Good morning chatters! So ... the day starts with a second reply from the Archives people (grrrr).
"Reference: RB/70/3/13-1174/Reid
Please Ask For: Searchroom
Dear Mrs Reid,
Thank you for your email of 20 May 2013.
We hold the following records for the Basford Workhouse that could be searched for references to the Fisher family.
Reference:
SO/PUB/1/45/1 List of children maintained in the workhouse, 20th cent.
To pursue this line of enquiry further you may consider using our Research Service or employing a local Record Agent (independent researcher). Please see the following webpage for further details:
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/history/archives/enquiryresearchservices/.
Nottinghamshire Archives does not hold any admission and discharge registers for the Basford workhouse from the 20th century.
The Nottingham University Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections holds an admission and discharge register for the workhouse infirmary, 1895 - 1950, and can be contacted at the address below:
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How frustrating ...
Is there any way to clarify the following:
In the 1881 census, 11 Charlotte St., Ilkeston, Harriet Fisher, 49, shows as b. Cotmanhay, Derbyshire.
In the 1851 census, South Street, Ilkeston, Harriet Orme, 19, shows as b. Ilkeston
Also, assuming that this Harriet (b. c 1832) is 'my' Harriet's mother, it appears she may also have died at a (relatively) young age - there seems to be a pattern here. Would it be possible to find the older Harriet's death information? She appears in the 1881 census but not in 1891.
Thank you!