Seaman's Orphanage Hull

[smudge1990]

Wow, Hi Carol, Sorry for not replying sooner, my emails did not notify me that you had posted anything.  This is wonderful news to hear about!! Especially as it has taken me absolutely ages to find anything about Susannah before the ages of 13! 

There is something though which I don't understand.  I found Samuel in the same Orphanage as Susannah but if their mother were alive in 1911, how come Susannah is registered in 1901 as an Orphan :S  Or have I read all this wrong!

I am so very grateful for the help and the information you have given me and I wonder where you found this information?  Was it on the Ancestry website?

[Treetotal]

Hi Smudge...not to worry...it's a common problem...that's why I sent another response...yes it was on Ancestry...Susannah was probably left with 3 young children to raise alone and this was probably the only way to keep them out of the workhouse...children were put in orphanages when a lone parent couldn't support them on their own without any means of support.
Very sad 
Carol

[smudge1990]

Ohh!  I had wondered that because the common belief is that when a child is an orphan, they are, usually because both parents have died... This is very interesting! And also because of the fact that my family at one time (I too) have lived very close to Sutton

[penligen]

Hi Smudge, my dad was in the orphanage from 1912 went in as a 6 yr old and left at 12 when his mother remarried. . Did you still have relativesthere in 1912?? Like you my Dad wasnt totally orphaned, his mother was still alive but she could not afford to look after him without working. Dad's paternal grandmother was a wealthy woman, living  in Hull,  but did not help or take dad and his mother in when the father (her son died at 28) hard to believe ay!!! KiwiJane  (ps Carol has also been very helpful to me)

[smudge1990]

I'm not sure when she went into the orphanage, I only found out she were there from the 1901 census which listed her as an orphan.  I have tried looking for her in the admission book but only so many pages are available.   I couldn't find her name in there which is obviously frustrating but I intend on looking for the leaving book to see if she is in there instead.  Surely if the census lists her as being in the orphanage, she will be in their documents... :S

[Charliesmama88]

Hi, i posted on here before about hesslewood orphanage & had a reply from somebody named kilo alpha , but i am unable tto pm back, so i would just like to say i would love to see the photos!! Thanks Daniielle X

[Charliesmama88]

Hi i would also like to say for those of you interested in Newland homes & Hesslewood orphange have a quick look at the facebook groups for them, they have some fab photos up !

[Treetotal]

Hi Daniielle...Now you have 3 posts on Rootschat you should be able to send a P.M.
Carol

[tansnice]

Hi
I was at Hull Seaman's and General Orphanage between 1963 and 1971.  I remember Simon and his brother Sean and also the Birkitts and many others.  I played in the Orphanage football team and possess a DVD of a football match against Doncaster scouts and a sports day.  I obtained the film off Billy Braeme many years ago.

Indeed, the orphanage did originate at Spring Bank where the Iceland shop is today.  The kids marched to their new home at Hesslewood after it was bequeathed by the Pease family who where merchant traders in hull. 

I have come across 3 photo's on the net when Mr Pastry visited in 1966 when I was 10.  Mr pastry happens to have his hand on my shoulder.  I have not seen this picture before this week.  To view type in the search for Mr Pastry at Hesslewood.

Terry