Joseph Garibaldi Morrow – ‘Industrial School’ Auckland NZ - what next ?

[Morris2013]

Joseph Garibaldi Morrow (b 1867) appears in some articles in the NZ papers as a young runaway aged 8 and was sent to the Industrial School in Auckland.   He appears in Court a few more times having absconded from the school and then seems to disappear from records in 1879.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=THS18750921.2.12

I am trying to find out what happened to him.  My experience with NZ records is limited and I am hoping someone more experienced may be able to give me some clues.
 
He was the younger brother of an ancestor on my Tree but perhaps because of his unusual name or because of what happened in his early life I am curious to find out what happened to him

He was born in NZ  in 1867.  His parents had emigrated from Scotland to NZ, arriving in Auckland  in 1865. He was the 8th child of 9 siblings and his father Adam Morrow died 1871.

Sadly, his mother Elizabeth Morrow ms Kean seems to have developed a mental illness following the death of her husband and birth of youngest child,  and spent the last 25 years of her life in an institution and died in 1896. A younger brother died as a result of injuries sustained in an industrial accident.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/local-blogs/tales-from-the-crypt/8469132/Painful-end-to-sad-life

His eldest brother Charles Morrow  seems to have tried to take care of Joseph Garibaldi.  Charles had married a Mary Welch in 1871, and at the time of his death in 1906 in Auckland was described as a brewer.

I could not find Joseph Garibaldi Morrow in the indexes for marriage or death in NZ under that name, nor can I find him in the Electoral Rolls.  Various Joseph Morrows appear in the electoral rolls but I can’t think how to tell if any of them are actually him

Another possibility is that one of his brothers changed his surname to Morning and I guess Joseph Garibaldi  may also have changed his name, but I cannot find any record of a death with that surname for him.   I guess it's also possible he may have emigrated to Australia

Any help or suggestions would be very welcome.

[spades]

Hi Morris2013,

I see that the article on PapersPast was published in the Thames Star, which implies (to me, at any rate ) that he was sent to a local Industrial School. I wonder if this might have been the Thames Orphanage and Training School.
http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/Orphanage/TOTS.htm

Do you know the name of the Industrial School he was committed to?

In any case, perhaps an approach to The Treasury archive and family history centre in Thames might help.
http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/index.htm

Spades

[Morris2013]

Thank you Spades 

Thanks for the information about TOTS. That sent me searching again

From the newspaper articles in 1875 and 1879,  JGM  seems to have been at the Auckland Industrial School when it was at Howe Street.

From the newspapers reports,  the court proceedings indicate he should have stayed at the Industrial School till aged 15, which would be about 1882

However, I think from 1882 the children were moved to the Kohimarama Training School which ran until 1893.

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d22-d37.html

I can't see him of the register that survives of those in Howe Street in 1882 - 1883

or those in Kohimarama in 1882-1883

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Kohimarania.htm

So, I guess if he is on a register it would be a local one in Auckland for Howe Street before 1882 when the Industrial Schools Act came into force and there were national instead of local records

I think Archives New Zealand may hold some information in their Auckland branch

I think there was also a Naval Training School at Kohimarama but I haven't come across any names of boys sent there.

Thanks again for your suggestions

Morris

[Janette]

I notice the PapersPast article stated
"The,accused was ordered to be sent to the Industrial School for seven years, to be brought up in the Presbyterian faith."

That may be something to follow up on

Cheers Janette

[Morris2013]

Thanks Janette

I think he was about aged 8 at the time of the 1875 article, and there are some similar later articles about JGM up until 1879 ,when it is also mentioned that he should be at the school till aged 15.

I have not checked all of the articles about the schools, but this gives a flavour of what the Industrial School at Howe Street may have been like, if you are curious

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18780713.2.33&srpos=27&e=21-02-1878--02---10-NZH-21-byDA---0+industrial+school--


I have just found mention of someone who may be him "the lad Morrow" at the Kohimarama Naval Training School - towards the end of the article  Feb 1876

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18780713.2.33&srpos=27&e=21-02-1878--02---10-NZH-21-byDA---0+industrial+school--

and again in May 1876
"the lad Morrow, who is employed in the Pilot Service, is formally accepted as an apprentice by the Harbour Board...."

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18760512.2.8&srpos=44&e=-------10--41-byDA---0kohimarama+%2b+morrow--

All of that sounds encouraging, but some of the later articles from Court proceedings in 1879 specifically about Joseph Garibaldi Morrow absconding from the Industrial Home in Howe Street makes me wonder if 'the lad Morrow' at the Kohimara Training School was actually him.

I think perhaps an older brother, as Joseph Garibaldi would only have been aged 9 in 1876. I now wonder whether a couple of his slightly older brothers may also have been at the Industrial School.

Morris

[ennael]

Hi,
  This might be helpful:

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30781820?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Newspapers&search%5Bi%5D%5Bcentury%5D=1800&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Schools&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Bates%2C+John&search%5Bpath%5D=items

Leanne

[Morris2013]

Hi Leanne

Thank you for the link 

I have been searching the newspapers more and I think that as well as Joseph Garibaldi (b1867),  at least three older siblings Adam (b 1860), Bernard (b1862), and Thomas (b1865) were at the Howe Street Industrial School or the Naval Training School.

From what I can tell,  the eldest brother Charles was 22 when his father died and his mother had to be hospitalised. He had at least 5 young brothers to take care of from ages 3 -13. I guess it's no surprise that some of them got into trouble and ended up in the Industrial Schools

Morris

[FeralKiwi]

I visited the Auckland Archives reading room when on vacation in June, and discovered they have card files there that might help in your research. (these are not entered into Archway yet, except as boxes or general registers, not itemized by individuals names)
If you are not in Auckland yourself, perhaps someone will be able to check in the card index for the names for you, or contact the reading room directly for their assistance in locating the right record and copying it for you.

I have attached a photo of the series' information that I think might pertain to you, if you do an advanced search on Archway for items held at Akl, Agency BAAA and Series 1955 that gives you a bunch of registers, but someone still needs to read the index.
Hope it helps!

[whiteout7]

Bernard Morrow absconding from Industrial School Auckland

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS18750622.2.16.2&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0runaway+morrow--

also popping over to Onehunga
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS18750618.2.12&srpos=2&e=-------10-THS-1----0Bernard+Morrow--

Adam Morrow and Bernard Morrow being sent to Industrial School in Auckland, sounds like they had an older brother in the Navy and another brother working in a brewery
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18740120.2.16&srpos=60&e=-------10--51----0Morrow+Industrial+school--