| Case number: |
3623 |
| Application year: |
1893 |
| Name: |
W |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Year of birth: |
1882 |
| Home: |
Kingsley Hall, Frodsham; Tattenhall Home For Boys |
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| Description: |
W. and his brother C. were born in Bombay, India. (See also 3622) The boys father, a dentist, abandoned the family leaving £200 in debts. They were living with their mother in Chelsea at the time the application was made. She was described as "a lady of intemperate habits". The boys were sent to Kingsley Hall Home, Frodsham in May 1893. C. was too old for the home so in July 1893 he was sent to the Shoe Brigade Home in Chester. Shoe Brigade Homes were run independently of the Society. W. stayed at Kingsley Hall until August 1895 when he went to a Working Boys Home, Albion House, in Chester. W. and C. both later joined the 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment at Portsmouth. At the end of 1908 W. developed tuberculosis and was discharged from the army. Although he was 26, a special case was made and he was taken into the Tattenhall Home, Cheshire, in August 1909. He left the Home in 1910 and was "camping out" nearby.
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| Keywords: |
Abandonment; After care; Alcohol abuse; Employment; Health; Homelessness; Siblings; Welfare organisations |
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| Items: |
1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society (C) c. May 1893
2. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society (W) c. May 1893
3. Letter from S.B. Jacson of Kingsley Hall 11 May 1893
4. Letter from S.B. Jacson of Kingsley Hall 19 July 1893
5. Letter from National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Children 8 June 1895
6. Extract of a letter from Miss Cox, Cheshire 9 September 1909
7. Letter to Miss Cox 22 September 1909
8. Postcard from from Miss Cox 25 September 1909
9. Letter to Miss Joyce 4 October 1909
10. Postcard from from Miss Cox 6 October 1909
11. Letter from the Tattenhall Home Committee 14 October 1909
12. Letter to Miss Joyce at Tattenhall Home Committee 20 October 1909
13. Letter from Tattenhall Home 21 October 1909
14. Letter from Tattenhall Home Committee 14 November 1909
15. Letter to Miss Joyce at Tattenhall Home 15 November 1909
16. Letter from Tattenhall Home c. 22 November 1909
17. Letter to Miss Joyce at Tattenhall Home 22 November 1909
18. Note of verbal message 2 March 1910
19. Postcard from Tattenhall Home 3 March 1910
20. Letter from Tattenhall Home 20 November 1910
21. Letter to Miss Joyce at Tattenhall Home 21 November 1910 |
