Case 2258

Application for the Admission of a child

1. Give the child's christian name and surname

E

2. State the exact age, and give the date and place of his birth

9th August 1883 Beccles Suffolk

3. Legitimate?

illegitimate

4. If baptized, state place and date of baptism

Privately at Beccles by Church of Eng. Clergyman

5. Parents living?

Mother

6. If, however, either or both are dead, state of what disease they died and give the date of their death

7. If living, give their exact places of abode, and state how long they have resided there

Mother Beccles all her life

8. Give the christian names and surnames of his parents (in full) and state their ages.

Mother C, 36 years

9. What was or is the nature of the father's occupation and the amount of his weekly earnings? Give the name and address of his present or last employer.

10. What was or is the nature of the mother's occupation and the amount of her weekly earnings? Give the name and address of her present or last employer.

Char-woman - hawker of fish earning almost nil, none is particular

11. Have the parents or guardians ever received parish relief? If so, to what extent?

At times of confinement

12. Give the names, addresses, ages, occupations and earnings (if any) of all his brothers and sisters

NAME, ADDRESS, AGE, OCCUPATION, WEEKLY EARNINGS

Only an infant brother [?] 4 weeks