British Home Children - 1890

[liverpool annie]

I wonder if this is John .... remarried .... Mary Ellen kept home to look after the other children ??

1901

Mary E Corless    13 Daughter Preston Lancashire

RG13/ 3948 Folio 20 Page 32.

EDIT ........ IGNORE THIS !!

I was thinking Preston instead of Prestwich !! .... duh ! 

[M.T.H]

.....it makes much more sense to imagine he went back to England, found Mary Ellen again, and then stayed in touch after he went to US....?

Good point Ambly, thanks, I can imagine that contact during his time in 'care' would have been very difficult, if not impossible.The big question that arises is.....where was Mary Ellen living in the UK? It would seem that she was unmarried at that time so still a Corlis/Corliss/Corless, she might have fallen victim to bad transcribing somewhere down the line, but I've not been able to find her on the UK 1891 or 1901 census.

Mick

[liverpool annie]

You might want to check this out Mick .....

http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/ww1.html

Annie 

[M.T.H]

Thanks Annie,

I'm going there now.......I may be some time!

Mick

[KarenM]

Hi Mick,

Do you know what happened to the parents of Denis, Mark and Mary Ellen?

Karen

[M.T.H]

Hi Karen,

In a word,no! 

Their mother was Mary Corlis (nee Brophy) b.Halifax Yorkshire c1851 , this is from info on the 1881 Census, the only census on which the family appear together (RG11 4015/110 p20 - Howarth Street,Bradford,Manchester).I've not been able to find any BMD info for her.

Their father John Corlis b. Manchester c.1852, was a tailor (on all the birth certs). There is a John Corless/Carless on the 1901, 49 years old and a widow living as a boarder in Manchester, he is also a tailor,so is a likely candidate, but I can't be certain.

Mick

[KarenM]

Hmm,

There is a John Corless who is a tailor b. c1856 Liverpool with a wife Annie, born c1863.  There are other children, John B, Annie, Pollie and Florence.  They are living in Great Crosby, Lancs. 

Not sure if this is your man, but I seen Pollie and know that sometimes Pollie was a nick name for Mary?

RG12/2982/Folio 80/Page 38 1891 Census

Karen

[M.T.H]

Thanks Karen,

I will certainly bear him in mind, as a 'possible', I'm not sure about the Liverpool connection, but you never know!

It's been great getting all of this information on the family that I thought I would never find, you guys are the best! I must sign off for this evening though (busy day tomorrow)

I shall catch up with y'all later,

Thanks again for your help everyone,

Mick

[Mr. MIGKY]

Hi Annie, Ambley, Karen and Mick. I am not sure how i can help ,but willing to try. I wrote of to Toby at the TOGETHER CHILDREN'S TRUST and received my great uncles recors of him and his brother.  the records i received were as follows: 1) A contract you have to take out with them, this states that if for any reason you wish to remove a child . You will pay back to the children's home the sum of five shillins for every week the child has been in there care. plus any cloths and boots. A lot of money in 1899. 2) The children's home may do as they deem fit with the said children, ie remove from the home and send to work abroad without any further consent been asked for. 3) There is one other application form . This gives details of the child/children been admitted. It has who where there parents, where there last address was, what happened to there parents and why they are been asked to take in. Also who there guardians are.and for what reason they are applying to have them put into care. It also describes the condition of said child. Hight ,colour of hair/eyes and complexion.
I am not sure what if any help this is to you but wish you luck in your search and if i can help in any way, please feel free to contact me.
MIGKY 

http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/shaw.html