The New Poor Law of 1834 meant that able bodied poor could only receive assistance in workhouses. Parishes generally formed unions to build new workhouses. The following site is very useful for workhouse information: http://www.workhouses.org.uk Orsett Union House is covered at: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Orsett/Orsett.shtml Ray Karen Massey <karen_staines@hotmail.com> wrote: PS the address on the birth certificate with EMMA BAILEY as the mother was Union House Orsett. Any ideas if this was some sort of workhouse? Many thanks yet again!! From: karen_staines@hotmail.com To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Grandfather named as father on marriage cert? Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:30:32 +0100 My ancester Sarah Ann Bailey was born in Orsett around 1850 and i want to trace her parents. On the census i found her living with her grandfather WILLIAM BAILEY but never with her parents. I ordered 2 birth certificates that i though it could be, one was definatley wrong whilst the other gave the mother as EMMA BAILEY and Father as Unknown. William Bailey had a daughter called Emma so this is possible. I also ordered Sarah's wedding certificate and the father named on it was WILLIAM BAILEY. The grandfather WILLIAM also had a son called WILLIAM. Confused yet??!! The second william would have only been 14 when Sarah was born. I think that perhaps her mother was EMMA BAILEY and she gave her grandfathers name as her father on the wedding certificate as her bought her up. Is this a logical theory? Thanks in advance Karen Win £3000 to spend on whatever you want at Uni! Click here to WIN! _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you on Windows Live Messenger! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571437/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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