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PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 9 Sep 2008 17:36

HI HAVE SENT U A PM REGARDING THE WORKHOUSE.

Kate

Kate Report 6 Sep 2008 22:14

Just had a look on the birth index on Ancestry - haven't found him so far. Have you already tried that index?

There are quite a few Thomas Joblins and William Joblins born 1879/1880, though.

Donna

Donna Report 6 Sep 2008 22:04

Thank you for coming back to me. His name is Thomas William Jobling. I've located him on the 1881 Census. He is 1 year old living with his mother, I presume Eliza Jobling aged 21 yrs, at Stockton Workhouse, in Stockton on Tees. I don't know whether he was born there. How would I find that out? Do I just apply to the local Register Office in Stockton on Tees?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 6 Sep 2008 21:48

What era are we talking about. ALL my great aunts & uncles, and my gran were born in the workhouse between 1904 & 1924, because medical assistance was free. They all have normal birth certificates and my great gran says she is Mrs XXX when I know they weren't married!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 6 Sep 2008 21:47

HI
WERE THEY BORN IN THE WORKHOUSE.MY FATHER WAS IN THE WORKHOUSE AGED FOUR WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER AND MOTHER I MANAGED TO GET THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES .DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE WORKHOUSE

ann

ann Report 6 Sep 2008 21:42

I have a certificate that gives the workhouse as the place of birth. Annie

Researching:
Hedges in Headington and Headington Quarry Oxford

Thelma

Thelma Report 6 Sep 2008 21:40

I cannot see that being in a workhouse in any way affects registering a birth.

Donna

Donna Report 6 Sep 2008 21:31

If you discover that a person who is classed as a "pauper" in a workhouse(on a Census record), how do you go about obtaining a Birth Certificate for that person?

Can anyone help me please?

Donna