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poppysmum
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Granpa Wilson and Cousin Dod - Peebles Cemetery
whitevale mission
« on: Tuesday 14 August 07 15:35 UTC (UK) »
Hi
A very kind person got me a copy of a relatives poor relief in 1897 in govan.

There is lots of information but i have lots i want to find out moe about so i was hoping for some help!

It says she "was in Whitevale Mission" for 1 year.
By looking at the 1891 census i see that the people who lived there where called 'inmates'.

i have tried googling but no luck in finding out what this place was and why she would have bee in there.

does anyone know this and also if there might be records that are kept in archives?

thanks, caroline
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Re: whitevale mission
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 14 August 07 16:25 UTC (UK) »
Hi Caroline,

I haven't heard of it personally but I wondered if it had anything to do with Whitevale Church?

The following is a link to The Historical Directory to Glasgow Presbytery - a pdf containing many references to Whitevale and Bluevale Churches. With a bit of luck you might find something.

http://www.glasgowkirks.org.uk/resources/communication/historical_directory.pdf

Good Luck!

Anne
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Myrrdin
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Re: whitevale mission
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 August 07 09:12 UTC (UK) »
The Whitevale Mission House was at 13 Whitevale Street and checking the 1912/13 valuation roles shows that 13 Whitevale Street was an "industrial school"  a type of reformatory which may explain the term "inmates" being used.

The owners are listed as "The Directors of Houses of Refuge and Reformatory and Industrial Schools in the City of Glasgow"
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poppysmum
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Granpa Wilson and Cousin Dod - Peebles Cemetery
Re: whitevale mission
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 August 07 17:54 UTC (UK) »
thanks very much!!

what does that mean, she was married with a daughter by the time she was in there, she must have been between 40 and 45.

what would she have been doing in there and why? Huh

caroline
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Myrrdin
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Re: whitevale mission
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 August 07 18:35 UTC (UK) »
Although it was listed as an industrial school the part of the title which refers to "Refuge" may give a clue and its possible that it was some kind of workhouse facility.
Given that she was claiming poor relief at one point it is entirely possible that she was placed in the Mission "for her own good" as the worthies of that day would have considered (although I doubt if any of them would like to stay in their own establishments)
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Maggie1895
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Whitevale Mission, Glasgow
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 27 September 09 11:10 UTC (UK) »
This is going to sound a little mad to reply to a post over 2 years old, but I was googling 'Whitevale Mission, Glasgow' and found this chain.
My great grandfather (my grandfather's father)was the City Missionary here - his 'patch' was Brickfield Open, attached to Whitevale Street and Sydney Place Churches.
My great aunt, (my grandmother's elder sister) was a qualified Nurse who was the matron at Whitevale Mission in 1891 (and probably for longer, the only official record being the 1891 census).     
She later became the Matron at the Magdalene Asylum in Edinburgh, but that does not mean that the Whitevale was an asylum, it is listed as an institution and I think it was far more about helping the poor and needy of the area; that is certainly what my great grandfather James spent his life doing.
Almost certainly her taking up this post at the mission was how my grandparents met as the two families came to be friends.
If anyone has any further information on the Whitevale mission I'd love to hear it.
Thanks,
Maggie
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