On 15/05/2013 11:12, george pickering wrote: > Dear All, > > When removing a pauper family from one Union to another > who would bear the cost? The Parish of settlement of the pauper family would often pay the cost. > > How would they be conveyed, by train or carriage? Almost always by Shank's Pony, i.e. walking. The constable would walk the family to the next parish where they would be met by the constable and so on until reaching their destination. > > I have a family (widowed mother and two children) who in 1902 > are residing in the Poplar Union Workhouse but have no legal > right of Settlement in the Poplar Union or any parish therein. > > Because her deceased husband was born in Cheltenham Parish in > the Cheltenham Union the Guardians of the Poplar Union are > saying that the family is proper to the Cheltenham Union. > > Consequently the Cheltenham Union are ordered to deal with the > receiving and conveying of the family. > > Regards > > George > Rainham, Kent. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Yes a wife and children could on the death of the husband/father have to travel to a place they had never visited in their lives due to the poor laws. Cheers Guy