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Case 942

2. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society for M. 22 February 1887

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30 Dec 1895
[Returned] to [?] Heath Infirmary

20 January 1896
Received back at the Home

March 1896
gone to service with Mrs Hepland Cherry Tree Farm [?] H.

10 August 1896
Returned back to the home

Application Number 1830
Accepted number 942
Name M
Age - 8
Present Address Mary Ann Cottages Back Lane Woolwich
Legitimate? - yes
Baptised? some say
Mother alive? - no -
Father alive? - yes -
Sisters (how many?) - 2 -
Brothers (how many?) - 1 -
Medical Certificate? attached
Free or part payment -
Decision of Committee 10 March 1887
Committed to Girls Home Hemel Hempstead WW

20/5/92 Rev E. J. Gallop writes M. was baptized on 28/5/89

31 March 1894
Gone to service on homes with Mrs B. Glentide Harrow

27 April 1895
Readmitted to the Home

23 May 1895
on leave with Mr B [?]

1 November 1895
Received back into the Home

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