Hello Judy & Michael, Thank you for your prompt reply. I am still trying to work out the ramifications of this family so some of my 'facts' may be incorrect, but as I see it:- Louisa and Sarah Milton, twins aged about 14 for the 1901 Census were in St Georges E School, Gipsy Lane, East Ham, Essex, there are pages of children there mostly from the East End of London. As far as I can make out their father James died in 1897 in Mile End Old Town, his widow appears in the 1901 census as the wife of Joseph Field with Ellen Milton age 10 and James Milton age 8 (both 'Step' to Joseph). The census address is 1 Stepney Causeway (and a word that I can't read) in the civil parish of Ratcliff, Stepney. That is a great web site Judy, those buildings look awfully grim Thanks Margaret -----Original Message----- From: Judy Lester [mailto:jlester@btinternet.com] Sent: 10 September 2008 08:49 To: 'Margaret Lawrence'; ESSEX-UK@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Ess] St Georges Schools Hi Margaret, Could this be at Plashet? The parish of St George in the East had an industrial school there, hence the name St George's Schools. These would be children who were chargeable to the parish. Their parents may have been in the workhouse, or unable to look after them for some other reason. If you post the names and/or census reference, it should be possible to confirm the location. There is information about the school at Plashet here http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StGeorgeInTheEast (scroll down to Plashet Industrial School) HTH Judy London, UK