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Case 2835

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 25 May 1891

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Application number 4762
Accepted number 2835
Name A
Age p
Present address Coldbath St. Greenwich
Legitimate? yes
Baptised? yes
Mother alive? yes
Father alive? no
Sisters (how many?) 2
Brothers (how many?) 1
Medical Certificate?
Free or part payment
Decision of Committee Accept to Eythorne Home, 2/6 a wk. being guaranteed [?] Lady Gale, of Gloucester St See case agenda June 4/91

10 June 1891
Rcd into Boys Home Eythorne W Dover

19 October 1895
run away from Eythorne and came up to London to his Mother at 25 Oak Grove [?]

Boarded out with Mrs. P Eythorne Green Dover under supervision of the Rev. Basil Burrows, Eythorne Rod. Dover, 7th October 1895

19 October 1895
Run away and returned to his mother at Oak Rd. Cricklewood

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