Case 1024

Application for the Admission of a Girl

1. Give the girls's christian name and surname

A

2. State her exact age, and give the date and place of her birth

10 years of age the 19 June 1884. St. Giles Reading

3. Is she legitimate?

yes

4. If baptized, state place and date of baptism

S. Giles Church, Reading, Dec. 9th 1877

5. Are her parents living?

Father

6. If, however, either or both are dead, state of what disease they died and give the date of their death

Mother died 16, 1883 of cancer in the stomach

7. If living, give their exact places of abode, and state how long they have resided there

Father Sherman Road, Reading, 2 years

8. Give the christian names and surnames of her parents (in full) and state their ages.

Father A 29

9. What was or is the nature of the father's occupation and the amount of his weekly earnings? Give the name and address of his present or last employer.

Labourer, 24/- Messrs huntley, Boorne & Stevens, London, St. Reading

10. What was or is the nature of the mother's occupation and the amount of her weekly earnings? Give the name and address of her present or last employer.

Vagrant

11. Have her parents or guardians ever received parish relief? If so, to what extent?

no

12. Give the names, addresses, ages, occupations and earnings (if any) of all her brothers and sisters

NAME, ADDRESS, AGE, OCCUPATION, WEEKLY EARNINGS

H, Sherman Road Reading, 8, nil, nil
A, Sherman Road Reading, 6, "", ""
E (half-sister), Sherman Road Reading, 1 1/2, "", ""