poplar boys homes

[r m doughty]

 
  Hi Valda
                 thank you so much i never expected such a response,I certainly have lots to study now.also thanks to Jenifer.
   
              Regards
                             Marie.
   
               
   

[boutainium]

George William Orriss, born 1857 in West Ham is my Great Grandfather.  I would love to contact the originator of this post as I think that we are distantly related

[dawnsh]

Hi boutainium

Welcome to Rootschat 

Marie (r m doughty) hasn't been online here for a few weeks but should receive an email notification that you have posted and hopefully come back soon.

Dawn

[boutainium]

Thanks Dawn, that's really helpful. I know that it's an old post, but I've only just got around to signing up for RootsChat - obviously should have done it sooner!

[dawnsh]

Just in case Marie misses the notification, I've sent her a personal message to let her know you've replied.

Old posts never get deleted from Rootschat and it's amazing to see how many families are re-connected just because of a post that was made years ago.

Fingers crossed she comes back soon.

[r m doughty]

Hi Boutainium
                      thank you for responding to my post , My father George William Orriss b 1902  always told me his father died before he was born ,having discovered GW senior didn't die until 1910 I assume he must have left them and Ellen his mother was maybe ashamed to tell him,My father was living with her according to the 1911 census  he often spoke to me about being in a home sadly I never asked where. It will be interesting if you reply and we discover we are related.
                 kind regards Marie.

[boutainium]

Hi Marie,  I'm sure that GW Senior didn't leave the family as I have a copy of his death certificate & the informant was your Grandmother's son Frederick Carr. They were all living at 4 Myra St. GW Snr died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.  My Grandmother, Susan Ellen Orriss was GW Snr's daughter so we are 1st cousins! I have lots of information on the Orriss family and quite a big tree on Ancestry if you're interested. Kind regards. Christine

[r m doughty]

Hi Christine thank you for your reply, I am baffled as why my dad always told me he never knew his father,there was a Fredrick Carr also Edward  and I think Ann Carr dads half brothers and sister ,I find it surprising that I may now have a cousin and I would be interested to learn more of the Orriss family most of my information as come from Roots Chat ,as I lost all contact with the Carr family in the 60s and never met anyone from the Orriss side .
              Regards
                               Marie.

[boutainium]

Hi Marie,
Your Dad would only have been 8 when his Dad died so perhaps it's not so surprising that he had no memories. GW snr died of TB so could have been ill for some time before his death. It seems very sad.

I wondered if your Dad was sent to the Forest Gate School which was part of the Pop
lar Union? I found records that show that both Frederick & Edward Carr were sent there in 1895.  Just a thought.

If you'd like to see what I have on the family please email me me on (*) and I'll give you access to my tree etc. 

Regards

Chris

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