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Title: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: stewrat83 on Friday 03 May 13 14:53 BST (UK)
Ancestry.com record (testing free trial) for 1881 has 3 generations of my family living in "Pr House" in Portmoak. Schedule 66.

Thanks
Title: Re: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 03 May 13 16:40 BST (UK)
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

Use the menu on left to find Scottish workhouses-

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Title: Re: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: MonicaL on Friday 03 May 13 17:39 BST (UK)
On the link that aghadowey posted, not sure there was a poorhouse is Portmoak? Further info maybe here www.pkc.gov.uk/archives/

I would say, from the address you have 'Pr house', there are 136 entries there, however, they show as standard households, with a 'head' very often with an occupation and traditional family members per household. Not sure about the address, but don't think this relates to the normal meaning of a poorhouse location.

Monica
Title: Re: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: Rosinish on Monday 17 June 13 19:29 BST (UK)
It may possibly mean "Private"?

What was the actual address given?

Annie
Title: Re: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: Rosinish on Monday 17 June 13 21:43 BST (UK)
Been doing a bit of reading and found a reference near bottom of page which refers to a fee paying school so maybe "Pr" does mean private referring to the accommodation?:

"TEACHERS Si; SCHOOLS.

Clark, Duncan, (& Collector of Poors' Rates) Free Church School, Woodmarch
Forrest, Simon, (& Registrar) Parish School, Scotland Well
Law, Miss Margaret, Female Industrial Department, Free Church School, Woodmarch
Small, John, (& Inspector of Poor) Sub scription School, Kinnesswood"

http://www.fifefhs.org/Records/Directory/portmoak.htm

Annie
Title: Re: Was there a Portmoak poor house?
Post by: stewrat83 on Tuesday 18 June 13 10:37 BST (UK)
Quote from: ammack on Monday 17 June 13 19:29 BST (UK)
It may possibly mean "Private"?

What was the actual address given?

Annie

Having obtained the census image from SP, it looks like "Pr House" is simply a private house, as every address on the page is listed as such - apart from "The House of Michael Bruce Poet".

So it seems with no addresses as we know them today in these rural areas, unless there was some way of identifying a specific house, it was simply labelled "private house".

I do keep trying to use sources other than SP for different perspective or to manage costs, but time after time - and often after wrangling with poor transcriptions etc - I find there is no substitute for seeing the actual document.

Thanks everyone - sorry for the wild goose chase.

Stewart