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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 25 October 08 11:35 UTC (UK) »
Hi Jill,

If he was in the workhouse because he was a pauper, it is very unlikely that anyone would have paid for him to have a gravestone.
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 15:47 UTC (UK) »
Hello Im a new user trying to find my way around, do you know if this workhouse was laso known as the cottage homes (for children)?
Thanks
Kerrie
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 17:39 UTC (UK) »
Hi Kerrie,
Nice to meet you - welcome to rootschat Smiley
I'm sorry I don't know the answer to that one, but I will try to find out for you. Leave it with me.

Jill,
It varies, some are marked. My own ancestors' wasn't (he is buried in a large cemetery in Sheffield). His name was on the cemetery register (although they had the first and middle names back to front Cry), so I was able to locate him that way.
However, I recently went to try to find the grave of a fellow rootschatter, and was successful in finding not one, but several family graves. She had said she didn't think there would be a grave, because he had died in the workhouse.
The workhouse was seen as a last resort, but it did act as the only source of hospital and old people's home for some families, who struggles to look after their own. But, I'm sure that some did take over the final care of their relative, if they could.
So, there could be a grave - hope you find one!
Good luck!
Paulene Smiley
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 18:53 UTC (UK) »
Thank you, much appreciated
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 21:12 UTC (UK) »
Hi Kerrie,
It looks as if the cottage hospital was a separate establishment, and that it opened in 1859.
The Walsall Local History Centre has the records - the adress and contact details are shown on the following site:
http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/history_of_walsall_s_sister_dora_and_the_steam_engine.htm
Walsall Cottage Hospital 1859 - 1907.
I'm still looking for more information and will come back to you if I find anything else.
Paulene Smiley
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 21:21 UTC (UK) »
A little bit more for you, Kerrie:
http://www2.walsall.gov.uk/Capturing-the-past/library/walsall/scrapbook/Old%20Documents/walsall-doc-01.asp
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 21:36 UTC (UK) »
A photograph for you, Kerrie:

http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/blackcountry/ShowImage.aspx?img=http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/blackcountry/walsallimages/001126_1_4.jpg
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Re: The Union Workhouse Walsall foreign
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 11 November 08 21:38 UTC (UK) »
And, finally:
http://www.blackcountryhistory.org.uk/blackcountry/result-list.aspx
Hope this helps - let me know if you need anything else, Kerrie.
Kind regards,
Paulene Smiley
ADDED: I notice the link doesn't show the results - just click on 'back to search results' and hopefully the results will show. If not, Kerrie, let me know.
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