On 19 Jun, Helen Verrall <hverrall@ihug.co.nz> wrote: > I am checking Workhouse Records, but doubtful that Margaret if admitted > to Kidderminster Workhouse would be transferred to Upton on Severn, and > we have no family connection there ( at least not with the Nashes ) > Margaret's only child my Gt Grandfather had moved with wife and > Family to Selly Oak, by 1901 !! > Any advice/help to help solve, this mystery would be gratefully > received. Hi Helen I wonder if she had gone to work on a farm there? Alternatively, as Upton on Severn is down the river from Kidderminster, would she have got employment on a boat? Or maybe she drowned in the river and her body got washed up in Upton, and the death would have had to be registered in Upton? Cheers -- Chris Ramsbottom researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY CAMPTON, GREGORY all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day