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Lancashire / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Saturday 13 October 18 19:24 BST (UK) »
Thanks to all for your help. I clearly need all the help I can get! 
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 19:14 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Shaun. Helpful to know this is what might have happened. Now, I just have to find out what these kids did between being orphaned in 1862 and appearing in the census in 1871. I appreciate your help.
Bunny B
Bunny B
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Lancashire / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 18:17 BST (UK) »
OK. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Lancashire / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 18:01 BST (UK) »
Rosie,
I did post the query twice. After the first post, I thought perhaps it would be better to post the question under the topic regarding help deciphering handwriting. Sorry if the two posts make things inconvenient for anyone!
I did post the query twice. After the first post, I thought perhaps it would be better to post the question under the topic regarding help deciphering handwriting. Sorry if the two posts make things inconvenient for anyone!
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Lancashire / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:59 BST (UK) »
Hello, Rosie,
Could well be. Thanks. Someone has said workhouses had messengers, so perhaps the children were released to a messenger, who took them home, where there were older siblings (though none of them was an adult). Do you know if young children would have been discharged to the care of teen-aged siblings?
Could well be. Thanks. Someone has said workhouses had messengers, so perhaps the children were released to a messenger, who took them home, where there were older siblings (though none of them was an adult). Do you know if young children would have been discharged to the care of teen-aged siblings?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:53 BST (UK) »
Hello, Shaun,
Could be. Thank you. Maybe the messenger took them home? The children in this family were all left orphans when both parents died within days of each other, but there were older children still at home. The older children were in their teens, so still minors, but maybe the younger ones who had been admitted to the workhouse were released to go home to their somewhat older siblings. Does anyone know if this is possible? I haven't been able to find any guardianship records about the children.
Bunny B
Could be. Thank you. Maybe the messenger took them home? The children in this family were all left orphans when both parents died within days of each other, but there were older children still at home. The older children were in their teens, so still minors, but maybe the younger ones who had been admitted to the workhouse were released to go home to their somewhat older siblings. Does anyone know if this is possible? I haven't been able to find any guardianship records about the children.
Bunny B
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:46 BST (UK) »
That's what I thought, too, Winslass, but like you, I didn't think it made sense. And it looks as though there's another symbol or letter before what I'm reading as an "M." But thanks for your thoughts! At least I know someone else sees what I see!
Bunny B
Bunny B
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:25 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Can anyone help me decipher the handwriting in the "where to" column of a Liverpool workhouse discharge record? The people discharged were children whose parents had just died in the workhouse in Dec. 1862 I've attached the photo of the handwriting in question.
Can anyone help me decipher the handwriting in the "where to" column of a Liverpool workhouse discharge record? The people discharged were children whose parents had just died in the workhouse in Dec. 1862 I've attached the photo of the handwriting in question.
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Lancashire / Liverpool workhouse discharge and children's homes
« on: Friday 12 October 18 17:14 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I have a question about a specific place to which orphaned children might have been discharged from the Liverpool workhouse in 1862. The children in question were admitted to the fever ward with parents in Dec of 1862; the parents both died in the workhouse. Children were discharged shortly thereafter. I cannot decipher the notation in the column "where to," indicating where the children went after discharge, in the workhouse's discharge record. I've attached an image of the notation. Can anyone help me decipher it?
BunnyB
I have a question about a specific place to which orphaned children might have been discharged from the Liverpool workhouse in 1862. The children in question were admitted to the fever ward with parents in Dec of 1862; the parents both died in the workhouse. Children were discharged shortly thereafter. I cannot decipher the notation in the column "where to," indicating where the children went after discharge, in the workhouse's discharge record. I've attached an image of the notation. Can anyone help me decipher it?
BunnyB