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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: ozdude on Friday 24 June 11 06:38 BST (UK)
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Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction, I need information on a workhouse. :-[
I am trying to find a fella by the name of John Knight b.abt. 1835 he was apparently
In the (Sutton) workhouse in 1841 with his mother Mary b.abt 1811
Any help with this would be most welcome :)
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You may find some information about the workhouse here:
www.workhouses.org.uk
Do you have John and Mary in the workhouse in the 1841 census? If not, would you like me to try to find them? (where were they born?)
Also, in which Sutton is the workhouse located? There are a lot of Mary Knights b 1811 on the 1841 census, so I need a bit more information to narrow her down.
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Hi Ruskie
Thanks for the offer… :) I have found them on the 1841 census with about 80 other people
But i'm a bit confused, never came across anyone in a workhouse before.
I had the information on the Sutton workhouse from another source just don’t know where or what it is… :( this workhouse business is all new to me
1881 census
Mary Knight
Age: 30
abt 1811
Lancashire, England
Prescot
West Derby
Lancashire
England
Registration district: Prescot
Sub-registration district: St Helen
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 517
Book: 6
Folio: 38
Page Number: 4
Cheers
BTW...thanks for the LInk :)
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OK, I found them in "Workhouse in Sutton". Ref is HO107/517/38/4. The only other thing it tells you is that they were both born in the County of Lancashire.
There is mention of it on the link I provided above - look under Lancashire, then Prescot.
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Thanks for that Ruskie… :)
I was not sure what a work house was :-[ thanks for that as well
Cheers
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That link should provide you with loads of information about Workhouses.
You might have to do a bit of detective work to find out why they ended up there.
Do you know who Mary married? Have you found them in later censuses?
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Ruskie,
No I haven’t found any mention of what transpired after ?
and yes i have a long way to go
Cheers
George
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Might be worth posting on the Lancashire board Ozdude.Someone there may know more about it..You will have to change the title of your post though,
George.
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* Ignore, wrong info, was thinking surrey :)
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I agree with George. Ask a moderator to move this to the Lancs board - there's bound to be someone there who can help you.
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Sutton workhouse was at Marshall's Cross where new street crosses the railway line near Lea Green Station.
On the 1851 census (Class: HO107; Piece: 2194; Folio: 111; Page: 20) you've got a John Knight, born at Bold ancestry transcribed it as Wold, who was a tailor's apprentice (or something-quite unclear) living somewhere at Widnes with a boss who is a tailor and a journeyman tailor. So perhaps the boss guy got his apprentices out of the workhouse - very common in the period (cheap labour).
Bold is about a mile from sutton workhouse (as the crow flies).
And on Lanopc there is this entry:
John Knight baptised 2 February 1836 at St Wilfrid, Farnworth near Prescot. Son of Mary Knight (single woman) living at Bold.
So that's where I'd put my money.
(This looks like him in 1861:Class: RG9; Piece: 2598; Folio: 58; Page: 4)