There were also Town Farms. He might have been sent to one of them. I don't know about Newport, Middletown, or Portsmouth but Tiverton (all of these being in Newport Co.) had a Town Farm where children were sent. On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:14:51 -0700 "Polly Fitt-Jones" <pollylouise@sprynet.com> writes: > In about 1914 or so George Henry FITT was sent to a "Home" or > reformatory > for boys for stealing chewing gum. > He was treated very, very harshly there. > > Does anyone have any idea if he may have been sent to that sort of > institution located in Newport ? I felt it was most probable that > he was > sent to Butler Hospital and the Boy's Reformatory there.....but, it > could > have been someplace right in or near Newport. > > Thanks for any help, > Polly > > > ==== RINEWPOR Mailing List ==== > How to Write a Good Query > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/queries.html > To unsubscribe: write unsubscribe and > mailto:RINEWPOR-L-request@rootsweb.com > Advertisements are added below against the wishes of this list > manager > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > Bob Searching for a past Ô¿Ô ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.