Wolstanton and Burslem Union Workhouse

[scottish quine]

Good Morning Gozza.   Re my post to you yesterday.  My distant cousin has just pointed out to me that I called my great grandfather Henry Cope.   Should have said Henry YATES.   Sorry if this has caused you wasted time trawling lists.   He married a Mary Cope.     Jeanette

[Gozza53]

Hi NEL

Sorry for the delay but somehow I have not been notified of all the responses to my initial post.

Thanks very much for that piece of information. I may come back to you later if that's ok.

Hi scottish quine

My research at the moment is focusing on the workhouse census records. I've checked 1891 and 1901 and your gt grandfather is not there as you probably already know.

The next phase will be to fill in as many inter-censal gaps as I can, but I don't doubt the difficulty of this. I am aware that there is limited archival material available so I will see what comes out of my research. I should later be able to confirm if Henry Yates died in the workhouse because they began to record births and deaths around 1840 onwards.

I've been contacted by Leslie (your distant cousin?) this morning who I intend to speak with later today. I'll see what comes out of that conversation and no doubt she will get in touch with you.

best regards to all

[scottish quine]

Did you get my second message.   Silly me called Gr. grandfathern Henry Cope instead of Henry YAtes.   Jeanette

[franh1946]

Not the Mary Cope born in Tunstall in 1846, daughter of John Cope and Ann Edwards? (myggaunt).

[scottish quine]

Hi Fran 1946 Your birth year by any chance??  Mine too.   No sorry,my Mary Cope was born 1841 Kidsgrove daughter of William and Sarah (Nee Mayer)
I don't suppose by any miracle that you know anything of the Mayers.   I think they came from the Tunstall/Burslem area.   Thanks anyway for contact.   Jeanette

[Willhog]

Hello,

     I have just started researching my family history and in the 1871 Census my Ancestor Frederick Roberts is listed as being resident in the Wolstanton and Burslem Union Workhouse as a Pauper aged 11 (born abt 1860) and immediately below is a John Roberts aged 9 (born abt 1862)which I presume to be his brother. In the 1881 Census both boys have left the Workhouse and are Lodgers in the Wolstanton Area and both are Bakers.
     I am presuming the Workhouse staff provided the training to allow them to become bakers, Frederick Roberts went on to own the Brindley Ford Bakery and it remained in the family until the 1930's.
    I have only looked at the Census records so any more information anybody can help me with would be gratefully received. My cousin has just found some old photographs which we are trying to match to our relatives.
I live in Swindon and hope to visit the area in late June.

    Kind regards,

            Will     

[scottish quine]

Hello Will, sorry I can't help you with your query.   My family did live in Brindley Ford in the 1930's and would surely have known them.   Alas they are all gone now.   I have a cousin who would have been a child at the time, she might know something.   I am hoping to visit her next month and will ask her.
Regards.   Jeanette

[Willhog]

Hello Jeanette,

   Many thanks for your reply. I have ordered Frederick Roberts marriage certificate to see if that gives any clues to their father and mother. I don't know if Gozza53 is still on here. I will need to obtain the records from the Workhouse for 1860 to 1870.

     Regards,

                 Will.