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Herefordshire / Almshouses, Widemarsh St.
« on: Friday 16 December 16 12:20 GMT (UK) »
This is all rather strange and unsettling.
My gggrandfather, John Williams, was living at The Marsh, Withington, with his wife Mary Ann and 7 kids, according to the 1871 census. 10 years later, Mary Ann was living at 80 Almshouses, Widemarsh St, but the Head of house was now a Walter Williams, 6 years her junior, and 3 of the children were still there, the rest having grown and moved on. But she is described as "Paralysed".
So I need to know...1. Who is Walter, and what happened to John?
2. How was she paralysed, and is that why they were in the almshouse (charity?)
A mystery!
Any help please, esp on Almshouses.
Ian Jenkins
PHILLIPS and PEARCE, FOWNHOPE (and Tupsley)
WILLIAMS, Wellington, Withington
JENKINS, Presteigne, pre 1845
My gggrandfather, John Williams, was living at The Marsh, Withington, with his wife Mary Ann and 7 kids, according to the 1871 census. 10 years later, Mary Ann was living at 80 Almshouses, Widemarsh St, but the Head of house was now a Walter Williams, 6 years her junior, and 3 of the children were still there, the rest having grown and moved on. But she is described as "Paralysed".
So I need to know...1. Who is Walter, and what happened to John?
2. How was she paralysed, and is that why they were in the almshouse (charity?)
A mystery!
Any help please, esp on Almshouses.
Ian Jenkins
PHILLIPS and PEARCE, FOWNHOPE (and Tupsley)
WILLIAMS, Wellington, Withington
JENKINS, Presteigne, pre 1845