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Mad Alice

Mad Alice Report 31 Oct 2004 14:52

Nan I bet she was an Allison! That was my maiden name and I have lost all trace of them before 1881, they don't appear on the census and they suddenly reappear on the 1901 Mum remarried husband apparently lost at sea ( so the story goes ....) seeing your name made me think it may be a similar case. Mad Alice was my nickname at school (from Allison) Reverted back because they are driving me craaaaaaaaazy! Linda

Jan

Jan Report 31 Oct 2004 14:10

http://www.missing-ancestors.com - has something about such homes. Also if you 'google' industrial+home+devon OR industrial+school+devon, there are links to tell you more about that type of institution. Also try contacting the local family history society with details - they may know where to point you even if no-one actually has researched this. http://www.devonfhs.org.uk

Nan

Nan Report 31 Oct 2004 12:11

Hi, Jan this is making me crazy???we just learned a short while back that my gran had another sister,but can't find out what happened to her. Didn't know whether this industrial housing was kind of a church or state foster home/orphange set up or whether it was just like a special school where children trained to go into domestic service? The other occupants were older in years ,came from all over england and were shown as servants/attending school. How she ended up in Devon is beyond us too. Thanks for the input,nan

Jan

Jan Report 31 Oct 2004 11:47

Put industrial housing devon into a search engine and info like this comes up: Data gathering undertaken recently for the Cornwall and west Devon Mining World Heritage Site Bid has for the first time revealed that fully one quarter of the land surface of the County has been altered in some way or another by industrial activity. The range of impact is both diverse and extensive including: Thousands of medieval tin streams and later mines; Many quarries and china clay works; Important mineral ports and their associated industrial tramways; Foundries, smelting houses, works and factories; Industrial housing, settlements and small towns to house its workforce; Great houses and gardens created by those who became wealthy through mining and; Thousands of hectares of land taken into agriculture to feed a rapidly-expanding population

Nan

Nan Report 31 Oct 2004 11:15

Child vanishes??have an 8 yr old (b.1892) winchester hants,appearing in 1901 in industrial housing???,in devon marked as servant/ attending school?? Her father had died, in hants. 2 older sisters became BHC to canada 1901. Have no idea what this industrial housing is?, how she ended up in devon,from hampshire or her fate???Would be greatful for any advise as to what this was??/where records could be obtained???or how to further trace the child?no street address shown but housing was located in Civil parish: Merton, Ecclesiatical parish Merton All Saints, Devon Country: Registration district: Torrington Sub-registration district: Dolton ..many thanks