Genealogy Chat

have just found out who my grandads mum and dad were so went looking for my great gran annie sennett she was born around1897 in b,ham on the 1901 census iv found her living as an inmate with who might be her sister ellen sennett and a hundred other inmates now annie was only 4 and her sister 7 with no sign of a mother or father does the term inmate mean that they are living at an orphanage they are living in coseshill b,ham angie x

I am no expert but I guess she would have been in a work house?

it probably means work house if other members were there to

Usually Workhouse Ann or maybe Hospital Ann

If you go to the first page of the images (Annie is on page 6 of 19) some of the adults are listed as foster workers. Maybe the cottages were foster homes?

thank you for info im going to have a look for a work house in coseshill i wonder were there parents were then do you think they were orphand or just put in there for another reason angie x

thank you ratchel i didnt notice them going to take a look angie x

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

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!

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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 .....

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

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

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.

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? :)