Thread: orphanages

sarahcole1978 · 07-04-2008, 02:55 PM

Hi

I apologise if I've posted this in the wrong place but was unsure where else to put it, I've been trying to trace my Great Grandmother for about three years now but so far have had no luck she was born Catherine Agnes Slade in Whitechapel 1881 and I believe had a sister called Annie, I'm not sure why but she grew up in an orphanage presumably in London somewhere (my Nan always said it was a really good place which taught the children and that she was very clever as a result) unfourtunatley she doesn't appear on any census returns atall, all I know is she married a Charles Stroud in 1903 in Eastbourne, does anyone know how I can trace the orphanage she was in or any other way I could find out more about her and her parents ect.

Many Thanks
Sarah

Starlight · 07-04-2008, 07:23 PM

Hi Sarah,

Have you got the marriage certificate of Catherine ? If so, was there any information about her parents on there.

sarahcole1978 · 08-04-2008, 12:55 PM

Hi,

Havn't bought her marriage cert yet but guess this would be something to try next or maybe her birth certificate would have more info on it.

Thanks Sarah

07-04-2008, 02:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
sarahcole1978 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hampshire Posts: 5	orphanages Hi I apologise if I've posted this in the wrong place but was unsure where else to put it, I've been trying to trace my Great Grandmother for about three years now but so far have had no luck she was born Catherine Agnes Slade in Whitechapel 1881 and I believe had a sister called Annie, I'm not sure why but she grew up in an orphanage presumably in London somewhere (my Nan always said it was a really good place which taught the children and that she was very clever as a result) unfourtunatley she doesn't appear on any census returns atall, all I know is she married a Charles Stroud in 1903 in Eastbourne, does anyone know how I can trace the orphanage she was in or any other way I could find out more about her and her parents ect. Many Thanks Sarah

07-04-2008, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Starlight Ancestry Aid Manager Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Essex Posts: 15,767 Total Awards: 8	Re: orphanages Hi Sarah, Have you got the marriage certificate of Catherine ? If so, was there any information about her parents on there.
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08-04-2008, 12:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
sarahcole1978 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: hampshire Posts: 5	Re: orphanages Hi, Havn't bought her marriage cert yet but guess this would be something to try next or maybe her birth certificate would have more info on it. Thanks Sarah