Philip Blunt born 1822 Hewelsfield (General)

by andytim1967, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 17:00 (5689 days ago)

I am researching Philip Blunt b1822 in Hewelsfield. I have found he was the illegitimate child of Ann Blunt. An Anne Blunt dies in 1828 in Hewelsfield so it looks like he would have been orphaned. Does anyone know where such a child would be sent? Was there a Poor House or Orphanage in the Forest of Dean? If so are there records available?

This is the background.

Philip Blunt is working in Hewelsfield in 1841 and then he disappears and I cannot find a death record. In 1861 up pops Philip Powell (b1822 Woolaston) in Canton, Cardiff. He then disappears and no death record.I have had some research done and there is no record of a Philip Powell being born in Woolaston at the time.

In 1871 Philip Powell's daughter is on the census as Harriet Powell Blunt which is where I made the connection.

Any help of where I can go from here would be appreciated.