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Relief Applications 1870s. Very helpful
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Benjamin | Report | 22 Jun 2007 14:06 |
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Hi At the LMA, I was sifting through Relieving Officers Report of Examinations 1878-1882 and found that my ancestors in Holborn, London made a claim for relief in Dec 1878. The reason being was they were destitute. The report gave their previous addresses in the past 18 month which was two adresses in Walworth, South London. They had been resident in Holborn at 69 Leather Lane for the past 3 weeks. They were chargeable to Clerkenwell and had never recieved relief before. They were sent to the workhouse for a while. On the 1881 census they were living round the corner in Portpool Lane. The info gives names, ages and church of marriage as well, I already knew that anyway, but the relief examinations provide a mine of info. Has anyone found their ancestors in post 1834 poor law records at all, or found the info very helpful? Ben |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 22 Jun 2007 14:17 |
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Yes, both pre and post 1835 - very helpful! OC |
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Yvette | Report | 22 Jun 2007 15:01 |
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this is very interesting, i didn't know of their existence, so i will look out for them, can they only be accessed at records offices? and, would they cover different areas? because my main area at the moment is suffolk. yvette |
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Christine | Report | 22 Jun 2007 15:04 |
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keeping for later chris |
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Rita | Report | 22 Jun 2007 15:40 |
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n for later |
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Benjamin | Report | 23 Jun 2007 10:49 |
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Hi all Yes, they can only be accessed at Record Offices. Some might be published. My rellies in London also were visited by the Holborn Relieving Officer a few times, as I accessed Weekly Reports Of Relieving Officers 1880-1886. Trouble is, not all of these poor law Records have survived though. Finding all my ancestors family members on the poor law document was like finding them on the census. They were all listed on one piece of paper. A lot of people recieved relief in aid of earnings, but really only when they weren't in constant or regular employment. Ben |
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Heather | Report | 23 Jun 2007 11:10 |
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If youre lucky enough to have Sussex ancestors - have a google Sussex Poor Law records - there are lots on line and name searchable |
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Benjamin | Report | 23 Jun 2007 11:11 |
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Yes, I have Sussex rellies, and that is ironic as my family mentioned came to London from Sussex in 1864. The father was from Kent originally but the mother was from Sussex and have found a few of my rellies on that database. |
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Heather | Report | 23 Jun 2007 11:48 |
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My dads line was from Sussex, moved to London Rotherhithe in the 1850s. Names, Cheal, Verrall and Boniface. Here is the data base - name searchable for West Sussex: http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/libraries-and-archives/record-office/family-history/poor-law-database.en |
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