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Case 2434

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 26 April 1890

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Application number 4202
Accepted number 2434
Name A
Age 11
Present address Tunbridge Wells
Legitimate? yes
Baptised? yes
Mother alive? yes
Father alive?
Sisters (how many?)
Brothers (how many?)
Medical Certificate?
Free or part payment
Decision of Committee Accepted by Cripples Home May 14/90] 5/ a week guaranteed by Mrs. Cameron 2 Belmont Tunbridge Wells to be under Dr [?]

Recd. into the Cripples Home May 22/90

Mrs. Cameron to be relieved of payment & Mrs. D will pay out of her collection in Tunbrige Wells
E. de M. R.
10 Feb. 92

3 April 1895
Confirmed at S. Mary's Church [?] by Bishop Sumner

9 October 1895
Restored to her mother at Tunbridge Wells and after work placed in a Home for Training Young Servants 24 [?] Tunbridge Wells

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