In case you can't find her Martha Green is living at Mayfield in the 1881 census. A 64 yr old annuitant with a visitor and a servant. Judy On 9 Feb 2008, at 13:54, Martin Briscoe wrote: > I asked here last year about how to get information on children at > Chadwick's Orphanage. > > I found from Bolton Archives that an accountant holds the records > on behalf > of the trustees. > > I received the information that I requested today, photocopies of > the two > pages in the register. > > It has one column for the "Name of Next of Kin or Person > recommending the > Child". Both have a Mrs Green of Mayfield, Great Lever. I wonder > if anyone > recognises this name? All the others on the page have either a > Reverend or > The Guardians of Fishpool. As far as I am aware there were no > relatives in > the Bolton area, my Grandmother was 17 when her parents died and > there were > eight children including herself. > > I will copy out the rest of the two pages later as someone else > might find > the information useful. > > The images are here > > http://tinyurl.com/22xyzk > > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Her husband, John GREEN, was a magistrate in 1871 and a Poor Law Guardian in 1876 so it seems quite likely that his widow took on a similar role after his death. Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of judy olsen > Sent: 09 February 2008 14:14 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Bolton List > Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Chadwick's Orphanage > > In case you can't find her Martha Green is living at Mayfield in the > 1881 census. A 64 yr old annuitant with a visitor and a servant. > >

You don't mean a formal role do you? I dont think I have every seen a woman listed in a public office like that at that date. But well to do women were very active in charities and you might find Mrs Green listed as an office bearer. The nature of the charity might in turn give you more clues about the family. Judy On 9 Feb 2008, at 17:25, Martin Briscoe wrote: > Thanks > > Her husband, John GREEN, was a magistrate in 1871 and a Poor Law > Guardian in > 1876 so it seems quite likely that his widow took on a similar role > after > his death. > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS

It was just that they seem to have been quite a wealthy family, her husband had a couple of positions like that but probably died at the end of the 1870s. I haven't got any directories covering the 1880s and she died in 1890 so no where to check. If they were supporters of a charity or something then she could have taken over his position - money counts! Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of judy olsen > Sent: 10 February 2008 00:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Chadwick's Orphanage > > You don't mean a formal role do you? I dont think I have > every seen a woman listed in a public office like that at > that date. But well to do women were very active in > charities and you might find Mrs Green listed as an office > bearer. The nature of the charity might in turn give you more > clues about the family. > > Judy