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Case 1294

1. Application to the Waifs and Strays' Society 14 April 1888

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Application number 2533
Accepted number 1294
Name E
Age 2
Present address Tadmore Shepherd's Bush
Legitimate? yes
Baptised? yes
Mother alive? yes
Father alive? no
Sisters (how many?) one
Brothers (how many?) none
Medical Certificate? none
Free or part payment Free
Decision of Committee Send case paper & on receipt of it duly filled up forward to the lady willing to pay for a child aged 2 or 3 viz Mrs Bere of Notton Lodge See Case agenda 1/4/88

Mrs. Bere of Notton Lodge Chippenham writes apl 22/88 We will undertake the maintenance of this child [?] myself & friends if boarded out in this neighbourhood £7.16 a yr. Boarded out under Mr. Bere's care April 26, 1888. Mrs. Bere write apl 28/88 that she is only going to pay the foster parents 3/- per wk & find the clothing

9 July 1890 Change of lady supervising now Miss Wheeler of [?] Chippenham Boarded out with Miss Rogers Brant Broughton [?] Newark under the supervision of Rev. A.F. Lutton Brant Broughton rec. [?] Dec. 21st/95

wrote Mr. French 2 Jan. 96, 1 April 1896 Boarded out with Mr. Jenkins of Brant Broughton under the supervision of Marin E. Lamb Guildford House Brant Broughton.

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