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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Gloucestershire Lookup Requests => Gloucestershire => England => Gloucestershire Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: mso1 on Wednesday 12 September 12 17:25 BST (UK)
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Is there anyone knows where the Eastville Workhouse records (1913) are kept and may be going there in the near future?? I would really appreciate it if someone would be willing to look for a record relating to my Great Grandma for me
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My father Victor William Welchman was placed in Eastville Workhouse Bristol age 1week in 1910. Would I be able to find a record of this in Bristol records office. He was moved to the cottage homes in Fishponds road when he was 3yrs old, where he remained until he was 14yrs old?
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Hi, I have been told that virtually all of the Eastville Workhouse records were destroyed in 1940 during an air raid. However, I was able to obtain a copy of the Creed register relating to my GGrandmother from Bristol Records office. The Creed register contains brief details of the person on admission to the workhouse, including reason for admission. Hope this helps, please let me know if you find anything else relating to the period around 1913
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Make sure you distinguish between Stapleton Workhouse (City of Bristol) and Eastville Workhouse (Barton Regis - including many Bristol suburbs). They were quite close to each other. Only the Bristol City records were destroyed - I recently consulted the birth register for Eastville at the Bristol RO for the period 1917-19
Steve
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Thanks Steve I am a bit confused now though, it was Bristol Records Office that told me that most of the records for Eastville Workhouse had been destroyed!
Mo
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Thanks Steve I am a bit confused now though, it was Bristol Records Office that told me that most of the records for Eastville Workhouse had been destroyed!
Mo
I was looking at the Eastville records the other week. They start at around 1870 onwards.
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Thank you Steve, will you be going to look at them again at any time in the future?
Mo
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Sorry Mo but I won't be visiting Bristol RO in the near future. It might be worth posting a new request on the Glos Forum in case someone can go. Alternatively the staff there will do research for you (for a fee)
Steve
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Thank you Steve, will you be going to look at them again at any time in the future?
Mo
I'm most likely going there on Thursday if you need something looked up.
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Thank you, if you do go could see if there is anything else about Martha Moss? The details I have from the Creed Register are:
ADMISSION NUMBER: 1700
NAME : Martha Moss
AGE/YEAR OF BIRTH : 1876
FROM WHERE ADMITTED : S S Royal Edward, Avonmouth Docks
RELIGION : Church of England
BY WHOM ADMITTED : Detention Order, 14 Days
ADMISSION DATE : 21-1-1913
DISCHARGE DATE : 8-2-1913
HOW DISCHARGED : Dead
FRIENDS/FAMILY : Husband - Thomas Moss, address unknown; Friend -Mary Gitting, The Ford Farm, Middleton on the Hill, Tenby, Worcs.
I also have her death certificate, which states that she died on the Insane Ward at Eastville and I know that she is buried at Middleton on the Hill Parish Church, Herefordshire. There might not be any other information and I dont want to put you to too much trouble, but would greatly appreciate anything you may find.
Regards Mo
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I went down today and had a look. All that I could find that was relevant was the following image.
http://s13.postimg.org/vczft6s9z/Martha_Moss.jpg
You have all the information already, I see, so sorry I couldn't find anything more.
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My father Victor William Welchman was placed in Eastville Workhouse Bristol age 1week in 1910. Would I be able to find a record of this in Bristol records office. He was moved to the cottage homes in Fishponds road when he was 3yrs old, where he remained until he was 14yrs old?
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I have now spoken to the records office, thanks to your information, and they are looking into the details I require. The office has also put me on to the children's department, to whom I have now written, who should have records of infants in the workhouse. I am very grateful to you for correcting my information, obviously the office and myself were at cross purposes several years ago as to which workhouse had their records destroyed. Thank you again. Mr Clark /quote]
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Thank you very much Bristolclerk, although it verifies the info I already have I am very grateful to you
Mo