Parish info

[kathy mason]

Trying to find what I should use for parish and borough names to try and look up admission history for Chase Farm School for the early 1900'S.

[kathy mason]

Also if anyone has any ideas on where to go to find info. My grandmother was born in Edmonton (maybe) she had 3 siblings who I found all 4 at Chase Middle school in the 1911 census. Not sure of her mom or dads name but she gave Alfred Atkins and Maud from London as her parents on her marriage certificate in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. There are no relatives for me to contact for any more info. I live in Nova Scotia and your parishes , boroughs etc have me stumped. Started randomly picking them but I'd like to narrow it down below 2 million plus entires to look thru!! Thanks for any help

[KGarrad]

Can you post the names of the children?
We might be able to track them down.

I see that Chase Farm School was an orphanage - so we aren't going to find the parents in 1911


Have a look at http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Edmonton/.
Chase Farm is towards the end, but makes interesting reading!

That site says records are with the London Metropolitan Archives (and possibly on Ancestry?)

[jomcd967]

Edmonton House Religous Creed 1908 -1913
Atkins, Alice Maud 26/4/1899, from Edmonton, mother Martha Atkins, Edmonton Workhouse, admitted 19/10/1910, discharged to Chase Farm School 28/10/1910
Atkins, Margaret Annie, 12/12/1902, ditto
Atkins, Alfred, 4/10/1903, ditto
Atkins, Rose, 2/5/1905, ditto

Martha Elizabeth Atkins in Edmonton Workhouse, b1883, charwoman, from 9 Griffin Crescent, Edmonton, relative Mrs Atkins crossed out W Atkins, 18 Templeton W Rd, Tottenham.

Jo 

[jomcd967]

So their mother is still alive in 1911!

1911 census information removed in accordance with Rootschat policies. Information from the free indexes only maybe posted here

Jo 

[haliared]

William ATKINS married Margaret Mary DAY 27 Jul 1879 at All Saints' Church, Newington, Southwark, Surrey. William ATKINS, age 30, bachelor, butcher, living 6 Astley Street, father Reuben ATKINS a farm labourer; Margaret Mary DAY, age 26, spinster, living 6 Aylesbury Street, father William DAY a mechanic. Witnesses were George Neil SIMONS and Mary Ellen LOCKE.

Margaret came from Standon in Hertfordshire. William from Missenden in Buckinghamshire.

[jomcd967]

There are records for Alfred Atkins, age 11 & Margaret Atkins, age 13, both from Edmonton, being taken into care by the Salvation Army and sent to Canada as Home Children in 1914 aboard the Alaunia.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-119.02-e.php?&id_nbr=234&&PHPSESSID=gopqtg3ceruq2o9ndfic0u5877

Jo 

[jomcd967]

The Passenger list for the Laurentic from Liverpool to Quebec, sent by the Salvation Army, dep 24 Jun 1913 has the following:
Martha Eliz Atkins, housewife, 32
Alice Maud Atkins, domestic, 14
Rose Atkins, child, 8

Nice to know their mother came with them 

Jo

[haliared]

That's good news Jo.
It must have been very difficult for her with those children and no help in those days, as we know the workhouses were awful and a last resort. I'm glad that they had a chance of a new life together. I hope she joined up with her other children too.