Hello Chris, Thank you for the info regarding Jewish schools and education. I am not sure I am on the right track, I know two sons were sent to boarding school . The parents were Prussian so maybe they sent their sons to Germany to school. They do not appear in the 1871 census. I will have to give this more thought. Thanks again. Mary > If you're asking "Was there a Jewish secondary school in Yorkshire in the > 1870's", then the answer is almost certainly "no", but there may be another > answer depending on the question that you're really asking, and any other > information that you have but haven't posted. > > The 1870 Elementary Education Act set out a framework for the provision of > education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 in England and > Wales. Naturally, this wasn't taken up or enforced overnight, and it wasn't > for another 10 years that children aged 5 to 10 were actually compelled to > go to school. Age 5 to 13 was primary education. > > Secondary education commenced at 13, an age when the vast majority of people > were well capable of, and expected to be, earning a living for themselves. > If you went into secondary education, instead of a job, someone had the > money to spare to pay for it. > > Yorkshire had an influx of Jews in the mid to late nineteenth century. They > were fleeing the persecution in what is now Poland, and usually intending to > go to the USA. The usual route was into England via Hull, and out via > Liverpool. Some ran out of money and ended up settling in cities along the > route such as Leeds and Manchester. What became the Leeds ghetto was an area > called the Leylands, to the north of the city centre. > > Following the 1870 Elementary Education Act the area benefited from the same > education provision as the rest of the country. The first Board school > (board, as in School Board, not boarding) in the Leylands was set up in > Gower street in 1875 (the building is still there, but it's no longer a > school). In time, the Board schools in the Leylands had an almost 100% > Jewish attendance, but they were neither Jewish, nor Secondary schools. > > Kushti bok, > > Chris Westmoreland > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Heppell >> Sent: 14 October 2007 03:40 >> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [WRY] Jewish school in Yorkshire in the 1800's >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> I am hoping someone will know if there was a Jewish School in Yorkshire >> probably a secondary school] for the years after 1871. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Mary Heppell >> >> > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.9/1068 - Release Date: 13/10/2007 > 10:15 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Mary, just curios about whom you are searching for. I am also searching for some one that was sent to England at a young age, with one of his brothers, from Prussian to go to school. His name was Franz Anton MEYER. Sam Victoria, Australia -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary Heppell Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 5:59 PM To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] Jewish school in Yorkshire in the 1800's Hello Chris, Thank you for the info regarding Jewish schools and education. I am not sure I am on the right track, I know two sons were sent to boarding school . The parents were Prussian so maybe they sent their sons to Germany to school. They do not appear in the 1871 census. I will have to give this more thought. Thanks again. Mary > If you're asking "Was there a Jewish secondary school in Yorkshire in the > 1870's", then the answer is almost certainly "no", but there may be another > answer depending on the question that you're really asking, and any other > information that you have but haven't posted. > > The 1870 Elementary Education Act set out a framework for the provision of > education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 in England and > Wales. Naturally, this wasn't taken up or enforced overnight, and it wasn't > for another 10 years that children aged 5 to 10 were actually compelled to > go to school. Age 5 to 13 was primary education. > > Secondary education commenced at 13, an age when the vast majority of people > were well capable of, and expected to be, earning a living for themselves. > If you went into secondary education, instead of a job, someone had the > money to spare to pay for it. > > Yorkshire had an influx of Jews in the mid to late nineteenth century. They > were fleeing the persecution in what is now Poland, and usually intending to > go to the USA. The usual route was into England via Hull, and out via > Liverpool. Some ran out of money and ended up settling in cities along the > route such as Leeds and Manchester. What became the Leeds ghetto was an area > called the Leylands, to the north of the city centre. > > Following the 1870 Elementary Education Act the area benefited from the same > education provision as the rest of the country. The first Board school > (board, as in School Board, not boarding) in the Leylands was set up in > Gower street in 1875 (the building is still there, but it's no longer a > school). In time, the Board schools in the Leylands had an almost 100% > Jewish attendance, but they were neither Jewish, nor Secondary schools. > > Kushti bok, > > Chris Westmoreland > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding- >> bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Heppell >> Sent: 14 October 2007 03:40 >> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [WRY] Jewish school in Yorkshire in the 1800's >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> I am hoping someone will know if there was a Jewish School in Yorkshire >> probably a secondary school] for the years after 1871. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Mary Heppell >> >> > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.9/1068 - Release Date: 13/10/2007 > 10:15 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.12/1072 - Release Date: 15/10/2007 5:55 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.12/1072 - Release Date: 15/10/2007 5:55 PM