Good morning everyone, Although I haven't any family connections with Essex (as far as I know!) in the 1901 Census my husband's grandmother and her twin sister were at this school which seems to be full of children from the East End, they were about 14 at the time. Can anyone tell me why all these children were at this school and anything about the school please or tell me of any on-line sources where I could look up information., I've tried Google but so far haven't come up with anything. Thanks Margaret

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 -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Lawrence Although I haven't any family connections with Essex (as far as I know!) in the 1901 Census my husband's grandmother and her twin sister were at this school which seems to be full of children from the East End, they were about 14 at the time. Can anyone tell me why all these children were at this school and anything about the school please or tell me of any on-line sources where I could look up information., I've tried Google but so far haven't come up with anything.

Hi Margaret My Mother was sent to an Orphanage in Ongar Essex about 1912. Her Father was dead and her Mother was dying, both of TB and 35 years old. I did some research on why from Hackney they went to Essex. It seems the Hackney Child welfare people felt these East End Orphans would be better off in the Country. The Old orphanage buildingsare now some smart residential homes. My Mother was definatly better off being there until she was 17 than she would have been left in Hackney. I was quite surprised as I researched her Family to find when she and her 3 siblings were orphaned they had living Grandparents. I wonder why they didnt take them. Eve (Canada now) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Lawrence" <meltcl@btinternet.com> To: <ESSEX-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:37 AM Subject: [Ess] St Georges Schools > Good morning everyone, > > > > Although I haven't any family connections with Essex (as far as I know!) > in > the 1901 Census my husband's grandmother and her twin sister were at this > school which seems to be full of children from the East End, they were > about > 14 at the time. Can anyone tell me why all these children were at this > school and anything about the school please or tell me of any on-line > sources where I could look up information., I've tried Google but so far > haven't come up with anything. > > > > Thanks > > > > Margaret > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message