workhouse

[paulina1948]

i found my grandfarthers family living in birmingham,his farther was born in the workhouse in wiltshire, so i sent for his birthcert ,i need some help with this one please if some one can give advice.is there any sites on the web that i can get any information,on births at the workhouse ?

[Jan1954]

Hi Paulina,

I have moved your post to a thread of its own so that any replies do not get confused with the others.

In which particular Wiltshire workhouse was it that your great grandfather was born? Then we will be able to see what records are available.

[timetraveller]

Try workhouses.org.uk they have lists of workhouses and inmates

[Peter Goodey]

What does the birth certificate say?

[Lesley Robertson]

i found my grandfarthers family living in birmingham,his farther was born in the workhouse in wiltshire, so i sent for his birthcert ,i need some help with this one please if some one can give advice.is there any sites on the web that i can get any information,on births at the workhouse ?

When did this happen?
Lesley

[paulina1948]

hi peter,on the birth certificate no;438,tenth of october 1845 at chippenham worhouse,thomas brown,boy,no farthers surname,mother esther brown, no occupation of farther,esther browns! mark x the mother chippenham workhouse,registered seventh of november 1845,thats all that is on it

[Peter Goodey]

The Wiltshire & Swindon Record Office catalogue for workhouses is online at A2A. Unfortunately nothing useful seems to have survived for 1845 or thereabouts.

All I can think of is searching court records for an affiliation order. You may be interested in the book My Ancestor was a Bastard by Ruth Paley. I believe you can buy it through Parish Chest.

[Geoffers]

All I can think of is searching court records for an affiliation order............

...............or posibly check the parish (baptism) registers in the hope that the cleric was the sort of chap who added notes in his registers, the sort of detail you sometimes (but not often) locate can be found in this thread.

[trudy4656]

IGI

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Sear...lear_form=true

There is a Christening for Thomas Brown 3rd March 1846, Chippenham, Wiltshire - mother Esther Brown

Trudy

[paulina1948]

hi eveyone thankyou all very much for your help.from paulina1948