Guardian School

[Daff]

A cousin has just searched for her great uncle and found him on the 1901 census of London as an Inmate at a Guardian school, he was aged 11. Could someone tell me what was a Guardian school? Would the lad have been an orphan or perhaps a petty thief?
Ref for those who would like to see for themselves:
RG number:RG13    Piece:170    Folio:78    Page:1 
Institution:  Thomas Longford (Superintendent), Andover Row Hornsey Road London N

[nickgc]

Here is a quote google turns up which sheds some light on a definition:

Gonella was born in a deprived area of East London, but took up cornet while attending an institution for underprivileged children, St Mary's Guardian School in Islington.

Nick

[Daff]

Thanks Nick
can discount young offender then I hope.

[stanmapstone]

It is a Workhouse School. Workhouses were operated by the Board of Guardians. See Hornsey Road School http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/

Stan

[Daff]

Brilliant Stan!
Have passed that on to my cousin

many thanks to you both

[Framesmiths1816]

by way of confirmation,

I have a relative who in 1911 is under the care of Leicester Board of Guardians and she is described as an imate but the census record gives the head of the house as a 'foster mother'. I know that Leicester board of Guadians were also controllers of the Union Workhouse so I hope that my relative's mother might turn up in the Workhouse while the daughter is in the board's foster home Unfortunatley the records are sealed until 2011 so I have to wait a while.

FS

[Daff]

Thanks FS
another sad tale, I hope you find what you want eventually, waiting and patience is the downside of Family History

[MAITLAND_Finlays]

Hi I've just found out that an ancestor "William Robert Wallace PRIDMORE" was sent to the Guardian School after his mum disappeared and father was in active war service in France

parents details
[p1]William George PRIDMORE:           b.12/4/1880  d. 5/7/1957
[p2]Grace Annie LEE:                         b.abt 1888,  d. > 125 years

children
[c1]William Robert Wallace PRIDMORE:   b.14/2/1908  d. 12/17/1931 R.N.-HMS Dolphin
[c2]Louisa Mary PRIDMORE:                  b.6/9/1912   d. /1998
[c3]Jessie Grace PRIDMORE                  b.2/3/1915   d.21/12/2001

carer (aunt) of [c2, c3]
[x1] Rebecca Jane JONES (nee PRIDMORE) b.14/3/1874 (sister to [p1]), (had daug. named Grace) (addr: 17 Ann Street, Islington)

Information Known:
ref 1. [c1,c2,c3] admitted to St Johns Read Workhouse 13JAN1916, last known address for each is different.  last known address for [c1] was Holloway Prison, which is odd for a boy age 7 given its a womens prison

ref 2. [c1,c2,c3] discharged from St Johns Road Workhouse 14JAN1916 and ordered to the Receiving Home

ref 3. [c1,c2,c3] admitted to Hornsey Rise Receiving home 14JAN1916, last known address for mother given as unknown

ref 4. [c1] discharged from Hornsey Rise Receiving Home and placed in Guardian School 22JAn1916

ref 5. I have a photo of the father in Royal Engineers uniform with [c3] about 13-15m old with all 3 children [c1,c2,c3]  So I guess it must have been best for [c1] to remain in the school as the aunt [x1] already had 4 other children, and only took on two more -[c2,c3]

ref6. Family recollection, was that they were not in the home long, and father [p1] was given leave from the ARMY to sort out his family, and "Aunt Ginnie" [x1] took the two girls into her care until the father [p1] finished the war and remarried in 1925.

(PS : I am in Australia, and unable to visit in person in the near future)

Any info on William Robert PRIDMORE would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Ian