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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: poppymay on Friday 30 September 11 22:10 BST (UK)

Title: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: poppymay on Friday 30 September 11 22:10 BST (UK)

I am looking for any help i can get about a Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum in Lanark Scotland as i understand my father and his three brothers ere placed there.

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: Winterbloom21 on Friday 30 September 11 22:17 BST (UK)

Allegedly, it was notorious, and not in a nice way.    If you search on 'Smyllum House' you'll get an article in the New Scotsman which tells all about it.

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: sancti on Friday 30 September 11 22:23 BST (UK)

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,468949.0.html

Catholic church will have records

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: sancti on Friday 30 September 11 22:27 BST (UK)

http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/School.page/Smyllum_Park_school_/379856/Details

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: Venomous on Monday 31 October 11 17:02 GMT (UK)

Read here about the French orphan girls evacuated from Boulogne on the 22 May 1940 who spent five years at Smyllum Orphanage: http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/Boulogne.html

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: sancti on Monday 31 October 11 17:38 GMT (UK)

The death in the article is recorded on Scotlandspeople

1945 LANGLOIS LOUISE     Female aged 21 at LANARK /LANARK

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: Venomous on Monday 31 October 11 18:56 GMT (UK)

Thank you so much for this.

I shall add the date to this page.

She must have been one of the older children when she left Boulogne aboard HMS VENOMOUS on the 22 May 1940.

I posted the photographs under a similar topic elsewhere on this site.

Confusing ... it wont let me post the same photos again here unless I change the file names. 

Title: Re: Catholic Orphanage called Smyllum
Post by: MonicaL on Monday 31 October 11 20:43 GMT (UK)

Hi Venomous

Welcome to RootsChat

Sancti has already posted a link to the other thread on the Orphanage here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,468949.0.html

I am going to lock this post now for responses as the other post linked, and which you have already contributed to with this info, has become the principal post for responses.

It can get confusing if more that one post is running on the same topic.

Monica  :)