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Title: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: Lisajb on Tuesday 16 June 15 21:44 BST (UK)
Unless my mind is playing tricks on me, I am sure I saw this on ancestry - now I cannot find it again. 

Looking for a Mary Lewis, b 1816 Carmarthen, in the workhouse in Carmarthen in 1891.  Can anyone see her, or am I having a moment as well as my ipad!

thanks
Lisa
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: omega 1 on Friday 17 July 15 18:36 BST (UK)
Hello Lisa

Could this be your Gal ?

On FindMyPast

Transcribed Maria Lewis
Inmate
Female
77
Born C 1814
Farm servant
Birth town,Llanarthne ? cant read own writing ::)

RG12  4518 138 12

Kind regards

omega :)
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: Lisajb on Friday 17 July 15 18:41 BST (UK)
Thanks Omega - I shall take a look
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: BillyF on Friday 17 July 15 19:21 BST (UK)
Llanarthne is just east of Carmarthen.
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: BillyF on Friday 17 July 15 21:05 BST (UK)
More here on Carmarthen workhouse.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Carmarthen/
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: omega 1 on Saturday 18 July 15 12:48 BST (UK)
Forgot,will blame the wine  :),Maria was a Widow & place name Llanarthney.
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: ecksdochter on Saturday 18 July 15 16:32 BST (UK)
Hello Lisajb,
     Maria is in the Joint Counties Asylum. There is an older Mary Lewis in The Union Workhouse, Carmarthen. Mary Lewis, born St Peter, Carmarthen, age 81. No occupation given but they are both widows and speak Welsh. (An***try)
               Regards,     Dod.
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: Lisajb on Saturday 18 July 15 16:43 BST (UK)
Never mind Omega, thanks for your efforts.  Hope the wine was good!

Ecksdochter, thanks, will look at Mary
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: Lisajb on Saturday 18 July 15 17:02 BST (UK)
Not mine, unfortunately.

My Mary doesn't seem ever to have married.  There was a child, born in 1831, but Mary didn't marry the father.

So far I have her as follows
1841 - Red Street, Carmathen with father John and mother Mary, John is a shopkeeper
1851 - still in Red Street with parents, father a grocer
father John dies in 1858, mother looks to have as well, just haven't found the right death registration yet!
1861 - a servant in Quay Street, still unmarried
1871 - living with aunt, and described as a governess
1881 - still with the aunt, and a schoolteacher.

Sorry, I am useless at posting census refs.

She may well have died, but, like her mother, working out which death registration is hers will be a bit expensive!
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: BillyF on Wednesday 22 July 15 18:49 BST (UK)
There is a derelict building next to Lidl Carmarthen.

Not sure if this is the same one, so next time I go I`ll try to see the date on the door.

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/hospitals-and-asylums/9873-carmarthen-infirmary-carmarthen-july-2008-a.html#.Va_U8LX8u6k

Aso, by a strange coincidence this appeared this week in the Carmarthen Journal.

http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/Work-starts-old-infirmary/story-27455163-detail/story.html

I`m unsure as too whether the Workhouse and the Infirmary were in 2 seperate locations
Title: Re: Carmarthen workhouse 1891 census lookup
Post by: BillyF on Wednesday 22 July 15 19:12 BST (UK)
I`m totally wrong ! The workhouse was in Penlan Road. The Infirmary is in Priory Road.

My excuse, I`ve not lived here long !!