Death in Newent Workhouse - Elizabeth Poyner 1838-1895 (General)
by poytheboy 
, Saturday, February 19, 2011, 16:17 (5102 days ago)
Are any records for Newent Workhouse available anywhere to view (if they have survived). I'm interested in Elizabeth Ann Poyner, who had two children out of wedlock in 1859 and 1862, and by 1871 was in Newent Workhouse with her younger child. Her eldest was working in the mines of the Forest of Dean, and emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1870's. Elizabeth appears in the census' of 1881 and 1891 still in Newent Workhouse. I've not found a burial record and would be interested to find out where this burial took place. She was born at College Precincts, Gloucester in 1838, and by 1861 in Taynton, where her father had returned to his place of birth. Would she be buried in Newent, as her youngest son had moved out of the Forest of Dean as well, thus me having a theory the family disowned her.
Death in Newent Workhouse - Elizabeth Poyner 1838-1895
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 19, 2011, 16:38 (5102 days ago) @ poytheboy
Hi,
have you studied this website ?
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/homepage.shtml
Hopefully it will help you.
Elizabeth Poyner 1838/1843-1895
by m p griffiths , Saturday, February 19, 2011, 16:49 (5102 days ago) @ poytheboy
On the 1871 census, Elizabeth POYNER is aged 28 = circa 1843
there is a death in on Ancestry - Newent District Gloucestershire, Herefordshire,Worcestershire Oct/Nov/Dec Qtr 1895, of Elizabeth POYNER c 1843
and on FreeBMD - O/N/D Qtr 1895, Newent, Vol 6a Page 163 (age 52)
1881 Census, Newent, Newent Union (workhouse)
Elizabeth POYNER, age 35, Farm labourer, born Gloucester City
1891 Census, Newent - Workhouse
Elizabeth POYNER - age 47, born Tibberton, Glos
Death in Newent Workhouse - Elizabeth Poyner 1838-1895
by poytheboy , Sunday, February 20, 2011, 01:21 (5102 days ago) @ poytheboy
Thank you for replies. Ages always seem to be wrong on censuses as I think sometimes people either lied about their age or didn't know. In this case Elizabeth spent at least the last 25 years of her life in the Workhouse. The death in the BMD's quoted is correct for my Elizabeth (1895) but the informant may have gavin the wrong age. She was born in Gloucester City in 1838 as I have her birth certificate and those of her children, plus have found the children's baptisms (both in Taynton). I'll have a good look at the Workhouse site, as it might give me a better understanding as to what happened after her demise. Her father Robert actually also died in the Newent Workhouse aged 79 in 1870, so this may have been why they were there, old aged father, unmarried daughter with 2 children (1870-1871).
Death in Newent Workhouse - Elizabeth Poyner 1838-1895
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, February 21, 2011, 04:07 (5101 days ago) @ poytheboy
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Death in Newent Workhouse - Elizabeth Poyner 1838-1895
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, February 24, 2011, 20:42 (5097 days ago) @ Jefff
I've just found another Poor Union / Workhouses website, which at first glance is not "just" another "incarnation" of the aforementioned one, although it does follow simialr lines as you might expect.
eg comparing the entries for Ross Workhouse within both sites gives two different lists of staff & inmates drawn from differing census dates.
This site is http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/index.htm
Unfortunately although it gives details of a huge number of Poor Unions around Britain, Newent is oddly ommitted from this site, sorry !! However hopefully it might still give usefull information and/or leads we can both followup ?.