Baptism..workhouse (Parish Records)
by sandiep 
, Saturday, June 16, 2012, 20:54 (4538 days ago)
Hi
my gggrandmother & ggrandmother spent quite a bit of time in the workhouse Westbury upon Severn........there was also a brother
names are Mary Elizabeth Lewis b 1835/36 Gloucester and Mary Elizabeth Lewis b 1870 Eastdean and William Thomas Lewis b c 1872 Eastdean
all are in 1881 census in workhouse.
Looking at Parish records they appear to have been baptised in 1877 but William was baptised in January and Mary in October it says Littledean workhouse was this the same as Westbury upon Severn? and would it be usual to baptise girls and boys separatly?
Would workhouse records have information on father? I am fairly sure who the father was as Mary was living with a William Smith in 1871 and Mary Elizabeth b 1870 had a daughter Frances Louisa Lewis my grandmother also baseborn in Gloucester workhouse and in 1901 she was living with her halfsister Emma Williams nee Smith. It has taken about 6 years to get this far but it still leaves a few unanswered questions, which I wish I had asked my Gran when she was alive!!
sandie
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sandiep,
2012-06-16, 20:54
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- Baptism..workhouse -
ChrisW,
2012-06-16, 23:06
- Baptism..workhouse - sandiep, 2012-06-17, 19:40
- Littledean Workhouse -
slowhands,
2012-06-17, 00:21
- Littledean Workhouse - sandiep, 2012-06-17, 19:52
- Mary E LEWIS 1835-1909 Gloucester -> FoD -
slowhands,
2012-06-17, 08:35
- Mary E LEWIS 1835-1909 Gloucester -> FoD - sandiep, 2012-06-17, 19:54
- Robert LEWIS/Elizabeth THOMAS -
m p griffiths,
2012-06-17, 23:00
- Robert LEWIS/Elizabeth THOMAS - sandiep, 2012-06-18, 20:40
- SMITH - Minsterworth -
m p griffiths,
2012-06-18, 18:45
- SMITH - Minsterworth - sandiep, 2012-06-18, 20:45
- Frances Louisa LEWIS 1888 - -
slowhands,
2012-06-17, 08:54
- Frances Louisa LEWIS 1888 - - sandiep, 2012-06-17, 20:05
- Baptism..workhouse -
ChrisW,
2012-06-16, 23:06