| Case number: |
3737 |
| Application year: |
1893 |
| Name: |
E |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Year of birth: |
1885 |
| Home: |
Hillingdon Heath Home For Girls |
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| Description: |
E's mother died of "morbis cordis" [heart disease] in 1892. Not long after this the Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Children was involved with the family. E's father was twice convicted of cruelty. He was a law-writer who suffered from writer's cramp. He could no longer work and the family was about to be evicted from their home. E. went to the Hays House Home in Hillingdon Heath in June 1893. In 1898 she was boarded out with a woman in Hillingdon. E. was baptised on 2 July 1893, with Mrs Fenton, the local Waifs and Strays Committee Secretary, becoming her godmother. When E. was almost 15 in 1900, the Society was keen to get her into service as it was over £5000 in deficit and could not afford to continue paying for her keep. |
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| Keywords: |
Employment; Foster care; Health; Homelessness; Maintenance; Neglect; Poverty; Welfare organisations |
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| Items: |
1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 31 May 1893
2. Letter from New Southgate vicarage 25 May 1893
3. Letter from New Southgate vicarage 31 May 1893
4. Letter from New Southgate vicarage 6 June 1893
5. Letter from Mrs Fenton The Grange, Hillingdon 8 June 1893
6. Letter from Mrs Fenton The Grange, Hillingdon 4 July 1893
7. Extract of letter from Mrs Fenton 6 September 1900
8. Copy of letter from Edward Rudolf to Miss. Parkinson 4 October 1900
9. Extract of letter to Mrs Fenton 8 October 1900
10. Extract of letter to Mrs Fenton 8 October 1900 |
