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Its an interesting site, i found it when looking for a reli that was in a school in Bristol, although he came from Derby

Sylvia, Thanks for the information, I found it interesting. We could do with the same thing in this day and age, it would keep a lot of trouble off the streets. I will have a look at the website. Thanks again Rosemary

Try that again http://www(.)missing-ancestors(.)com/index(.)html

It could be an industrial school. There were several reasons under the Industrial Schools Act why children were sent away, begging, destitute, single mother/father couldn't cope, being in the company of criminals or being an orphan or having a surviving parent who was undergoing Penal Servitude or imprisonment, very rarely was it for committing a crime, from the records I have seen I.S. wouldn't take children with a criminal record. Any person could put before two Justices or a Magistrate any child apparently under the age of 14 for these reasons. The sentence handed down by the magistrate was, as a rule, until the child reached 16. My father for example, aged 10 was sent from east London to Cannington, Somerset until he was 16, for wandering, he had a good home life and by east London standards his parents were considered well off. My father came back to east London where he died a few years ago, but he never arrived back until he was almost 20. Quite often at the age of 14 the children were licensed out to work, Dad was given the choice of working in the mines or joining the army, he chose the army and was posted to, amongst other places, India before coming home – imagine his surprise to see that he had another five siblings! Industrial Schools also took in voluntary cases. http://www(.)missing-ancestors.com/index(.)html

Thank you very much for all your help, I feel so much better to know it was a school, I kept thinking about Henry being in an orphanage when he had a Sister who was married and could have taken him in, I know his Sister and Brother-in-Law were quite wealthy, he had his own business and employed servants.

The head is the Superintendent of St. Pancras Refuge and the enumerator has written 'Ind' next to this. I expect it is an Industrial School. Kath. x

It must be a school cos it says he is an inmate learning a trade and the prevoius page has a schoolmistress on it at the same address The head is Richard Owen Superintendant St Pauerao Refuge!!! could read st pancras!!

Hi Hazel I tried your suggestion but unfortunately I can't get the actual census page up on 1837 online I have wasted credits trying to access the census page, I have notified them and they told me to download their plug in which I had already done but it still doesn't work. the page I accessed doesn't have a name of the Institution, just the address. The name of the relative is Henry Seabrook age 11 if anyone can access the census page through another resource. Rosemary

Let us know if you find it!! You didn't post the name! Hazel

Thanks Hazel i hadn't thought about that, I will try it. Rosemary

Rosemary If you follow the pages backwards from the entry you are interested in, you should eventually come to the Title Page of the Institution, Workhouse or whatever - hope this helps! Hazel

I have just found a relative on the 1871 census and the address on the census was Gray's Inn Road, St Pancras, London, he was age 11 on the census, he is listed as Inmate, there are 21 other boys listed on there all aged between 8-16. I do know that both his parents had died. I would like to know if anybody knows what sort of institution this was. rosemary