The Workhouse OO Scary!

[andrew boynton]

yeah thanks i tried the email on my msn address but it aint working.

[fizzybubble]

Records only survive from 1862 apparently. That snippet on the Doncaster Workhouse page.

Your relly was lucky and obviously was not there long. One of my rellies went in about 1852 and stayed until she died in 1908 !!!!


Fizzy

[suey]

It's more than likely that her mother was alone, no family or husband to support her, at the time of Ruth's birth.  

The Workhouse in those days was about the only place that would or could give any kind of medical attention.

Many folk went in simply because they were old, ill or had no work.

I have several ancestors who were in and out of the workhouse, it was at least somewhere to sleep and get a meal if you were out of work.

I have someone as late as 1920 abandoned by her husband, with two small children and another on the way and no family to support her who went in simply in order to have the baby in a somewhat safer environment.

Suey

[andrew boynton]

were u allowed to leave the workhouse or was in when u got there u couldn't leave.
If my ancestor ruth got married to someone at the workhouse then she would be allowed to leave wouldn't she?

[fizzybubble]

It wasnt a prison. Some went out to work during the day and came back at night.

You could leave whenever you were able.

My relly was classified as an imbecile, although I am sure that it was more that she was an unwanted child, so I assume that the workhouse guardians had some responsibility for her.

Fizzy

[andrew boynton]

I found this

 Jane Farrand B1825 Adwick-le-Street (Apr 04 Red)
parents were William and Hannah. William was the blacksmith for the village. Jane had an illegitimate child in Doncaster Workhouse 1847 and her daughter Ruth is baptised at Adwick church. all the family disappear from Adwick in 1851 there is no mention of them anywhere in the Doncaster Census. Can anyone help?
 

[fizzybubble]

Go on then tell us where you found that info.

Fizzy

[CatOne]

Theres a William Farrand on the 1861 census, born 1831, Adwick Le Street, with family and mother Hannah widow 65. Are they yours? Living in Bentley with Arksey, Yorks....

[andrew boynton]

http://www.curiousfox.com/history/westridingyorkshire.lasso