OK, folks here's the opportunity to air your knowledge - or perhaps gain some - on that great British Institution, the Workhouse and related matters such as Parish relief. Anyone have anything to contribute or questions to ask? Geo.

To my surprise, I found that my 79-year old great-great grandmother Eleanor Stafford Wainwright who in the 1891 census had been living with her son and his family had died in the workhouse a few months later. Could the family have put their dear old mother in the Workhouse? I was horrified. And so I joined the Workhouse rootsweb list and discovered that workhouses were used as hospitals. Which meant that my great-great grandmother hadn't actually been put in the Workhouse because she was old but because she was very ill. She died of 'valve disease of the heart'. Glennis "Geo." <[email protected]> wrote: OK, folks here's the opportunity to air your knowledge - or perhaps gain some - on that great British Institution, the Workhouse and related matters such as Parish relief. Anyone have anything to contribute or questions to ask? Geo. "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Glennis Is the site English workhouses, I wonder if there`s a site for Irish ones Val xx > To my surprise, I found that my 79-year old great-great grandmother > Eleanor Stafford Wainwright who in the 1891 census had been living with > her son and his family had died in the workhouse a few months later. > Could the family have put their dear old mother in the Workhouse? I was > horrified. And so I joined the Workhouse rootsweb list and discovered that > workhouses were used as hospitals. Which meant that my great-great > grandmother hadn't actually been put in the Workhouse because she was old > but because she was very ill. She died of 'valve disease of the heart'. > Glennis > > "Geo." <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, folks here's the opportunity to air your knowledge - or perhaps gain > some - on that great British Institution, the Workhouse and related > matters such as Parish relief. Anyone have anything to contribute or > questions to ask? > > Geo. > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One or two of Barbara's Catterwell ancestors ended up in the Workhouse on occasions. Workhouse Records and the Records of the Overseer of the Poor, although usually terse, can make fascinating reading and provide a snapshot of the times. For example, to quote just a few of the numerous entries; Workhouse Records Sept-Oct 1819 Boy Catterwell. Work done for Mr. Wright, Easton Hall, 21 days @ 4d, 0-7-0. [that's 7 shillings, the equivalent of 2p per day. Geo.]. Jan 24 1820 Clothing from London. Boy Catterwell 1 Wst. Westcoat. ['Wst.' = Worsted? One presumes this is old donated rather than new clothing. If so it is likely to be very well worn]. Jan 30 1820 1 Coat and Trowsers to Boy Catterwell. [There is further information about this, viz. Cloathing given out by Mr. Robert Raymond, Mens Gray Trowsers, 1 pair Wm. Catterwell. White Westcoats, 1 Wm. Catterwell. Boys Coats, 1 Wm. Catterwell. May 20 1820 Hemp for the Workhouse. Made up for the house. Boy Catterwell, 1 Shirt. 3-yds. [i.e. 3 yards of hemp material was used in the making of a shirt for him. Geo. ]. May 22 1820 Work done for Mrs. Wood in the hop ground. Catterwell, Mrs. Cranfield, Wm. Cranfield. 1 day. Together 0-1-9 [1 shilling and 9 pence, or 21 pence, the equivalent of 10p. Geo.] July 23 1821 Wm. Catterwell sent to the Workhouse. Aug 26 1821 Wm. Catterwell left the Workhouse. Oct 21 1821 Wm. Catterwell Committed to the House of Correction for 3 Callender Months. Nov 5 [or 8] 1821 Wm. Catterwell come into the workhouse from Prison by the order of Mr. Robert Raymond Overseer. There are a number of similar entries where Wm. seems to drift between the Workhouse and the House of Correction. The Parish Overseer Records contain other interesting information. I'll include some snippets in a further post. Geo.

Only know that my g.g mother was an Irish Orphan and she and her sister were sent to Oz as indentured servants to families here. They came from Kings County now Offaly and were 16 and 17.They arrived here on the "William and Mary" in 1849. My g.g.mother was Mary Anne Adderly. Parents Thomas and Eliza, both dead so girls were put into workhouse and from there taken to Australia. I think her parents were English settlers in Ireland, Cof E, as I have had letters from people in Oxford with the same name. Mary Anne was sacked for insubordination, travelled to Millthorpe, a country town in NSW, met my g.g.father who had buit a hotel, married him in 1852, he was a Rose from Sherington in Bucks and they had 13 children, she died in 1909, leaving the pub to my g.father There is a pioneer wall in Millthorpe which is now a heritage town, which has their names on it and also at the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, there is a memorial to all the Irish Orphans who came here! Val xx > OK, folks here's the opportunity to air your knowledge - or perhaps gain > some - on that great British Institution, the Workhouse and related > matters such as Parish relief. Anyone have anything to contribute or > questions to ask? > > Geo. > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message