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i am trying to find information on my grandfather George Ernest Scott.
All i know of him was that he was born abt 1903, his mother died in childbirth.
He was put in orpanage (my mother thinks Darlington) thing is i can't find any orphanages,poor houses in that place.
My question is does anybody know of any sites that i could look at that may be of help, looked on a few doing my head in.
Thank you
Denise

Hi Denise.
Do you know if his mother was married? It would be a big help if you knew his fathers' name.
Do you know if he had any siblings?
Jan

If he wasn't taken in by the extended family, he may have been left in the care of the Workhouse.

Althought it doesn't give any dates, the following site refers to Cottage Homes for children

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Darlington/

If nothing else, it might be worth contacting Durham County Record Office to see if they have any record of him. There is a hyperlink on the page

The only 1903 birth for the name you give

Births Mar 1903 (>99%)
SCOTT George Ernest S. Shields 10a 815


Two possible deaths


Deaths Mar 1903 (>99%)

Scott Catherine 31 S. Shields 10a 455
Scott Mary 25 S. Shields 10a 500

If you think the birth may be him, a copy of the birth cert will identify his mother

I assume this is him

Births Mar 1903
SCOTT George Ernest - S. Shields 10a 815


maybe he was born in Dec 1902 and only registered in the Jan-March quarter


Name:
George Ernest Scott

Birth Date:3 Dec 1902

Date of Registration:Dec 1978

Age at Death:76

Registration district:Jarrow

Inferred County:Tyne and Wear

Volume:2
Page:1300

The South Shields one seems to be with full family in 1911.

We don't, of course, know yet whether the name given by the poster was the man's birth name

1911 census gives 3 Scott children including a George Scott aged 8 bn 1903 they are in a "School" institution in Durham but FMP doesnt give the school details,

May tie with the details what the poster had given>


William Scott aged 12,
James Scott aged 9.

This George was resident in a large Boys school in 1911

Name:
George Scott

Age in 1911:
8

Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1903

Birth Place:
South Shields

Civil Parish:
Gainford

County/Island:
Durham

Occupation:
School

Registration district:
Teesdale

Registration District Number:
548

Sub-registration district:
Staindrop

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and this one was living with his uncle

George Scott
Age in 1911:9

Estimated Birth Year:abt 1902

Relation to Head:
Nephew

Birth Place:So Shields, Durham, England

Civil Parish:South Shields

County/Island:Durham


Street address:
12 Claypath Lane So Shields


Registration district:South Shields


William John Scott 53
George Scott 9
Ada Armstrong 24

The ones Kay found could be siblings............all born S Shields

1901 census William 2 and James 0 could be with parents Robert and Margaret Scott and other sibling at 39 Percy Street S/Shields--

This is that 1911 Census that Kay??? found ..................


this version is from ancestry, and paging back to p 3 (of 17) eventually produces the name and address of the institution ..................



St Peters Orphanage for Boys
Gainford
Darlington


It is in the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, in the rural district of Barnard Castle


on p. 15 of that census of a large institution (ca 286 boys), we find the Scott boys ...............


1911 Census

Name: George Scott
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Gender: Male
Birth Place: South Shields
Civil Parish: Gainford
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Occupation: School
Registration district: Teesdale
Registration District Number: 548
Sub-registration district: Staindrop
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Piece: 29787

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James Scott 9 b.ca 1902, S. Shields
William Scott 12 b.ca 1899, S Shields
George Scott 8
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Denise ..........


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1901 Census

Name Age
Robert Scott 37 b.ca 1864, South Shields, Chipper and Painter (Docks)
Margaret Scott 29 b.ca 1872, Jarrow, Durham
John Thomas Scott 7 b.ca 1894, South Shields
Margaret Scott 4 b.ca 1897, South Shields
William Scott 2 b.ca 1899, South Shields
James Scott 8/12

Address:- 39 Percy Street, South Shields




I've been trying to trace Robert (father) in the 1911 Census ....... no success yet.

But this looks as though it could be the daughter Margaret, b.ca 1897



1911 Census

Name: Margaret Scott
Age in 1911: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Gender: Female
Birth Place: South Shields, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Darlington
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Occupation: School Girl
Registration district: Darlington
Registration District Number: 543
Sub-registration district: Darlington
ED, institution, or vessel: 36-41
Piece: 29539

Name Age
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Margaret Scott 14
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St Joseph's Home, Industrial School, and Orphanage for Roman Catholic Girls
Milbank Road
Darlington
West Ward


103 School Children
19 girls training for Domestic Service
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if you want to know more about St Peters and / or St Joseph's ..................... Google the names


this is just one of the sites that came up when I did that


http://www.jarrelook.co.uk/Urbex/Saint%20Peters%20Care%20Home/Saint_Peters_Care_Home.htm



it seems that it was also Catholic, from that site ............

"Built around 1900 by the Catholic church, Saint Peters was initially an orphanage for 300 boys and it functioned as such for almost 40 years. "




a little snippet I found for St Joseph's ............


"St Joseph's Home was located in Darlington, at the corner of Carmel Road and Millbank Road, in the Boyes Hill area the premises having initially been Cleveland College, a boarding school for boys up until 1887. St Joseph's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Girls was certified March 1893 for 60 girls. It was later re-certified in 1898 to accommodate 120 girls and again in 1911 for an additional 30 girls. "

Denise - thank you for the acknowledgement but, please, add to the thread rather than sending a PM.

Type in the 'Add your reply box' at the end, then 'Submit'.

Denise,if you contact Durham Archives they may have the Admission and Discharge ledgers for St Peters ,it may require a visit to view them,but they give details of why,when and parents name/s or their guardian and usually an address.

http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/


PS,thanks for the nice message.

PM from yesterday - please remember to put replies on here Denise.

'As far as i know he had 4 other siblings
Billy
Robert
Jack
Margaret'

Billy --William,

Jack---another name used for John,

Margaret,

Robert--after George E.?

Death 1905.

South Shileds
10a 509.

Margaret Scott aged 32,,,,,,maybe a possible.


Robert snr may have re-married?

Hi,
Thanks for all info its been very helpful thank you