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Twiggy
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I wonder if there is anyone who could help me try and track down my grandmother. She disappeared from the Hexham Workhouse abandoning her 4 small children about 1906/07. She was traced to Gateshead, but the authorities didn't follow up, and she has vanished. I would just like to tie up loose ends as far as she is conceroned.
Her name was Margaret Ann Hall, she would have been no more than 26/27 at the time.
Twiggy
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Twiggy
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Andrea,
In 1901 Margaret was in Gateshead, with Robert Nicholas [husband] who was listed as being a general cartman, the children then were John Nicholas 2, and Robert P [Pretoria]10 months, his [R.N.] cousin Frances Parker 13 was staying with them.
From there [Gateshead] they went to Ewesley near Rothbury, as my mother was born at Ritton Whote House in 1902, in 1903 or 4, Margaret and 3 children [she was pregnant with uncle Tommy], were in the Hexham Workhouse. In 1904 a warrant was to be issued on R.N. for failing to support the family, , in 1907 the family had been in the Workhouse 3 years, with nothing from R.N. then in October 1907, she left without notifying the officers. She was traced to Gateshead, but nothing further was done on this. The children? well, they were placed into the care of Guardians for want of a better word, they were to have been thrown out as they were not contributing to the Workhouse, however "good" people took them in, they went to various people until at last John Nicholas and Robert were"adopted" by their mother's brother, George, and my mum and Uncle Tommy by people by the name of Allcroft at Corbridge.
My mother never spoke of her childhood, which after reading the Workhouse reports I have I can fully understand.
Twiggy
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