In yesterday's Guardian magazine were some late Victorian photos of children, including one beautiful little girl called Adelaide Springett; she's wearing a black dress, shawl and hat, a sad face, and her feet are bare and filthy.
The caption says: "Adelaide Springett Born in Feb 1893 in Wapping, both her parents were street sellers. Adelaide's twin sisters, Ellen and Margaret, died at birth; another sister, Susannah, died age 4. Adelaide's last known address was recorded in 1901 when, aged 8, she lodged with her mother at a Salvation Army shelter".
Adelaide's birth seems to be this one
Births Jun 1893
Springett Adelaide Ann St. Geo. East 1c 348
I can see her on the 1901 with her mother, Mary Springett age 39; Mary;s status is listed as "u", which I suspect means she was unmarried. However on school admissions books, Adelaide's father is given as John.
She's 5th photo down here:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/25/spitalfields-nippers-londons-poorest-children-in-the-early-1900s-in-picturesThis little girl's face is haunting me! Can we find out what happened to her?