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London orphanages
« on: Tuesday 04 December 18 23:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone,

I wondered if anyone had any information on how to research boys who moved through the following London Orphanages. I have already contacted Daughters of Charity.

Did boys have to be from a Catholic family to enter into these orphanages?

Also, does anyone know with local knowledge know if there was a Public School very nearby any of them?

The orphanages are:
St Vincent's Catholic Orphanage (think this was Mill Hill?)
Wiseman House Hostel, Shernall Street, Walthamstow
St George's Roman Catholic School on Raglan Road (formerly Shernhall Place)

Thanks very much for any information.
Alison x
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Re: London orphanages
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 05 December 18 14:03 GMT (UK) »
What dates are you looking for, Walthamstow would have been Essex until 1965.

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Re: London orphanages
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 05 December 18 15:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I am interested in the period 1918 - about 1938 at the latest.
Thanks
Alison
Surname interests:<br />Salter, Fulford, Woodcock, Finney, Tissington, Driscoll, Shea, Maxfield, Collier, Hughes, Williams, Petty, Pearson, Prescott, Baldwin, <br /><br />Area interests:<br />West Riding Yorkshire: Rotherham, Hemsworth, Darfield, Sheffield<br />Worcestershire/Staffordshire: Oldbury, West Bromwich, Halesowen, White Heath<br />Lancashire: Wigan, Aspull, <br />Nottinghamshire: Worksop<br />erbyshire:alfreton, ironville, codnor

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Re: London orphanages
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 05 December 18 21:58 GMT (UK) »
Try googling St Johns Industrial School Walthamstow, might help. There is a link to a rootschat post that comes up as well.

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Re: London orphanages
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 06 December 18 10:41 GMT (UK) »
"The wise man knows how little he knows, the foolish man does not". My Grandfather & Father.

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