English Birth Certificate

[Miss Poohs]

WOW thank you - Stan.

I was beginning to wonder about poor houses - because on my MIL birth cert it says she was born in Liverpool maternity hospital, I thought that was quite unusual, most babies back then were born at home.

Wonder if they went back to Beaufort Street, or if they they had split?

Interesting.

[PrueM]

Great detective work, Stan 

Miss Poohs, this is really interesting...and slaps on the wrists for both of us, for slagging off English certificates   
You might find this discussion interesting - towards the bottom there is some information about why a woman might have given birth at the workhouse:

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-6957.html

Also, if you Google 144a Brownlow Street, you will get lots more information about that workhouse and workhouse infirmaries in general.

Prue

[Miss Poohs]

I would assume she was in the work house for the medical care - I'd love to know more though.

Fascinating stuff though eh?

[trish251]

What an interesting thread - I'm sure there is a thread somewhere on RC about a lady claiming to have been deserted by her husband (she wasn't) so she could have a babe in the workhouse - apparently the best place at the time to give birth! But I think it will take some searching to find the post.

Trish

[stanmapstone]

I wonder if it was not the Workhouse but the Liverpool Maternity Hospital? A new Lying-in (maternity) Hospital was built on a site at the corner of Brownlow Hill and Brownlow Street. This was completed in November 1884 and opened to patients in February 1885.
See http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConNarrative.179
Stan

[Miss Poohs]

But surely they wouldn't state 144a Brownlow Hill as the mum's residence, if her husband had a home else where - i.e. 99 Beaufort St, inless she was actually under the care of the work house?

Curiouser and curiouser!!!

[casalguidi]

What was the date?

Casalguidi

[Lydart]

As a slight diversion (sorry!)  I Googled as Prue suggested, and just read

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?education/children.shtml

... where if you scroll down, you can see a piece written by Stanley (of 'Dr Livingstone I presume' fame) about the treatment he got in the workhouse.  Makes you cringe to read it !

[Miss Poohs]

Hi Casalguidi

My MIL was born 20 Sept 1924 - but I'm not sure when her mother was admitted to the work house/maternity hospital - around the same time I'd imagine.

Off to read that link.