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her father was George Merchant 1861 mother was Rose Gilispe 1870 i think not sure off Elise birth date but my nan was Nora Merchant born 1904 she had a brother called Alfred 1993 all born Gloucester thx any help with this mess thx

Your Nan ?


Births Sep 1904 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MERCHANT Nora Blanch Gloucester 6a 322

Boat crossing to where ????

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Nora Merchant born 1904 she had a brother called Alfred 1993
- That's some age gap !
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1911


MERCHANT, George Head Married M 49 1862 Labourer Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Rose Head Married F 44 1867 Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Maud Daughter Single F 20 1891 Brush Hand Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Alfred Son Single M 18 1893 Labourer Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Florie Daughter Single F 11 1900 School VIEW
MERCHANT, Nora Daughter Single F 7 1904 School VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
15284 Reference:
RG14PN15284 RG78PN925 RD325 SD2 ED4 SN500

Registration District:
Gloucester Sub District:
Gloucester Northern Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Gloucester

Address:
18 Oxbode Lane Gloucester County:
Gloucestershire

1901

MERCHANT, George Head Married M 40 1861 Coal Haulier
Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Rose Wife Married F 31 1870
Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Elenor M Daughter F 11 1890
Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Alfred G Son M 9 1892
Gloucester VIEW
MERCHANT, Elsie M Daughter F 4 1897
Gloucester VIEW
WINTER, Jane Boarder Single F 32 1869 Charwoman
Somerset VIEW

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RG number:
RG13 Piece:
2426 Folio:
104 Page:
9

Registration District:
Gloucester Sub District:
St John the Baptist Enumeration District:
6 Ecclesiastical Parish:
St John the Baptist

Civil Parish:
Gloucester Municipal Borough:
Address:
3, Waterloo Place, Gloucester County:
Gloucestershire

she must have died as she is in the 1901 she was born 1897

this is just hear say that she went abroad could she still be in this country a marriage or a birth thx

they where at for years nocking out kids 20 years gap on some off my family no tv then

1881

Helen GILLESPIE Head W Female 51 Gloucester, Gloucester, England Laundress
Rose GILLESPIE Daur Female 14 Gloucester, Gloucester, England Book Binder
Anne LONG Lodger U Female 40 Ross, Hereford, England Laundress


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Source Information:
Dwelling No 2 Foley Cottages
Census Place Gloucester Barton St Mary, Gloucester, England
Family History Library Film 1341612
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2537 / 47
Page Number 41

In 1911 she was in a Church of England Emigration Home -


MERCHANT, Elsie May Inmate F 14 1897 Gloucestershire Gloster VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2573 Reference:
RG14PN2573 RG78PN87 RD27 SD6 ED3 SN179

Registration District:
Camberwell Sub District:
Peckham South Enumeration District:
3 Parish:
Camberwell

Address:
High Street Peckham County:
London

I think Choccy has established that you meant 1893

Births Jun 1893 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Merchant Alfred George Gloucester 6a 308

whats one off those places

she was born 1897

Kevin, where did you think Elsie went ? You mentioned that you need a boat crossing.

Tens of thousands children from poor backgrounds were shipped off to British colonies.

Peckham was a starting point in the journey of some of these unfortunate children. The Penny Illustrated Paper, June 22 1872, mentions the efforts of a Mrs Maria Rye, thanks to whom 'more than 600 hundred orphans or deserted children have been rescued from an irregular vagabond life, fed, clothes, trained, and taken to Canada... Through the liberality of a friend of the charity, who placed £500 at her disposal, Miss Rye has opened a home at Avenue House, High-street, Peckham, where ten children, lately taken from the streets, are now being fed, clothed, and prepared for a better course of life in the New World. Their ages range from eight to thirteen. Such a charity is certainly deserving of support'.

Maria Rye opened the Peckham Home for Little Girls around 1867 using funds raised through an appeal in the Times. In 1869, she established a reception house for emigrated children in the old court-house of Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada, calling it ’Our Western Home’. The first party of children, 65 girls and 3 boys from the Kirkdale Industrial School, left for Canada in the company of Miss Rye in October 1869 on the SS Hibernian.

The same paper reported a year later that Miss Rye had received a donation 'in aid of her Emigration Home for Destitute Little Girls at Peckham' (May 17 1873). Its location was South of the High Street and East of Rye Lane, approximately where the supermarket car park is now situated.

The home, with its related emigration scheme, seems to have remained open until 1915. At its peak it housed up to 80 girls at a time.



(Elsie was at Avenue House, High Street, Peckham in 1911)

is this a work house for children

do you thing she could have gone to america or canda after liveing in a childrens home at 14

dont no if she married hear or abroad

Births Dec 1896 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Merchant Elsie May - Gloucester 6a 273

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Marriages Mar 1920 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Merchant Elsie M - Thorne - Bristol 6a 109
Thorne Ernest - Merchant - Bristol 6a 109

Children ??



Births Mar 1920 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thorne Albert H - Merchant - Bristol 6a 324

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Births Dec 1920
Thorne Arthur E - Merchant - Bristol 6a 227

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Births Mar 1923
Thorne Bertie W - Merchant - Bristol 6a 213

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Births Jun 1924
Thorne Audrey M - Merchant - Bristol 6a 250

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Births Mar 1925
Thorne Iris M - Merchant - Bristol 6a 230

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Births Dec 1928

THORNE William J - Merchant - Bristol 6a 206

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Births Mar 1932

Thorne Bernice - Merchant Bristol 6a 181
Thorne June - Merchant Bristol 6a 181