The Boys Home, Leicester - Help finding records

[Rachel from Leicester]

Hi

Has anyone every come across The Boys Home, Stoneygate Grove, Avenue Road Leicester records for adults staying there rather than children?

My disappearing great grandmother gave this as her address in December 1912 and when i enquired with the children society they had no file for my grandpa, who should of been with her at the time. I do wonder if she came there with a new child (as she had come from a maternity home in London) but after this address she next appears in Blackpool!

and she had left my grandpa with a lady in Leicester.. no idea if this was an adoption or more likely just an arrangement... she never came back for him

Any help would be gratefully accepted

Rachel

[KGarrad]

According to the website childrenshomes.org.uk, at that address were:

Leicester Home School for Girls Auxiliary Home, 51 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (AS)
Leicester Home for Penitent Females, 58 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (MH)
Leicester Home School for Girls, 58 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (AS)
Leicester Working Boys' Home, Stoneygate Grove, Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)
Leicester Home for Boys, Stoneygate Grove, Avenue Road, Leicester (WS)

WS = Waifs & Strays / Children's Society
AS = Approved School
MH = Magdalen Home

Links:
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LeicesterPenitent/   (No records noted)
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LeicesterBoysWS/  (See Childrens Society)

[Jomot]

Leicestershire records office have the following that may be of help:

LEICESTER CORPORATION SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECORDS:

Leicester Poor Law Union Records:
Register of children committed to blind & industrial schools, 1874-1949

Leicester Corporation Records:
Receiving & Scattered Homes, 1906-1949.
Miscellaneous, nd. 1910-1914.

I have an index for the Receiving Home Admissions - his surname wasn't Smith by any chance was it?

[Rachel from Leicester]

  no not smith ...

CASSELL (sometimes castle) Elizabeth was the mum, John (Jack) the son.. her maiden name was DRAPER just in case... the lady who "adopted" him was FLUDE

and thanks i can pop to the records office to look up the others

Leicestershire records office have the following that may be of help:

LEICESTER CORPORATION SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECORDS:

Leicester Poor Law Union Records:
Register of children committed to blind & industrial schools, 1874-1949

Leicester Corporation Records:
Receiving & Scattered Homes, 1906-1949.
Miscellaneous, nd. 1910-1914.

I have an index for the Receiving Home Admissions - his surname wasn't Smith by any chance was it?

[willsy]

Found this one in the Leicester School Exemption registers Index 1892-1935

John Cassell birth 21   Dec   1908   
Left School 8   Jan   1923   

Fiche Ref. 30D73/09-5   165

Thought it was worth a look if you are close to the records office if it's your grandpa, will give you schools and achievements, not viewed these at the records office so don't know how much extra details they may have.

[Rachel from Leicester]

Thats him !

thank you I'll defiantly be down to the records office later this week only my second time down there as all my grandparents are first gen Leicester so didn't think to look ... silly me 

[willsy]

The staff are reallly good there, let us know how you get on