I was looking through various newspaper reports of Quarter Sessions in 1871 and came across the following “TOXTETH PARK REFORMATORY - Ordered, that the sum of 1s. 6d. per week be paid for juveniles sent from the county of Monmouth to the above reformatory.”   This intrigued me for 2 reasons.  Firstly, by today’s standards, it seems harsh to juveniles that far from home, (for those who don’t know Toxteth is in Liverpool), and secondly I wondered how common a practise this was.  Was this practised in Haverfordwest?  In my Gambold tree there is an Eliza Ann Gambold daughter of Martha Gambold, both of whom were illegitimate, (Martha had 4 such children in total), in 1881 aged 11 she is in the work house with her mother and siblings, but in 1890 she marries a widowed house painter in Birkenhead.  I have wondered how she got to Birkenhead; could this be the reason?   Megan

Megan It may not have been uncommon for children to be sent to an approved school or similar institution well away from their home area. I have a case in my own research of a girl from Bethnal Green being sent to the Girls' Certified Industrial School in Stockport. Perhaps the idea was that by removing them from their home area it took them away from temptations of family and associates, made it less likely they would try to abscond and gave them a fresh start. One of this girl's cousins was enumerated in 1891 at the Girls Village Home For Orphan Neglected & Destitute Girls, Barkingside Near Ilford Essex, ie much closer to home. Her mother died when she was very young and her father was apparently disabled by an adult injury, so it's likely he was not able to take care of her. The first might have been involved in petty crime or be otherwise thought delinquent, and the second was merely unfortunate. Regards STC On 12/07/2012 15:44, Megan Roberts wrote: > I was looking through various newspaper reports of Quarter Sessions in 1871 and came across the following “TOXTETH PARK REFORMATORY - Ordered, that the sum of 1s. 6d. per week be paid for juveniles sent from the county of Monmouth to the above reformatory.” > > This intrigued me for 2 reasons. Firstly, by today’s standards, it seems harsh to juveniles that far from home, (for those who don’t know Toxteth is in Liverpool), and secondly I wondered how common a practise this was. Was this practised in Haverfordwest? In my Gambold tree there is an Eliza Ann Gambold daughter of Martha Gambold, both of whom were illegitimate, (Martha had 4 such children in total), in 1881 aged 11 she is in the work house with her mother and siblings, but in 1890 she marries a widowed house painter in Birkenhead. I have wondered how she got to Birkenhead; could this be the reason? > > Megan > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > 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