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Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 75 Send Message	Jayne	Report	23 Aug 2009 11:05
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 75 Send Message	Hi Paul, thanks for your reply. Actually MARY ANN WILLIAMS came from Dublin, but what puzzled me most was all these girls gathered together in Wales came from all over the UK. When I first saw her father's name I too thought she was probably Welsh. Just shows eh? best regards Jayne
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 49,724 Send Message	Ann	Report	23 Aug 2009 00:27
	Jayne, Where in Flinshire? Ann
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 824 Send Message	HeadStone	Report	22 Aug 2009 22:09
	Hello Jayne, I can't really help you but I would think with a surname Williams her father was probably of Welsh origins. You did not need to be an orphan to be in an Orphanage. Perhaps her mother had died and her father placed her there as he could not work and look after her. Paul
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 75 Send Message	Jayne	Report	22 Aug 2009 19:32
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 75 Send Message	please can anyone help solve a mystery? my rellie was born 1861 in Dublin, Ireland and by the 1871 census she was in an orphanage run by nuns - in Flintshire,Wales. The orphanage is full of children born all over the UK. What puzzles me is why were they all gathered there. Who decided they should be sent there, and in particular how did MARY ANN WILLIAMS get there. regards Jayne