British Home Children - 1890

[M.T.H]

Hi Migky,

Thankyou very much for the information about the records from the TOGETHER CHILDREN'S TRUST.The paperwork that you have certainly contains valuable family information, it would be wonderful if I could obtain the records for Mark and Denis.

I do have a couple of questions if I may,

1. Did you apply for the records by email? and did you have to prove your relationship to your great uncle?

2. How long did it take for the records to arrive? and what costs are involved?

Thanks, I appreciate your help

I have spent the day with my elderly mum, she is as amazed and moved by the findings as I am, and wants me to pass on her sincere thanks to everyone who has helped to find this lost part of our family history. So a big THANKYOU to you all from my Mum!

Mick

[liverpool annie]

Oh my ! You think this could be Mary ? 

1901

39 Dacre ? Street Middlesbrough

Mary Corlis    50 Head Middlesbro Yorkshire Charwoman
 
RG13/4574 Folio 71 Page 15.

[M.T.H]

Gosh Annie! I don't know!

Is her birthplace Middlesbrough? As far as I know, and according to the 1881, my Mary Corlis/Corliss/Corless was born in Halifax. Is she a widow? who else is living with her?

The age is about right, Mary was born c.1850.

Sorry about all the questions, but I don't have access to the big 'A' at the moment

Mick

[liverpool annie]

Sorry .... yes ! she's a widow !

She was alone .... she could have gone back to Yorkshire !  enumerator could have written Middlesborough because she was living there !  ..... might be worth keeping on the back burner !

Annie

[M.T.H]

Sorry .... yes ! she's a widow !

She was alone .... she could have gone back to Yorkshire !  enumerator could have written Middlesborough because she was living there !  ..... might be worth keeping on the back burner !

Yes, I'll definately make a note of the details, you never know! Thanks Annie.

As it's always nice to put a face to a name, this is the only pic that we have of Denis and his wife Charlotte (my GGrandparents), taken (I think), just prior to their leaving to live in NZ c.1920.

Mick

[liverpool annie]

Isn't it funny how we look for children - and then we see a picture of a man with his chest emblazoned with medals !!

Thanks for showing us Mick ......... looks like he turned out to be a brave man ! what a nice looking couple !!

Annie 

[J.J.]

What a great photo! Thanks for sharing, Mick! I hope he & Mark had a wonderful life, after the childhood trauma...Charlotte is absolutely lovely, isn't she? J.J.

[M.T.H]

Thanks for showing us Mick ......... looks like he turned out to be a brave man ! what a nice looking couple !!

What a great photo! Thanks for sharing, Mick! I hope he & Mark had a wonderful life, after the childhood trauma...Charlotte is absolutely lovely, isn't she? J.J.

Awww, thanks guys! such kind comments 

I've always thought that Charlotte was a really pretty lady, how I would of loved to have met them both. Sadly, very little information about them has come down through the family,which is a great shame, still ,I guess that I am lucky to have such a nice photo of them. They do have quite a lot of descendents in NZ and I did make contact with one of them way back when, but they don't seem interested in the family history, they didn't even know who Denis and Charlotte were until I told them!!! Kinda sad really

It's not all doom and gloom, I do look quite like Denis, I've got a lot more hair though and a lot less medals

Mick

[J.J.]

Kinda sad really

Naw...you've honoured them with your thoughful searches...not everyone is enthusiastic about all this...That's why we have each other, here on rootschat...we get it!
  right?

warmest hugs to all from Chilly middle Canada...J.J.