Many thanks for this suggestion. I will do this unless someone else comes up with the answer. Meg ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephanie cousins" <steph@cousins66.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 04 July 2005 17:49 Subject: RE: [WSX] ELLEN > I should contact the Wilts Family History Society > society@wiltshirefhs.co.uk Include your postal address with your email. > There is a website wiltshirefhs.co.uk > Hope this helps. I used to live in Devizes but can't remember what > Bartholomew House was. It may have been connected to the County Asylum where > all sorts of handicapped people were as well as those who were mentally > unstable. > Steph > > -----Original Message----- > From: Margaret Murray [mailto:megmurray@lineone.net] > Sent: 03 July 2005 15:49 > To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WSX] ELLEN > > My great grandmother's sister was called Eliza ELLEN and in 1881 she was > living at Old Park (Bartholomew House) Devizes, Wilts. The census gives no > clue as to occupation and as she was blind she may not have had one. Does > anybody have any idea what this place was? Also, if anyone has the 1871 > census for Devizes I would be interested to know if Eliza was at the same > address. All the evidence indicates that she was born in 1831 in Andover, > Hants but her father was born in Devizes and the family did live there from > time to time. The 1881 census suggests that she was born in 1825 but there > is no other evidence to support this. Any help on the above would be very > welcome. > > Meg, W. Sussex > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 01/07/2005 > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Genealogy isn't just for Christmas it's for all the year round and beyond > into future years and future generations > > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > A master chef - always checks his sauces > > A good genealogist - always checks his sources > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 01/07/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 01/07/2005