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From: "Jennifer Pearson" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP] Anerley House
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:50:49 +0100
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Sorry to butt in on this wondered if you could point me in the right
direction to find out where someone who died 100 Fishponds Bristol 1950's
whether they were buried if so where or cremated.Any info you could supply
would be much appreciated.

Jenny

Western Isles of Scotland



----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Holmes" <>
To: "Colin Moretti" <>;
<>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP] Anerley House


> Hi Colin
>
> I expect the large orphanage in Bristol was the Muller Orphan Homes. They
> have a very comprehensive website at
> www.Mullers.org<http://www.mullers.org/>; and have details about children
> who were in their care. As a Bristolian I grew up knowing about Mullers.
> They had an extensive staff of qualified nurse, which was pretty unusual
> in those days. Many of the buildings are still there - some used by the
> University of the West of England and some being converted into
> appartments.
>
> Judith.
>
>
> Hello Wendy
>
> I think that there was no logic to such matters, except who would accept
> the
> children for the lowest sum of money, particularly if relatives were
> unable
> to support them and the parish had to pay; siblings were often separated.
> I
> have two orphans from Southampton, one was sent to a large orphanage
> (2000
> children!) in Bristol the other to a "Shoeblack school" in Liverpool with
> just half a dozen. The former took children from all over the country.
>
> Colin Moretti
>
> I'm a member of the Anglo-Italian Family History Society
> http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk<http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk/>;
>
> Looking for MORETTI, PAGLIANO, BARGMAN, FORSE in London
> CADWELL in Huntingdonshire, TARRY in Buckinghamshire
> McQUOIN
> TYAS, IVESON, WOOD, ABBOTT in Yorkshire
> WILD in Derbyshire
> WILD, BIRCH, TOMBS in Birmingham
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wendy Brown" <<mailto:>>
> To:
> <<mailto:>>
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:13 AM
> Subject: [UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP] Anerley House
>
>
> > Dear List
> >
> ...
> >
> > My question is......how and why would these two boys have been sent to
> > that particular workhouse? I have not been able to find any
> information
> > on where ships carrying passengers from India may have docked. I
> thought
> > they might have docked at the West or East India Docks but I believe
> that
> > they were for cargo ships only. Certainly passengers embarked and
> > disembarked at Southampton.....but if that was the case for these two
> > little orphans, why would they have been sent to north Surrey? What
> was
> > the guiding principles in cases such as these....does anybody know?
> Would
> > it have been because their father or mother came from that district or
> > because their father's regiment was from there?
> >
> >....
> >
> > Can anyone help ?????
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Wendy Brown
> > Perth
> > Western Australia
>
>
>
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