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Parochial relief
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Yvonne | Report | 28 Sep 2013 23:26 |
In the 1871 census, listed under occupation are the words 'has parochial relief'. Does anyone know what this means. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Sep 2013 23:35 |
It would mean that they were being supported by the parish aka on Parish Relief as their only form of income. |
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Andrew | Report | 28 Sep 2013 23:39 |
Parish or Out relief was an alternative to going into the Workhouse. As far as I can tell it was used as a very temporary measure only, to cover a time when a family needed help. Normally they would have gone to the workhouse, but out relief may have been a cheaper option. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Sep 2013 23:42 |
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en |
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Yvonne | Report | 29 Sep 2013 15:00 |
Thanks so much for your replies. That makes sense now as in another entry an elderly mother is shown as 'pauper' but is living with her son and family. |
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Cornish Susie | Report | 30 Sep 2013 10:10 |
I have several Paupers in my tree and often wondered exactly what it means. Obviously they were very poor, but was it a legal definition signifying that they were receiving some sort of benefit? Just seems an odd occupation to put in the censuses and not something you would admit to voluntarily. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Sep 2013 10:31 |
I have looked at various Poor Relief Records for my family in Scotland . |
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Yvonne | Report | 30 Sep 2013 15:19 |
I've noticed 'pauper' quite a few times in the census records and it makes you realise just how much poverty there was back then. Thank goodness we don't have workhouses now. |
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Potty | Report | 30 Sep 2013 15:22 |
They are probably held at the Records Office for the area concerned. Try Googling |
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Andrew | Report | 30 Sep 2013 15:23 |
Any records that survive should be at the local Records Office. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Sep 2013 16:30 |
I have only ever looked at Scottish Poor Relief and don't know if the same rules apply. |
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Yvonne | Report | 30 Sep 2013 23:08 |
Thanks everyone for the help. I'll definitely have to have a look at this - just helps to pad out the history. |