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Nottinghamshire / Basford union workhouse
« on: Thursday 08 April 21 20:55 BST (UK)  »
I m looking for info on Mary Ann Burrows . On the 1871 census she is in Basford workhouse with her 2 yr old daughter - who was born in Walsall union workhouse -and has another child in Basford in 1874.
She will have been in Basford anytime after jan1869 - and was definitely out by December 1877. I wondered if her husband William went in or died but he isn t on the 1871 census.Any info or admittance \ discharge records/birth records gratefully rec d

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Staffordshire / Walsall union workhouse
« on: Wednesday 07 April 21 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi
I m stuck at where to look next?
A brief outline
My ancestor married in Newhall Derbyshire April 1868.(Have Cert)
Daughter born in Walsall union workhouse January1869(Ancestor named as father)
In 1871 census the wife appears in Basford union workhouse Notts with the child and labelled a widow and has another child in there in 1874( no father listed on birth cert).((.My ancestor is listed as the 2 nd child's deceased father on his wedding cert!))
If she was a "proper widow"in the workhouse then he must have died before 1871 census but can t find a likely death.
Would I be able to find admissions to Walsall 1868/69 to see if husband went in too?. Would a workhouse birth record tell me anything else more than the birth cert? Would a local newspaper for the time cover any workhouse deaths\admissions or news?
I m stuck at what to.look next at he just vanishes?
What other records could I browse from  April 1868 and to April 1871?I was wandering if he had a accident ( listed as Collier on marriage) in Newhall and she went in - but then why Walsall union and not Burton on Trent union or are they the same?If he wandered off for work elsewhere would she admit herself as a widow when she was t? Did they do that?
Any advice appreciated?
Thank you
Caroline

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