On 3rd February 1866, John Walker Belding died in Newington, Surrey, and in December quarter of that same year, Mary Belding, his wife died, leaving 8 children as orphans. So what would happen to the children if grandparents/family weren't able to care for them. I suppose it was the parish in where they were living at the time, or was it the parish in which they were born? According to the census of 1871, Prior Aylward Belding, born 1864 in Newington, Surrey was in an orphanage, the Spurgeon Orphanage in Clapham, his brother William born St Luke, Middlesex, was in an orphanage in Bristol, brother George born Boston, well I can't find him in 1871, the other children were in Boston. Where would I find records of such decisions, if there any? John Readman

Two Belding children are in the Boston workhouse school in 1866, taken out by their mother. There is no mention of them in the minutes, not under "Belding", anyway. What should have happened is that the Relieving Officer of the district where they lived would have reported their case to the Union in which they resided, a decision about what to do with them would have been made, and the unions relative to their settlements would have been contacted. Therefore you have a chance of finding something in the minutes, or perhaps other records, of the Union in which they were living at the time, and in the minutes or other records of the Unions to which they were sent. There is no correspondence for Boston Union for that time period, but there may be something at London in the correspondence sent by the Poor Law Commissioners. Whatever, it would have been for the Guardians of the Union in which they resided to make the initial enquiries. The parish officers would simply have done what they were told. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John redders Sent: 02 April 2012 14:09 To: Eng Lincs Subject: [LIN] Pareents die leaving children as orphans On 3rd February 1866, John Walker Belding died in Newington, Surrey, and in December quarter of that same year, Mary Belding, his wife died, leaving 8 children as orphans. So what would happen to the children if grandparents/family weren't able to care for them. I suppose it was the parish in where they were living at the time, or was it the parish in which they were born? According to the census of 1871, Prior Aylward Belding, born 1864 in Newington, Surrey was in an orphanage, the Spurgeon Orphanage in Clapham, his brother William born St Luke, Middlesex, was in an orphanage in Bristol, brother George born Boston, well I can't find him in 1871, the other children were in Boston. Where would I find records of such decisions, if there any? John Readman ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message