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From: "Barbara Mallyon" <>
Subject: Re: [SRY] Institutions/Workhouses c.1883
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:04:07 -0000
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Hello,

You could also try the Hambledon Workhouse where alot of Godalming people went
to, you might find her in 1891/1901 Census.

Regards

Barbara Mallyon
Basingstoke, Hants, UK


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Townsend" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SRY] Institutions/Workhouses c.1883


> >One of my Grandmother's sisters was born in Godalming 1883 -
> >near Guildford. The little mite was dropped head first into a coal
> >scuttle, resulting in brain damage. She was placed in an institution.
> >No one later knew what became of her.
> >
> >Possible institutions may be:
> >workhouses at Guildford, Chertsea, Kingston & an asylum at Caterham.
> >(There are others, but thought these the more likely from the little I
> know)
> >
> >Where would records exist for these institutions - if available?
> >Do these places still exist today, perhaps under another name?
> >
> >I know it's a long time ago, but I would love to try and find where
> >she spent her life and when she died. In my mind, it would be
> >putting her to rest.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >Kind regards,
> >Eileen Rasmussen - Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. ()
>
> When the 1901 census is eventually back on-line, you may be lucky enough to
> find your great-aunt listed at an institution, rather than still living with
> her family. I think the most likely one, given that she came from
> Godalming, is the Surrey County Asylum at Brookwood. Chertsey, Kingston and
> Caterham are more distant, and I'm not aware that the Workhouse at Guildford
> would have been appropriate.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Chris Townsend
>
>
>
>
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