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Case 1294

Case number: 1294
Application year: 1888
Name:

E

Gender:

Female

Year of birth: 1886
Home: St Hilda's Home For Girls, Marylebone

Description:

E's father died of inflammation of the lungs in January 1888, aged 24. Her mother and the mother's family, some of whom were rumoured to be jewellery thieves, were considered a "bad lot". E's father's family wanted her to be cared for by the Waifs and Strays' Society. E. was fostered out to several homes, and in April 1898 went to St Hilda's Home in Marylebone. In 1902 she went into service on the Isle of Wight.


Keywords: Custody; Foster care; Grandparents; Health

Items: 1. Application to the Waifs and Strays' Society 14 April 1888
2. Letter from Mrs Bere 26 March 1888
3. Letter from E's paternal grandmother 27 March 1890
4. Letter from Revd Edward Rudolf 25 April 1890
5. Letter from Miss Wheeler to Revd Edward Rudolf 4 November 1895
6. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 6 November 1895
7. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 12 November 1895
8. Letter from E's paternal grandmother c. 18 November 1895
9. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 21 November 1895
10. Letter from Revd Hunt to Revd Edward Rudolf 26 November 1895
11. Letter from Revd Salton to Revd Hunt c. 20 December 1895
12. Letter from Revd Edward Rudolf to Revd Salton 21 December 1895
13. Postcard from Revd Salton to Revd Edward Rudolf 24 December 1895
14. Letter from Miss Wheeler to Revd Edward Rudolf 26 December 1895
15. Letter from Miss Rogers to Revd Edward Rudolf 28 December 1895
16. Letter from Miss Wheeler to Revd Edward Rudolf 28 December 1895
17. Letter from E.E. Maingay, Hon. Sec. to Revd Edward Rudolf 2 March 1898
18. Letter from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Revd Edward Rudolf 15 March 1898
19. Letter from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Revd Edward Rudolf 23 March 1898
20. Letter from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Revd Edward Rudolf 13 April 1898
21. Letter from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Revd Edward Rudolf 17 April 1898
22. Postcard from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Revd Edward Rudolf 19 April 1898
23. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 29 April 1898
24. Letter from Mr Walton to Miss Jenkins 5 March 1900
25. Letter from Miss Lamb, Guildford Home to Mr Hunt 6 March 1900
26. Letter from Mr Hunt to Revd Edward Rudolf 9 March 1900
27. Letter from Revd Edward Rudolf to Miss Lamb, Guildford Home 13 March 1900
28. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 9 July 1900
29. Letter from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 10 July 1900
30. Postcard from Mrs Bere to Revd Edward Rudolf 12 January 1902
31. Note concerning change of home 2 March 1905
32. Letter from Mr Hunt to Revd Edward Rudolf nd




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