Hi Diane We must be very soft you know, just reading this made me exhausted! Most of us have, at times, a tendency to think we are hard done by, but family history research makes you realise we don't know we are born. No leisure time whatsoever is unthinkable today. Pauline >From cold, wet, and dreary Tamworth, Staffs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Lowery" <geminidi19@rabbit.com.au> To: <ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:12 PM Subject: [B'ham] Fw: Fw: Pauper > Hi Pauline, > > Even when the daughter married life wasn't any better. She took in washing > and charged a penny to do a basketful, then tuppence to iron it. There were > 8 kids to bring up too. It is hard to imagine. Apparently she also gave > birth to a set of male triplets (uncommon back then) who didn't survive and > a set of twins (probably miscarried.) No wonder she died at the young age > of 45. > > Diane > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pauline Roberts" <secserve@wilnecote.fsbusiness.co.uk> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com>; > <ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 6:47 AM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Fw: Pauper > > > > Diane, > > > > I thought I might be right, because I have found ancestors on censuses > > with > > no occupation because of their age, and no word pauper in the occupation > > column. Obviously living on the generosity of others but not in receipt > > of > > Parish Relief. One wonders how these people actually lived, what they > > ate, etc, it must have been dreadfully hard, as parish Relief was not > > exactly generous! > > > > Pauline > > >