Winchester Workhouse, missing records

[YatesJones]

This is a bit of a long shot and I am hoping that someone can think of a way around this or at the very least provide some guidancce.

For about four years now I have been searching for a Maria Jones who was in the workhouse in Winchester in 1905 to give birth. Cannot find a definitive birth, marriage or death certificate for Maria anywhere; lots of leads but nothing that I can find that puts her in the right place at the right age. I have her daughter and her corresponding records but there is no father listed so unable to trace her parents that way either.

Originally I was hoping that we could find the admission or discharge notes from the workhouse but apparently there are two volumns that are badly damaged or missing that we are unable to access and neither is the Hants records service. I have been able to prove that the daughter and Maria were in the workhouse through another volume of notes and also that Maria's stay was paid for by her father, which suggests she wasnt abandoned.

I suspect this may be one of those that I have to chalk up to experience and hope that at some time the records will be conserved but would appreciate anyone giving any ideas of places I may have missed.

Thanks in advance.

[Milliepede]

 

I have been able to prove that the daughter and Maria were in the workhouse through another volume of notes and also that Maria's stay was paid for by her father, which suggests she wasnt abandoned.

So we know her father was still alive at the time.  Have you found him in 1911 or do the records just say "her father" and not name him 

Does her daughter stay in the same area?  What was her name?

[Milliepede]

There's a Maria Jones in Hampshire born 1888. 

In 1901 she is a niece to Robert and Charlotte Harris.

[avm228]

Do the workhouse records disclose Maria's age, or any address associated with her or her father?

[YatesJones]

Thanks for the responses, to summarise;

avm228 - no all it says in the only record Ive found is that her stay was paid for by her father
Milliepede - think I have looked at every Maria Jones and tracked the families, that doesnt seem to be connected with the family

Her daughter stayed in the area and I have confirmed the connections, her name was Lilian

Its my biggest brick wall and drives me mad. Dont expect to find Lilians father I just wish I could track Maria somehow!