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Case 9874

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 25 May 1903

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Father N a Haulier in Timer Yard at the age of 51 died on the 9 Oct 1890 of stoppage of water. Mother M a seamstress resides at Peel Street, Easton Road, Bristol. Subsequent to her husband's death the Guardian's granted her 3/9 & 3 loaves out door relief until on the 2nd October 1901 she asked the guardians to take her two boys into the Workhouse as she suffered from debility. This the guardian's did but he has since been so troublesome and latterly shown signs of thieving that the guardians think it desirable that he should leave the locality and have a chance of beginning under different circumstances. The guardian's guarantee to pay for the maintenance of the boy.

For Guardians of the Poor of the City & County of Bristol
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Clark. St. Peter's Hospital Bristol.

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