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Dundee orphanages
« on: Monday 28 March 11 12:05 BST (UK) »
Would anyone know if there were any Orphanages/Childrens Homes in the Dundee area? Also what would the circumstances be for children being taken into one, apart from the obvious one of the parents dying. Anything would be great, thanks, Sorcha

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 March 11 12:18 BST (UK) »
hi Sorcha  :)

what era are you looking at ?
dundee archives have records but the more modern ones would restricted ,
i think , to protect anyone still living

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #2 on: Monday 28 March 11 12:44 BST (UK) »
hi Sorcha 

Link below to Carolina Trust (Dundee Orphanage)

http://www.carolinahousetrust.org.uk/about/our+history.html


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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 March 11 19:07 BST (UK) »
It was also not unknown for children to turn up in orphanages further afield than their local area and not always the case that both parents had died. For example,  one dying and the other being unable/unwilling to cope.
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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 21 April 11 20:30 BST (UK) »
Duncarse House was another place used as a children's home/orphanage in Dundee, (Perth Road area).  It was used from 1924-1950's but unfortunately no records survived for here.
Go to local.history[at]dundee.gov.uk   They were very helpful to me and I'm sure will assist with your query.

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 28 April 11 21:10 BST (UK) »
I searched The Scotsman Digital Archive and there is reference (in 1936) to an orphanage in Broughty Ferry Road, Dundee.  A search of SCAN brings up:

"In 1870 a ship capsized on the journey between Dundee and Newport and eighteen people including the popular 'Cossack Jock' -Captain Spalding- drowned. Within a few days of the disaster a fund had been opened and £700 subscribed to care for Dundee children orphaned by the disaster. The Dundee Orphanage  was initially situated in Small's Wynd, and was superseded by a building in Ferry Road."

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #6 on: Friday 29 April 11 10:12 BST (UK) »
Lucia  :)

carolina house is/was on the broughty ferry road dundee
i think it has now been converted into flats
i have 2 ancestors that were there in the 1870's

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 20 August 11 20:23 BST (UK) »
There was also an orphanage down Roseangle. It was run by the Sisters of Charity so it was maybe mainly for catholic children

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Re: Dundee orphanages
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 09:22 BST (UK) »
There was the training ship The "Mars" in Dundee. Kids used to be threatened with being sent to the Mars.
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