Clerkenwell workhouse also has problems with its "filthy state of a cesspool " in 1854 , but it also has Devon related items in the settlement of John Williams and his wife Elizabeth married in Dawlish , lived in Teignmouth ,( also 1854 ), he is now settled Chudleigh he is about 51 yrs of age and son of John and Mary Williams , the reference for this is in DRO . Also DRO and much earlier , 1807-23 , monthly meetings of the Society of Friends , misc papers, "vacancies on the staff of the Friends School and Workhouse , Clerkenwell " . I wonder if the latter isn`t a clue as to the organisation which might have provided funds for the journey , the Quakers have a huge reputation for their charity work with prisoners . And finally , this is another quite interesting idea , again 1824 , " Supporting letter to Tomlinson from John Webb, commending the prisoner for having brought his wife's mother and children from a St Austell workhouse [Cornwall] to London and providing for them; also noting the disinclination of the prisoner's wife to help procure his release." The prisoner was a Chelsea Pensioner and owed £200 ( in 1824) in fines for assaulting his wife . -----Original Message----- From: Diane Foster Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 1:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] travel from London to Plymouth c 1876 My ggm married an Italian Merchant Seaman and I have found no trace of him other than on their marriage certificate and his name on the birth certificates of the two babies born to them; plus their Roman Catholic Baptism in the Italian Church, London. I am very grateful to the suggestions arising from my question and have given me the opportunity to rethink ggm and her journey. Her stay in the Clerkenwell Workhouse was not very long, so I think as someone suggested, she was only there for the birth and a short time after Her father was a tortoishell worker and ended up as a widower dying in a workhouse, so the family were not very well off. I have not found any previous connection to Devon that would have caused ggm to skedadle off to Plymouth. I am very grateful to you all for your suggestions. sincerely, Diane On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 8:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah ha !!!! so more is known !!! when and > where did they marry ? and if she had a working husband the workhouse > would take steps to remove her to his care (?) . > > -----Original Message----- From: Diane Foster > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DEV] travel from London to Plymouth c 1876 > > Hello Michael, no, ggm was definitely from London. I suspect she was > chasing her husband, a merchant seaman. Diane > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Michael Walsby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Diane >> >> Do you know anything about your ggmother's early life ? For instance, if >> she was born in Plymouth and her parents lived there, she could have been >> sent back to her 'home' parish. I have an instance of this in which a >> man >> was sent from London to Bristol with the requirement to register in each >> parish in which he stayed overnight en route. >> >> If this is a possibility, it might be worth checking the poor law records >> of the appropriate London parish (if you know it !). >> >> Happy hunting, >> Michael Walsby >> >> >> >> Le 22/04/2017 à 05:05, Diane Foster a écrit : >> >> Listers, I have a ggmother who somehow travelled from the Workhouse in >>> London to Plymouth and married there in 1876. >>> >>> I am baffled by how she would have made the journey and afforded to do >>> so. >>> >>> If anyone has suggestions I would be most grateful to receive them. >>> >>> Diane - Western Australia >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> 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.ances >>> try.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 >>> >>> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> 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.ances >> try.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.ances > try.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.ances > try.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-requ[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