Hello Gillian my mothers brother who lived in Scotland Road - St Anthony's Parish went through the catholic reformatory system - he was aged 12/13, he was sent to the St Aidens Reformatory School Widnes- this replaced the Clarence Catholic Reformatory Ship which was moored in the Mersey --- I have the letters he wrote to his mother - absolutely heart rendering - he was sent to whiston work house from St. Aidens - 1917 to die of TB - he was buried in a paupers grave at ford cemetery. I have photo's the the inside of St Aidens - one word bleak. the children were segregated by religion - do you know your GG mothers religion. Audrey O'Keefe ----- Original Message ----- From: <GILLIAN52@aol.com> To: <Lancsgen-L-request@rootsweb.co>; <ENG-LIVERPOOL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:39 PM Subject: [ENG-LIV] REFORM SCHOOL >I would like to know if possible where my great grandmother would have > been sent. She was 13 years old and convicted of Larceny and her sentence > was > 14 days in prison and 5 years in a reform school. She lived in Liverpool > and it was the year 1865. I've tried googling reform schools in Liverpool > but > all it seems to come up with is for boys her name was Martha Breckell, > would appreciate any advice. > > Regards Gill > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >