Genealogy Chat

this is realy sad the hubby in prison his 2 daughters seperated from there mother and the mother in a work house with a 2month old baby angie x

sorry just read end of message thank you for that angie x

and the mother or is this info from the workhouse they were in angie x

so the baby is in a hospital age 2months is that right thats so sad do you know what hospital he was in angie x

thank you lunar more certs for me to order i had given up on this side of the family as my birth grandad was a jones the lady annie was married to my ggrandad and cant believe how much info i have in just one afternoon many thanks angie x

The baby?: Name: Sennett, William Ernest Record Type: Births Quarter: June Year: 1901 District: Birmingham (1837-1924) County: Warwickshire Volume: 6d Page: 168 Name: William Ernest Sennett Age: 2 months Estimated birth year: abt 1901 Relation: Patient Gender: Male Where born: B'ham, Warwickshire, England Name: Flora Sennett Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1878 Relation: Patient Gender: Female Where born: Aston, Warwickshire, England Civil parish: Birmingham Ecclesiatical parish: All Saints County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Source information: RG13/2850 Registration district: Birmingham Sub-registration district: All Saints ED, institution, or vessel: Workhouse Infirmary Birmingham Folio: 240 Page: 46

thanks a million rachel i would of never found all that out by myself will let you know if your hard work payed off will send for cert in a bout a week angie x

Angie Your family tree sounds miles more interesting than mine! Glad to hear you're not continuing with that particular family trait ;) Can you tell I'm stuck on my tree by any chance? :)

And I've found a Flora Sennett in Birmingham Workhouse with a 2 wk old William Ernest Sennett. Again, only a maybe but if daddy is in prison and mummy is very heavily pregnant there wouldn't be a lot of income coming in. One of the options for Thomas' spouse is a Flora Vale. Once you get Annie's birth cert, hopefully all will become clear.

blimey rachel you have been busy i think thats my annie cus her middle name began with a l so that fits well so her dad was in prison story of my life all through my birth family there are people in prison lol im glad i broke the mold lol thank you rachel your a star angie x

it looks to me as though they built cottage homes next to the aston work house,it might turn out that there parents were in the work house while the 2 daughters were living at the cottages will let you know,as i dont know the names of there parents yet so cant research this bit yet,but as soon as i find a birth for one of the daughters im sending for it angie x

Angie I'm now turning into your stalker! I found this guy in 1901 - he might be their dad? Thomas Sennett, married, 34, Slater, b Birmingham - a prisoner in His Majestys Prison, Birmingham. There is a marriage for a Thomas Sennett in Sep 1894 in Birmingham and then these births - Births Mar 1895 Sennett Martha Ellen Birmingham 6d 181 Births Mar 1897 Sennett Annie Louisa Birmingham 6d 183 Births Mar 1899 Sennett John Thomas Birmingham 6d 56 Deaths Sep 1899 Sennett John Thomas 0 Birmingham 6d 171 They might be yours .....

Angie Good luck with it! I also found this http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/birmingham_cottage_homes.htm

Angela I am intrigued now. Will you keep us posted on the outcome please?

thank you rachel will take a look iv got some one looking for her birth now,think this is going to be a tear jerker angie x

I've found a good one - http://www.institutions(.)org(.)uk/workhouses/england/warks/aston_cottage_homes.htm

If you google (or y a h o o or whatever you prefer) cottage homes, it comes up with articles about early childrens homes. Maybe it was that? Good luck researching it. I'd be ordering the birth certificate to see who the parents were and then try and find what happened to them.

so does it mean they were taken into care it be interesting to get annies birth cert to see who her parents were sorry to sound dumb angie x

If you look at the description given by the enumerator (click on Coleshill at the top of the image, then District Cottage Homes) it says - for children removed by Birmingham Board of Guardians from their Birmingham Workhouse. Sounds quite interesting, my tree never gets any good stuff!

Inmate just means they lived there. Nowadays it has sinister connotations, with workhouses and prisons, and lunatic asylums, but it just meant they lived there. nell