"we've been together now for 40 years and it don't seem a day too long" ----- Original Message ----- From: <Aliceclarke8@aol.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers > The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which was responsible for the > establishment of Poor Law Unions and Workhouses required that men and > women should > be accommodated separately and not allowed to mix (to prevent the > production > of more paupers). It was also usual for children to be in separate > quarters, so you will probably have to go through the entire entry to > find the > parents. > If anyone remembers the Music Hall song "My Old Dutch" which starts "we've > been together 40 years and it don't seem a day too much", the context > there is an elderly couple having to go into the workhouse in the > knowledge > that they will be separated. > Best wishes > Alice Clarke > > > In a message dated 03/08/2010 09:58:25 GMT Daylight Time, > tencreek@tpg.com.au writes: > > Thank you Nick. If I have the right girl, I was wondering where the > parents > were. Perhaps I'd better look at more pages although I would have > thought > families would be listed together. There are a number of children > (different names) listed together, which has me puzzled. > > Cheers > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nick Heard > Sent: Tuesday, 3 August 2010 4:19 PM > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Paupers > > After the 1832 Poor Law there was more emphasis on placing paupers in > work > houses "to discourage idleness" Before 1832 Paupers were more often given > parish relief at home - This was outdoor relief, or they were known > sometimes as outdoor paupers. Indoor relief meant that they were in the > workhouse. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_relief > > Nick Heard > ----- 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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. 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