Hi Robyn My father's done a piece for the Barnes and Mortlake History Society newsletter which I'll copy and send separately - several A5 pages. But I'll quote a section for your immediate question. "The almshouses owe their origin to a meeting in Gerrard Street, Soho, on May 17 1836, of five master bootmakers who formed the "Master Boot and Shoe makers' Association for the Relief of Aged and Decayed Members, their Widows and Orphans". Those eligible to join were; "Every person having carried on for five successive years the boot and shoe business, as a bespoke master, wholesale manufacturer, agent or retail salesman, their widows and orphans". (Membership cost one guinea a year, or a life subscription of £10/10/-)." The buildings are known today as Rosemary Cottages, Rosemary Gardens, right by Mortlake Station. http://www.fbscharity.org.uk/history.php I need to fix my copier so it'll be done sometime today. Cheers Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robyn & Bill Arkinstall" <erindra@netspace.net.au> To: <Eng-Surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: [SRY] Mortlake Shoemaker's Asylum > Hi, > > I have just received a copy of a death certificate for a Jane NEATE aged > 73 years whose death on the 14/3/1857 took place at the Shoemakers > Asylum, Mortlake. Her occupation was listed as a Gentlewoman, and the > informant of the death details was a person from the Asylum. > > As English certificates are scant on imformation, I still don't know if > this lady was a relative or not. I had hoped she'd be living with or > have had a relative as the informant of her death details, but no such > luck. > In the 1841C she was living in St.Giles, Cripplegate Parish with > relatives, but I can't find her on the 1851C and this was the > Certificate that I found which could/may have fitted. > > Can anyone please give me further information on the Asylum, which when > I looked for it on the net, I found it listed as an Alms house type > accomodation? Would her husband have had to have been a shoemaker, for > her to go into this home? > > Any help much appreciated. Thank you in advance. > > Beat wishes.....Robyn Arkinstall. Central Coast, NSW, Australia > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >