Can anyone trace Adelaide Springett?

[hepburn]

Not part of the hunt, but I spotted another photo on't'web, about 1/3 way down this page, "Little Adelaide's best and only boots" - we can't tell if that is "our" Adelaide but thought the pic was worth showing

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/06/30/in-search-of-horace-warner/

The boots look like the ones the girl is wearing in the previous photo..

[nwill12]

The boots look like the ones the girl is wearing in the previous photo..
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To be honest I've always thought Horace Warner over egged the pudding a bit,  understandably he's trying to make the biggest point possible from the obvious poverty. But was it really as bad as all that and all these kids were running around in toeless boots all the time ?

[Annie65115]

I do wonder if the boots in the photo were actually "props".

However, I'm also reminded of my step-grandfather who was a Russian Jewish immigrant into the UK in the early 1900s and lived in Whitechapel. He was apparently considered "posh" when he started school here because he had a pair of boots, whilst many of his classmates were barefoot!

[hepburn]

I think the Jews in Whitechapel were more well off than most living there..Apparently they lived in the better streets,not crammed into one room of a house..Elizabeth Stride earned sixpence cleaning for the Jews.

[nwill12]

I think the Jews in Whitechapel were more well off than most living there..Apparently they lived in the better streets,not crammed into one room of a house..Elizabeth Stride earned sixpence cleaning for the Jews.

So the 53 Gun st address With the three big Jewish families living there that Adelaide gave in 1915 when admitting herself into the infirmary could have been where she was working , or maybe working and living. Seems strange though that she was admted with a skin condition brought on by filthy conditions if she was a servant there.

[Annie65115]

Erysipelas is a skin infection. Whilst 'filthy conditions' wouldn't help,  they are not s prerequisite for developing erysipelas.

[IONICUS]

What are the pre-requisites for developing Erysipelas?  My Grandfather William John Springett, Adelaides brother, died an early death due to Anasarca.  My mother told me it was something he picked up in the Middle East during WW1.  Both diseases seem to be quite rare nowadays.

[IONICUS]

Not part of the hunt, but I spotted another photo on't'web, about 1/3 way down this page, "Little Adelaide's best and only boots" - we can't tell if that is "our" Adelaide but thought the pic was worth showing

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/06/30/in-search-of-horace-warner/

According to the book 'Spitalfields Nippers', Adelaide wouldn't let Horace Warner take her photo whilst she was wearing them, so he photographed them separately.

[IONICUS]

Ooooh ... my eye was drawn to this thread, because I've just found Springetts / Springates in my tree ... albeit MUCH earlier: in 16th / 17th century Hawkhurst. Nevertheless, that line eventually migrates into the East End of London, too.

If any other Springett descendants posting / reading here have traced their line back to Hawkhurst, do please get in touch so we can compare notes.

I haven't traced my Springett descendants to Hawkhurst yet.  Hope the attachment is of interest to you.