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A. was illegitimate and lived in Whitechapel, London with her mother who was "on the streets". She spent 18 months in Bancroft Workhouse where she attended school. In 1886, when she came into the care of the Waifs and Strays' Society, she was boarded out at St Neots, Bedfordshire. She was removed from here in 1892 because her foster mother insisted on providing a vegetarian diet against the wishes of the Society; and was sent to the Dulwich Home. In July 1895 she was placed in service in South East London. |
