I have found my Great Uncle William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth on the 1911 census living in London Road Hook Hampshire as a boarder not with his parents Edward & Emily ETHERTON & siblings who were living at 7 Gye Street Buildings Lambeth.   There were 4 other boys from London boarded with this family in Hampshire details as follows.   Alfred John LEAVER head married age 47 born c1864 Market Gardener born Broadchalk Wiltshire   Emma Jane LEAVER wife married age 45 born c1866 born Holbeton Devon   Alfred Astidge LEAVER son single age 19 born c1892 apprentice engineering born Winchfield Hampshire   Ernest Albert NEWSON boarder age 12 born c1899 fishmongers errand boy born London   William Fredrick ETHERTON boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London   Joseph Henry FROST boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London   Joseph John WESTLAKE boarder age 9 born c1902 school born London   Albert CESSARI boarder age 8 born c1903 school born London   I have done a few checks on the other children and all appear to have family alive on the 1911 census and living in London. NEWSON fmily in Camberwell, WESTLAKE family in St Marylebone, CESSARI family in Kensington.    Does anyone have any ideas why these boys would have been boarders with this family in Hampshire?   If it is the case that they had been sent to an industrial wouldn't they have been living at the school?   Regards   Carole Moon                    Does any one have any ideas why the children were boarded with this family      

Carole, My first thought is a private school, although the head of household's occupation doesn't accord withthis idea.  It may be worth reseraching the LEAVER family a little further for clues.  However, was your ancestral family well off?  Lambeth was, and is, a poor borough but despite this, wealthy families did live in the borough. You say all family members were alive in 1911, so this dispenses with the practice of rehousing orphans.  I had orphaned ancestors from one family who were rehoused in Surrey and Lincolnshire. With best wishes Richard Brown Bromley, Kent U.K. ________________________________ From: Carole Moon <carolefhs@yahoo.co.uk> To: Surrey List <eng-surrey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 1 November, 2009 21:52:20 Subject: [SRY] William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth I have found my Great Uncle William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth on the 1911 census living in London Road Hook Hampshire as a boarder not with his parents Edward & Emily ETHERTON & siblings who were living at 7 Gye Street Buildings Lambeth.   There were 4 other boys from London boarded with this family in Hampshire details as follows.   Alfred John LEAVER head married age 47 born c1864 Market Gardener born Broadchalk Wiltshire   Emma Jane LEAVER wife married age 45 born c1866 born Holbeton Devon   Alfred Astidge LEAVER son single age 19 born c1892 apprentice engineering born Winchfield Hampshire   Ernest Albert NEWSON boarder age 12 born c1899 fishmongers errand boy born London   William Fredrick ETHERTON boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London   Joseph Henry FROST boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London   Joseph John WESTLAKE boarder age 9 born c1902 school born London   Albert CESSARI boarder age 8 born c1903 school born London   I have done a few checks on the other children and all appear to have family alive on the 1911 census and living in London. NEWSON fmily in Camberwell, WESTLAKE family in St Marylebone, CESSARI family in Kensington.    Does anyone have any ideas why these boys would have been boarders with this family in Hampshire?   If it is the case that they had been sent to an industrial wouldn't they have been living at the school?   Regards   Carole Moon                    Does any one have any ideas why the children were boarded with this family             *************************************** 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

Hello Richard   Thanks for your reply.   My ETHERTON family were poor. William's father Edward was a iron bedstead maker and according to my Aunt worked for Myers Beds in Lambeth.   I wondered whether the boys had been sent to a charity school in Hampshire?   Regards   Carole    --- On Mon, 2/11/09, Richard M Brown <brownrichardm@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: Richard M Brown <brownrichardm@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [SRY] William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 6:45 Carole, My first thought is a private school, although the head of household's occupation doesn't accord with this idea.  It may be worth reseraching the LEAVER family a little further for clues.  However, was your ancestral family well off?  Lambeth was, and is, a poor borough but despite this, wealthy families did live in the borough. You say all family members were alive in 1911, so this dispenses with the practice of rehousing orphans.  I had orphaned ancestors from one family who were rehoused in Surrey and Lincolnshire. With best wishes Richard Brown Bromley, Kent U.K.

Carole, The boys were probably "boarded out" in Hampshire by whichever Poor Law Union was responsible for their upkeep. This type of fostering by families in the country was standard practice in the early 1900s, and was a good source of income for families who were willing to do it. A bit of googling will probably produce some information. If the ETHERTON family was chargeable to Lambeth, you might find something in the Lambeth Board of Guardians' records, held at the London Metropolitan Archives. HTH Judy London, UK -----Original Message----- From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carole Moon I have found my Great Uncle William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth on the 1911 census living in London Road Hook Hampshire as a boarder not with his parents Edward & Emily ETHERTON & siblings who were living at 7 Gye Street Buildings Lambeth.   There were 4 other boys from London boarded with this family in Hampshire ...

Hi Carole Hook is not so very far from the Surrey boundary round Farnham - could there be a family connection there? I have a vague recollection of you having Farnham connections but it might be another senior moment so just ignore me if I'm imagining things! I'm intrigued as I live near Hook and pass through it frequently. Even now there is not a great deal in London Road - now the A30. Most of modern day Hook is away from the the London Road and most of the area is still quite rural compared with many towns. If nobody comes up with an answer maybe Hook Local History Group will be able to help with details of any schools there in 1911: http://www.hantsfish.hants.gov.uk/hantsfish/searchhantsfish/servicedetail.htm?id=7011 Alternatively you could try Willis Museum Basingstoke where they may have street directories or other information on Hook: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/willis-museum/local-studies-willis.htm Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Moon" <carolefhs@yahoo.co.uk> I have found my Great Uncle William Frederick ETHERTON born 1898 Lambeth on the 1911 census living in London Road Hook Hampshire as a boarder not with his parents Edward & Emily ETHERTON & siblings who were living at 7 Gye Street Buildings Lambeth. There were 4 other boys from London boarded with this family in Hampshire details as follows. Alfred John LEAVER head married age 47 born c1864 Market Gardener born Broadchalk Wiltshire Emma Jane LEAVER wife married age 45 born c1866 born Holbeton Devon Alfred Astidge LEAVER son single age 19 born c1892 apprentice engineering born Winchfield Hampshire Ernest Albert NEWSON boarder age 12 born c1899 fishmongers errand boy born London William Fredrick ETHERTON boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London Joseph Henry FROST boarder age 12 born c1899 school born London Joseph John WESTLAKE boarder age 9 born c1902 school born London Albert CESSARI boarder age 8 born c1903 school born London I have done a few checks on the other children and all appear to have family alive on the 1911 census and living in London. NEWSON fmily in Camberwell, WESTLAKE family in St Marylebone, CESSARI family in Kensington. Does anyone have any ideas why these boys would have been boarders with this family in Hampshire? If it is the case that they had been sent to an industrial wouldn't they have been living at the school? Regards Carole Moon