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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 668 Send Message	Karli	Report	22 Mar 2009 22:15
	i would much appreciate some advice on poor houses i think i found who im looking for,he was born in poor house in 1820 but mother died year after ,im wanting to know what happened to children left and how i should move on with this ,would love some advice ellamay
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	22 Mar 2009 22:30
	Try exploring this site - http://workhouses.org.uk/
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4,275 Send Message	Madmeg	Report	22 Mar 2009 22:39
	He Meggy, I have a relly in a workhouse, he doesn't seem to have been born there, indeed doesn't seem to have been born anywhere. I think they were places that anyone who was destitute could go to, and I imagine there were a lot of orphans, as was my ancestor. Children would have been put to work as soon as old enough, say age 7 in those days. My g granddad was lucky enough to have been put with a shoemaker, so got a trade which he carried on until he died aged about 70. Hope your experience is as good. Margaret