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Also sad


Name: Male Foetis Brot By Police 367 S
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: abt 1862
Burial Date: 18 Jul 1862
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Pancras Parish Chapel
Borough: Camden
Register Type: Parish Register


Quite a few unnamed male or female child brought in by Police

I remember finding a foundling in the 1851 census for Derby and his name was "Railway Boy" Very sad.

Oh I didn't realise that Sylvia, thanks for letting us know.

it's quite common to find "patients" and "inmates" of hopsitals, prisons, orphanages, etc, shown only by initials



it was a "privacy issue"





almost 200 years before privacy became an issue for us!




sylvia

The use of initials happens quite frequently in places like workhouses, prisons and hospitals. It doesn't seem to be as common in later censuses, but I have found at least one example in 1911. It certainly makes research that bit harder and also dehumanises the inmates of the institutions

Amndy

a lot of interesting info on the home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orphan_Houses,_Ashley_Down,_Bristol

How sad Quoy on 2 levels. One for the children themselves being orphaned and not deemed important enough for their names to be spelt correctly.

Also for people trying to piece together their lives and not being able to identify them.

EDIT: I wonder whether there would be any records from the orphanage which may reveal who they are.

M A E G
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation: Orphan
Gender: Male
Where born: Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Bristol St James and St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Clifton
Sub-registration district: Ashley
ED, institution, or vessel: New Orphan House Number 2
M A T 13
J T 11
E T 12
E T 11
M E T 13
M A W 13
A V 13
S V 11
E W 12
M A W 14
C H W 12
E W 14
J W 11
E H W 11
J W 12
E W 11
E W 10
S W 12
A A A 9
C A 9
E A 11
A C B 9
A B 10
J B 10
E B 8
R B 9
E A B 10
C B 8
S B 8
M B 9
A B 6
H B 11
M B B 7
M A B 6
M J B 9
A M B 7
J M B 6
M B 9
H B 8
E A B 8
E B 9
S A B 10
S A B 5
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E F B 6
P B 6
C B 4
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J C 11
E C 8
S C 7
S C 7
M C 4
E M C 5
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F J C 5
M C 9
L F C 9
F C 6
E C 10
M B C 10
H J C 9
C A C 8
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B D 6
R D 7
M J D 8
E J 10
H D 7
E D 4
E J D 3
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C F 10
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J F 7
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E G 10
M G 8
F G 7
M A E G 9
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M E G 9
M A C G 6
L E G 4
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E A H 8
E J H 11
J H 10
J H 10
E H 8

17 pages of these children