Hi Diane, Which workhouse was it? Have a look at : www.workhouses.org.uk and see what records have survived. The Admission Register often listed the reason for discharge from the workhouse. Regarding the issue of Removal Orders, although the responsibility of a Parish had changed with the New Poor Law of 1834, the Settlement Acts remained in force, well into the 20th century, so it was possible that she was being "removed". Source: Ancestral Trails - Mark Herber (excellent book). Best wishes Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diane Foster Sent: 22 April 2017 13:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] DEV] travel from London to Plymouth c 1876 Thank you to all the people who have given me suggestions about my ggm. She was born and married in London. Married a merchant seaman and had two children by him - in the Workhouse. I sense she may have been abandoned or at the very least went off to Plymouth thinking to catch up with him since the first born was ill and subsequently died in the Workhouse. She had taken the second born with her to Plymouth. I like the idea that the Workhouse may have helped with the fare in an effort to catch the husband for assistance. One can only speculate without any proof. My story will certainly have several options for ggm and her journey to Plymouth. sincere thanks to all, Diane On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Adrian Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 April 2017 at 11:56, ELIZABETH HOWARD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It might be possible that the workhouse worthies found her enough > > money for a single fare to Plymouth , maybe she already knew her > > husband to be > , > > and one of the many charities working with the destitute poor found > > the cash ........1876 is very late almost the modern era so the > > removal > orders > > etc of the earlier times , may well have been abolished . > > > > There is a collection on Ancestry "London, England, Selected Poor Law > Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1930" - on a very quick look, I > found a removal order from 1901, so it was still an option then - > though under what precise circumstances, I don't know. > > (I did try to find out if Removal Orders etc still applied under the > "New Poor Law" Act of 1834 - explanations are *not* clear to me as the > context of Settlement and Removal Orders is always that of the Old > Poor Law, and I could find no explicit statement that the New PLA did > or didn't continue with the same concepts. Someone may be able to find > out better than me.) > > The Ancestry collection, by the way, "contains Poor Law records > relating to settlement and removals for the unions of Bethnal Green, > Hackney, Poplar, Shoreditch, and Stepney". > > Adrian > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon > can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message