodger, etc.). The matron took money to feed the children, then skimped on what she gave them and kept the balance for herself.... Don't know how long this separation was practiced, but you might want to keep it in mind while looking at the census returns. Sue Budlong in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A. ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c588540847285e64abst01vuc

Hi, I can relate as I see my grt. grandfather on the list for the workhouse in Helston in 1851 (Isaac Medlyn with his mother Lucy, and also see her brother Richard as well) When doing my research on the family I found Lucy passed in 1853 and her brother in 1856. Not sure if Lucy's mother raised him or who did as I do not find Isaac anywhere in the 1861 census. I do not believe he would have been able to immigrate to U. S. at 13. I do find him in the 1870 census in the U. S. . Possibly he remained in the poorhouse and the others got out? Would a child have remained behind their mother? She was from Sithney and shows up in the burials of Sithney as does her brother. Would they have sent the body to Sithney? Or could she have been released as her brother and my grt. grandfather remained? The listing for the workhouse in Helston is very difficult to read for 1861. Would they have done this? Anyone? Secondly, in the U. S. I remember my aunt who was 92 when she passed spoke of families becoming " overwhelmed" with the number of children they had allowing their children to go with another family to be raised and not necessarily relatives. They would take them in and raise them as their own children without benefit of formal adoption. I should add that her mother was also a midwife in the early 1900's Jan Neuman Ishpeming, Michigan . -----Original Message----- From: longweav@juno.com <longweav@juno.com> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 5:07 pm Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers Hello, Pat (and list)-- Regarding separate housing for workhouse children, I've just finished reading ickens' "Oliver Twist" (for the first time!), which was written shortly after he 1834 Poor Laws took effect. The early chapters deal with the orphaned liver's being housed with a number of other children in truly "Dickensian" onditions (this is before he went to London, met Fagin and the Artful Dodger, tc.). The matron took money to feed the children, then skimped on what she ave them and kept the balance for herself.... Don't know how long this separation was practiced, but you might want to keep it n mind while looking at the census returns. Sue Budlong in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.A. ___________________________________________________________ enny Stock Jumping 2000% ign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! ttp://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c588540847285e64abst01vuc ------------------------------- istmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information ttp://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message