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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Surrey Lookup Requests => Surrey => England => Surrey Completed Look up Requests => Topic started by: lostribe on Saturday 11 March 06 16:43 GMT (UK)
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Hi, Iwonder if anyone can help . I have found a relative that has died in St Saviours union workhouse.In 1862. He is described as a potman .Would he have been an inmate or staff. The death cert gives very few details. Is it possible to know when he went there.are there any records . Kind regards . Lost Tribe. :)
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Hello there,
If you look on:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/records.html
You may find out more about Workhouse Records.
Have you looked for your relative on the Censuses? He should be on the 1841/51 & '61 Censuses...(& they give Occupation too).
Best Wishes, Romilly.
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Hi Romilly, Thankyou for your reply. He is on the 1861 census at home with the family , but dont know what happened after that. Thankyou for the other link .Regards Lost tribe :)
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Hi Again,
Folks usually ended up in the Workhouse due to illness or unemployment...there was no Welfare State in the 1860's & perhaps something like this happened to your relative.
You could try looking at the Census entry for St Saviour's Workhouse in 1861, & see if he is listed as an inmate...
Some of these links might have something:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StSaviour/StSaviour.shtml
http://www.lostindustry.org.uk/EdPack/childrensworkdocument8.htm
http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/institute.html
Good luck!
Romilly.
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:D Thankyou Romilly, I will try the sites you have provided . Regards Lostribe .