Strood, Kent, Poor Law Union

[martytriple]

My Grandfather Reginald Elliot was in the Strood Poor Law Union around 1902-1904 and attended St Nicholas School.

I kindly received some information from Medway Archives but did not answer my dilemma.

He was born abt 1897, I can find him in the 1911 census in the Farningham Home for Little boys in South Darenth. He was there 1904- 1914, but cannot find him in 1901 assumiing he would be with his brother Herbert.

His brother Herbert b abt 1894 was in the home with him for some time but is in Wales in the 1911 census. This from Reginalds WW1 records.

Reginalds father is stated as Frederick William Elliot on his marriage cert and is a Rancher. I have found him in the 1901 census and censuses in Alberta Canada and have traced his ancestors and a ton of other information no problem BUT I cannot find Reginalds birth records or any other link to Frederick William. Maybe he was born abroad, his supposed father travelled back and forth from Canada a few times.

Does anyone have any experience of searching the Poor Law Union records for Strood around this period ?

I do not want to make a journey from Yorkshire to do the search if the information available is sketchy.

Any other suggestions will be welcome I have been on this for several years now with only the Farningham home and PLU coming to light in the last year or so, but alas I am at a dead end again.

PS I have full access to Ancestry but have come up with no more as yet.

Marty

[t mo]

hi marty
have a look in www.workhouses.org.uk  on home page click onworkhouse locations then click  poor law union maps click south east and look for strood it,s just below gravesend from there you can see pics of the workhouse and apparently what records exist are with medway archives and local studies there is a link so you can get in touch with them from there .
regards
trevor

[t mo]

ps
forget my other post i must have gotten over excited seeing as i,ve told you what you already know .
have you any idea when frederick went to canada or even if either of the boys went as well .
regards
trevor

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/HomePageController.action

The above website has an entry for a Reginald Elliott b 1897 leaving Glasgow for Montreal in 1922 and another entry b 1897 leaving Southampton for Montreal in 1936

[Daisypetal]

Hi,

Welcome to RootsChat

I hope you don't mind me asking but where is Frederick in 1901?


Regards,
Daisy

[CaroleW]

Hi Daisy

Initial post says Alberta Canada for 1901

[martytriple]

CarolW

Reginald stayed in England, I have found no evidence of him going abroad, although he may have come from abroad.

[martytriple]

Daisypetal

Frederick was in Portsea as a visitor to his cousin in 1901

He is also found in the 1901 Alberta census. They are definitely the same person, too long a list to write down the providence.

[CaroleW]

Frederick was in Portsea as a visitor to his cousin in 1901

Aged 25 born Notts occ wheelsmith and shown as married - do you know who to

Assuming he was also Herberts father - that makes him about 18 when Herbert was born