Hello,
I am trying to find out about an address in Slough and wondered if any of you have come across it before. Minnie Elsie Claridge was born 2 May 1899 at 50 Wellington St, Slough to Mary Louisa and William James Claridge. Both her parents were from around Ramsbury in Wiltshire, yet for unknown reasons Minnie was born in Slough. By August 1899 she is back in Ramsbury to be baptised. By 1901 she is living with her grandparents and her parents have disappeared.
I wanted to try and work out why she was born in Slough and also possibly trace her parents and therefore looked up 50 Wellington St on the 1901 census. The building was unoccupied but the building next door is simply recorded as 'Salvation Army' with no further info or inhabitants. Is there some connection? I know people who were born in institutions often used a nearby address on certificates to avoid the shame, could something similar have happened here? I believe there was also a British Orphan Asylum on the same street, could that be connected? Minnie wasn't an orphan, and her parents were married, but something strange went on that left her with her grandparents so I wouldn't be surprised if her birth was connected to one of these two places.
Any advice, ideas, other places worth looking etc would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you