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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Gloucestershire => Topic started by: taeama on Tuesday 22 March 05 12:30 GMT (UK)
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I have just found I have the 1851 census for Bristol Orpanage.
Didnt know Bristol had an orphange.
Willing to search if anyone is missing members in this area.
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Hi Taeama,
Just in case you need it, this will give you a bit of background on one of them
http://www.institutions.org.uk/orphanages/GLS/ashley_down.htm
Funny thing is, they later used the buildings for the Ashley Down School, and guess who went to school there ???
(Many years ago ! ;D )
Bob
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LOL
thanks bob.
Most of my family come from bristol, so knowing about it is interesting.
I be taking a look shortly
TAEAMA
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I drove past it recently, it's on Ashley Down Road, and it is now (all, or parts of, I don't know) part of the Bristol College (or something similar)
We lived in Bristol from 1950 to 1964.
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Just Found out My Nan Went There !!! in 1904
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The BBC1 TV programme, Casualty, is filmed at the college in Ashley Down Road I believe. So many of the outdoor shots may be familiar to you!
;D
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My rellies were in Ashley Down childrens home in 1903 - 05 they were sent to canada as home children. there names were Alice Maud and Henry Victor Bartlett.
Jan x
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Hi My Nan Might have played with Alice Maud and Henry Victor Bartlett
As she was there 03-05 !! :)
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Lol I thought that too its such a small world :D
luv Jan x
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My grandmother Mary Eliza Rafferty & her sister Agnes were in Mullers Orphanage in Bristol from 1891 to 1905 and 1901 resp. (given numbers of 8157 & 8158) Said it was OK, food spartan though. You can get copies of admittance records, next of kin, etc. from Mullers for about £25.00.
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Could you see if a Robert Francis (Willard, Helliot, Hillard) Driver born approx 1855 went there for me please.
Thanks Eileen
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Hi Yettigirl,
I am in Ireland, you can check with them at this webpage re your relos:
http://www.mullers.org/cm/general/126
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You can get copies of admittance records, next of kin, etc. from Mullers for about £25.00.
Yes i got loads of info this way lucky my Uncle payed out before i got in to Family History !!
But the records you get has loads of family info !! :D
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I was in Mullers Orphanage, later changed to Ashley Down Orphanage, from 1933, at the age of five, until 1942.
Only one of the homes was used as an orphanage during the war, the Bristol cricket ground and the homes that overlook the ground were first used as a Navy training barracks, and later by the US army.
It was a rotten place to be in, surrounded by a wall like a prison. Allowed visits only on the first Monday of the month for two hours. I never had visits anyway.
It was worse for the girls, they were kept there until they were seventeen working in the various departments. The boys left at fourteen, and were sent to works on farms or some other job if they had no relative ti go to.
The last home to go was on the left side of Ashley Down Road, coming from the main Gloucester Road. This was No.3 and during the war housed the senior boys & girls. I don't know what happened to the little ones.
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I was in Mullers Orphanage, later changed to Ashley Down Orphanage, from 1933, at the age of five, until 1942.
Only one of the homes was used as an orphanage during the war, the Bristol cricket ground and the homes that overlook the ground were first used as a Navy training barracks, and later by the US army.
It was a rotten place to be in, surrounded by a wall like a prison. Allowed visits only on the first Monday of the month for two hours. I never had visits anyway.
It was worse for the girls, they were kept there until they were seventeen working in the various departments. The boys left at fourteen, and were sent to works on farms or some other job if they had no relative ti go to.
The last home to go was on the left side of Ashley Down Road, coming from the main Gloucester Road. This was No.3 and during the war housed the senior boys & girls. I don't know what happened to the little ones.
Thanks For the Info :)
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My grandfather, his brother and step-sister entered Muller's the year before Muller died in 1897. Only just had contact with the granddaughter of my great uncle, as she had been looking for us. Muller's sent my grandfather to Wales to work the farms there and that is where he met my grandmother, also an orphan