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Depwade Workhouse 1881

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Ann

Ann Report 4 Dec 2007 17:48

Thank you for the great help kind regards Ann

val1963

val1963 Report 1 Dec 2007 20:30

Hi Ann
could this be (Fanny Smith) in 1891

1891 England Census
about Fanny Smith
Name: Fanny Smith
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Inmate
Gender: Female
Where born: N

Civil Parish: Leyton
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: Leyton
ED, institution, or vessel: West Ham Union Workhouse
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline Andrews 31
Sophia Arkins 78
Annie Ashton 37
Prudence Baldwin 60
Mary Ann Barrow 75
Alice Bassett 24
Elizabeth Bell 52
Mary Bellehamber 49
Eliza Berry 12
Frances Bird 76
Sarah Bonsell 74
Annie Booth 74
Louisa Boyd 26
Annie Bristow 45
Rebecca Brooks 29
Harriett Burchell 81
Rebecca Burr 59
Sarah Burrell 91
John Carr 64
Sophia Champion 84
Ann Churchkese 75
Elizabeth Clarke 58
Emily Clarke 28
Sarah Clements 91
William Cochran 74
Emily Cook 22
Elizabeth Cooper 24
William Cotton 68
Ann Crawley 79
Mary Ann Croft 70
Ann Crook 72
Catherine Daley 96
Amelia Davis 54
Charles Davis 63
James Downs 10
Ellen Dunvant 21
James Dwyer 10
Charlotte Elliott 25
Ellen Ellwood 72
Isabella Everett 7
John Haggett 21
Martha Hampshire 52
Mary Hart 57
Maria Hitches 40
Elizabeth Howe 74
Edgar Howlett 18
Frank Hughes 20
Catherine Hunter 45
Emily James 39
Ellen Johnson 69
Caroline Kitchener 55
Sarah Lincoln 51
Ann Long 71
Sarah Lyons 71
Harriett Martin 82
Samuel Mascall 40
Annie Massey 17
Eliza Mc Donald 71
Mary Ann McDye 84
Maria Mills 62
Harriett Moore 79
Joseph Moton 59
Hannah Nash 79
Emma Norris 28
Albert Peagrvin 34
Elizabeth Pearl 45
Thomas Pellow 19
Jane Phillips 77
Eliza Quy 73
Mary Richardson 81
Frank Rogers 36
Richard Scott 28
Isabella Sharratt 34
Susannah Shipley 82
Fanny Smith 14
Rebecca Southwood 83
John Spicer 60
Kate Stammers 27
Angelina Stewart 60
Caroline Stubbings 40
Annie Surrey 59
Caroline Swain 28
George Swann 24
Ann Taylor 73
John Thompson 40
William Truscott 70
Eliza Ward 38
Hannah Warren 49
Sarah Watson 40
Catherine Webb 40
Eliza Webber 59
Harriett Welch 22
Martha Welland 17
Ellen Weller 27
Elizabeth White 26
Elizabeth White 9
Lucy Wicks 87
Martha Wilson 79
Harriett Windham 51
Ebenezer Winterbotham 79


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Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Dec 2007 20:20

You could try the Norfolk Records Office to see if anything survives from the workhouse. If they do, you might be able to find out why she was there.

Andy

val1963

val1963 Report 1 Dec 2007 19:52

Hi Ann
Is this (Fanny Smith) you are looking for information on?

1881 England Census
about Fanny Smith
Name: Fanny Smith
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Pauper Inmate (Pauper)
Gender: Female
Where born: Wolverhampton, Norfolk, England

Civil Parish: Pulham St Mary Magdalen
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

Street address: "Depwade Union Workhouse" Norfolk
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Depwade
Sub-registration district: Stratton
ED, institution, or vessel: Dewade Union Workhouse
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Roberts 26
Elizabeth Smith 2
Fanny Smith 4
Rosanna Warren 1


Ann

Ann Report 1 Dec 2007 17:13

Hi I am so hoping someone out there can help me!!!! I am trying to gather information on FANNY SMITH born abt {1877} {i know Smith Hey!} she was born in Dickleburgh Norfolk, I have traced her back to 1881 age four or six in the Depwade Workhouse. If anyone has any information on her before or after this time i would be so grateful to here from you, thank you for taking the time in reading this message kind regards Ann.