How tragic, reminds me of the movie "Philomena" in a way. -----Original Message----- From: faraway@xtra.co.nz Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 6:23 PM To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LIV] Mothers ... How attitudes have changed How attitudes have changed .... My great grandmother Margaret was born in Great George Street Liverpool in 1862. Her parents worked from home as Window blind makers .She lost both parents to chronic lung diseases before She was 10 years old. For a while her 17 year sister Annie tried to keep the family together and Then Margaret and 11 year old Robina were placed in the care of the Bluecoats school. Tragically Robina died there from a horrible louse borne disease called Relapsing fever. >From Bluecoats Margaret was placed as a housemaid in one of Cheshire's Great houses. She attracted the attention of one of the young masters there and became Pregnant with my grandad. Shortly after his birth in 1881 my grandad was placed in a foster family Whose name he eventually took. Margaret never married, she went back to live with Annie and they carried On the family trade in Birkenhead. I don't believe she ever had any more contact with my grandad, and on the 1911 census didn't acknowledge that she had a child - such was the shame of The unmarried mother and her child. My grandad's family only whispered of his birth situation, they were so deeply ashamed, it took me five years of Internet searching to discover Margaret's name and her life. I believe she died in the 1930s after living her life within a half hours journey of the son she never knew..... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! ------------------------------- 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