If anyone in the field of family history has done more to deserve help than Pat Banks & Corinne Thompson then I would like to meet them ! "So many owe too so few" to paraphrase a good speechmaker. I hope you find your Williams. I think indoor pauper is as you say, as opposed to someone getting parish relief at home. Tom Hill Five weeks from retirement to St Just after 51 years in "foreign fields" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Banks" <tencreek@tpg.com.au> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com>; <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers > Greetings all > > > > Could anyone tell me, please, what an "indoor pauper" would be??? I am > looking at the 1861 Census for Wales and assume that the child (Louisa > Williams aged 6 years) is in the workhouse. Unfortunately her parents > don't > seem to be there, at least, I can't see them in the Lists - would people > have put their children into the workhouse if they fell on hard times? > > > > This has been a very difficult family - WILLIAMS from Wales!!! Looking at > marriage records I found at least 40 Thomas WILLIAMS married in just one > quarter and all in South Wales!!! > > > > I am looking for Louisa and Kate WILLIAMS, children of Thomas and Ann > WILLIAMS in an attempt to find the early family (Kate is my late > husband's > grandmother). Kate's death certificate says she was born in Bath but the > two entries for Kate Williams, Bath in 1862 and 1863 GRO Records, have > proved to be the wrong ones. The family finally emigrated to Australia in > 1864 and ended up in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. > > > > I have had tremendous help from another researcher who has given me > Louisa's > descendants (confirming comments by my late husband) and I have Kate's > descendants, but the parents seem to be the stumbling block. > > > > Talk about a needle in a haystack! > > > > Cheers > > > > Pat > > > > Pat Banks > > Perth, Western Australia > > OPC: Gulval, St.Levan, Mullion > > Researching: > > Cock - Mullion > > George - Illogan > > Osborne - St.Levan > > Polglase - Breage, St.Erth > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3046 - Release Date: 08/02/10 18:59:00
Thank you Tom. I hope you really enjoy your retirement at 'home'!!! Cheers Pat -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hill Sent: Tuesday, 3 August 2010 4:46 PM To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers If anyone in the field of family history has done more to deserve help than Pat Banks & Corinne Thompson then I would like to meet them ! "So many owe too so few" to paraphrase a good speechmaker. I hope you find your Williams. I think indoor pauper is as you say, as opposed to someone getting parish relief at home. Tom Hill Five weeks from retirement to St Just after 51 years in "foreign fields" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Banks" <tencreek@tpg.com.au> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com>; <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers > Greetings all > > > > Could anyone tell me, please, what an "indoor pauper" would be??? I am > looking at the 1861 Census for Wales and assume that the child (Louisa > Williams aged 6 years) is in the workhouse. Unfortunately her parents > don't > seem to be there, at least, I can't see them in the Lists - would people > have put their children into the workhouse if they fell on hard times? > > > > This has been a very difficult family - WILLIAMS from Wales!!! Looking at > marriage records I found at least 40 Thomas WILLIAMS married in just one > quarter and all in South Wales!!! > > > > I am looking for Louisa and Kate WILLIAMS, children of Thomas and Ann > WILLIAMS in an attempt to find the early family (Kate is my late > husband's > grandmother). Kate's death certificate says she was born in Bath but the > two entries for Kate Williams, Bath in 1862 and 1863 GRO Records, have > proved to be the wrong ones. The family finally emigrated to Australia in > 1864 and ended up in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. > > > > I have had tremendous help from another researcher who has given me > Louisa's > descendants (confirming comments by my late husband) and I have Kate's > descendants, but the parents seem to be the stumbling block. > > > > Talk about a needle in a haystack! > > > > Cheers > > > > Pat > > > > Pat Banks > > Perth, Western Australia > > OPC: Gulval, St.Levan, Mullion > > Researching: > > Cock - Mullion > > George - Illogan > > Osborne - St.Levan > > Polglase - Breage, St.Erth > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3046 - Release Date: 08/02/10 18:59:00 ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message