Neath Alms houses Glamorgan were built by the church and used for elderly ladies only who belonged to the church when they needed a home usually had to be self-caring as no nurse just an overall warden there -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Sent: 17 June 2011 06:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SRY] A death in the almshouse Alms houses were council houses for elderly people they still have them today but they are not called that any more Keith -----Original Message----- From: Bill Dalton Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SRY] A death in the almshouse Hi again again I have just received two death certificates and I find that I wonder about the place that they both died. One certificate lists the death as being in the "Little Almshouse, Croydon". Later, her daughter died in the "Almshouse, Croydon". As I understand it, an almshouse was different from the work house and were there to help the poor. But, the first death was for the same Ann Dalton that I earlier posted a question about and mentioned parts of her husbands will in which she was left an interest in several houses and the grocery store. Unless something very unfortunate happened to that wealth was there another reason that she (and her daughter later) were in the almshouse? Could it have been also something along the line of a nursing home where one could live out their last few days? Bill in sunny Gig Harbor *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] ------------------------------- 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 *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] ------------------------------- 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