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If any London childrens homes are on line from around 1913-1916 ?
My MIL´s father in law always said that he was brought up in a childrens home and only ever managed to contact 1 brother in later life.
Confused me because in 1911 he was at home along with 7 siblings..His father didn´t die until 1915 and his mother in 1936 (there was 2 more children 1912 and 1913). His father died of chronic phthisis (TB) at the address of the 1911 (well 2 doors away) The eldest son still lived there in 1918.
Henry George Thwaites was born in 2nd Oct 1905 Lambeth. The brother he had contact with was Robert Edward Thwaites born 1899.
I can understand that maybe after the father died Mum couldn´t manage so pack the kids off or even as Dad got so ill with infectious decease pack all the kids off ( I would have packed the old man off but that still could have left her destitute )
I am trying to find where the children were shipped off to see ow they were separated.
Any ideas ??
PS MERRY CHRISTMAS :-D :-D :-D
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Just for our ref.
1911
Name: Henry Thwaites
Age in 1911: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lambeth
Civil Parish: Lambeth
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 65 Vauxhall Mansions, Kennington S W
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration District Number: 25
Sub-registration district: Kennington
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 1986
Household Members:
Name Age
Benjamin Thwaites 44
Marion Thwaites 34
Benjamin Thwaites 16
Ellen Thwaites 13
Robert Thwaites 11
Albert Thwaites 10
Dorothy Thwaites 7
Henry Thwaites 5
Amy Thwaites 3
Married 16 years, 9 children born, 7 living and 2 had died.
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Here's sister Ellen's marriage
Name: Ellen Marion Thwaites
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Age: 21
Spouse: Frederick Wilkes
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Apr 1919
Parish: St Mary the Less, Lambeth
Borough: Lambeth
Father Name: Benjamin Thwaites, Bricklayer (Deceased)
Spouse Father: Charles Wilkes
Register Type: Parish Register
Address for bride and groom both 11 Wood Street.
Witnesses: Charles Wilkes and Susie Wilkes
Her second marriage
Name: Ellen M Wilkes
Spouse Surname: Kavanagh
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1957
Registration district: Southwark
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: 1341
Spouse Robert H Kavanagh
Name: Ellen Marion Kavanagh
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1897
Date of Registration: Dec 1970
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5d
Page: 23
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Name: Albert Victor Thwaites
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 17 Apr 1901
Father's Name: Benjamin Thwaites
Mother's name: Marian Thwaites
Parish or Poor Law Union: Lambeth St Mary the Less
Borough: Lambeth
Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: Albert Victor Thwaites
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1901
Date of Registration: Mar 1974
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Lewisham
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5d
Page: 651
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Name: Dorothy Elizabeth Thwaites
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 25 Oct 1903
Father's Name: Benjamin Thomas Thwaites
Mother's name: Marian Thwaites
Parish or Poor Law Union: Lambeth St Mary the Less
Borough: Lambeth
Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: Dorothy Elizabeth Fountain
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1903
Date of Registration: Jun 1976
Age at Death: 72
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 16
Page: 0019
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You could try writing here as a starter:
You do need some information about your relative but try this. Very helpful and if they cannot help I am sure they will direct you to another source. Specifics are all important here:
The Children’s Society Record Centre
2nd Floor, Block A
Tower Bridge Business Complex
100 Clements Road
Bermondsey
London SE16 4DG
Tel: 020 7232 2966
It is society policy to provide summaries of information from case files for relatives of people once in its care.
Good luck,
Sappho
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Sister Amy appears to have married twice and died in 1986 in Essex.
It looks like the family stayed around the same area so you would have thought that if Henry was in touch with one brother it would have been possible to contact his other siblings if desired.
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Sorry for the delay in getting back MIL came down earlier than expected !
Thanks for the info everybody I didn´t have a 2nd marriage for Ellen.
I can´t understand why the family didn´t stay in contact because as far as I can work out it wasn´t bad feeling just that he didn´t know where any of them were.
Thanks for that address Sappho I will get the in laws to check that out from the UK end :-D
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