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[jaynieb]

hi thanks for the reply i have found her on the 1851/61 census but iam tryin to find her on the 1901 census to see if she was in the workhouse then. and why she may have ended up there when she lived in quarry bank nr stourbidge.her husband died in 1887 in quarry bank .also i have found her with her husband in 1881.kind regards jayne

[Tati]

Good morning both

She was staying with her daughter (as she was in 1891)

1901
RG13/2866 39 31
Aston, Warwickshire
365 Green Street
Caretaker House Board School
James May, head, 48, Caretaker Board School, b. Oxford Bampton
Esther, wife, 49, b. Staffs Quarrybank
Priscilla Waldron, mother in law, wid, 87, b. Worcester Lye
Arthur Holt, nephew, s, 20, Carpenter, b. do.
Sarah Holt, niece, s, 17, b. Worcs Wordsley

[jaynieb]

thankyou very much im racking my brains why she would have been in the work house at that age expsecialy after living with her daughter in 1901 age 87 thank you very much kind regards

[Cember]

If you can find the workhouse records it should tell you when and why she was admitted to the workhouse.
You could try:-
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