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Topic: Help reading 1891 Leighton Buzz. workhouse census please (Read 159 times)
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tilly56
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Could someone with better eyesight than I have - and maybe a better magnifying glass too!! - please have a look at the following entry in the 1891 census :
Elizabeth Ann Lancaster
Age 36 born abt 1855 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Inmate at Leighton Buzzard Workhouse
She is listed with her children Edith, Harold and Elsie.
In the end column (Deaf and Dumb etc) - there is a word that I cannot read at all - the same word is in the second entry (William Adams).
Many thanks
Hilary
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Lancaster - L. Buzzard Johnson - Northampts Lancaster, Perryer - Fulham Clifford - London, Sussex, S Africa, Berkshire Divall - Ssx Randall - Ssx, Surrey Brimfield Seton Rix - Norfolk Burke - Co Clare Duliscouet, Le Stanguennec, Le Clanche - Brittany Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Newf
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It says 'Union' - are those kids 2 month old twins - I guess it means they were born in the workhouse !
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk PLEDGER – 1678, Gt BardField, Essex EVERETT - 1830, Scoles, Norfolk & Epping, SX OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington LILLEY – 1711, Ickleton, Cambs DAVISON – 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs BOWER – 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs CHASE – 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk LAIRD – 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk GOWENLOCK – 1850, Carlisle KEW – 1814, Carlisle |
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tilly56
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Hello Newf
That was quick! Yes they were twins, but Elsie died age 1 - they were illegitimate, too, as Elizabeth's father died four years earlier...........
Next question - what does "union" mean? 
Many thanks for your help
Hilary
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Lancaster - L. Buzzard Johnson - Northampts Lancaster, Perryer - Fulham Clifford - London, Sussex, S Africa, Berkshire Divall - Ssx Randall - Ssx, Surrey Brimfield Seton Rix - Norfolk Burke - Co Clare Duliscouet, Le Stanguennec, Le Clanche - Brittany Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Newf
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Union Workhouse - as in Poor Law Union
Google or Search RootsChat for more info on the Union Workhouses .....
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk PLEDGER – 1678, Gt BardField, Essex EVERETT - 1830, Scoles, Norfolk & Epping, SX OSGATHORPE - 1825, North Kensington LILLEY – 1711, Ickleton, Cambs DAVISON – 1700-1710, Horncastle & Coningsby, Lincs BOWER – 1690-1700, Killinworth, Lincs CHASE – 1735, Kings Lynn, Norfolk LAIRD – 1777, Portsmouth, Hants & Kings Lynn, Norfolk GOWENLOCK – 1850, Carlisle KEW – 1814, Carlisle |
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