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Case 942

1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society for A. 22 February 1887

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Application Number 1829
Accepted number 941
Name A
Age - 13 -
Present Address Mary Ann Cottage Back Lane Woolwich
Legitimate? yes
Baptised? cant say
Mother alive? - no -
Father alive? - yes -
Sisters (how many?) - 2 -
Brothers (how many?) - 1 -
Medical Certificate? attached
Free or part payment
Decision of Committee 10 March 1884
Committed to Girls Home [?] [Hospital]

20/5/90.
Rev E.J. Gallop writes A. was baptized on 28/5/89.

12 August 1890
Transferred to [?] from [?]

gone to Dover with children from Marylebone Home

16 Sep 1890 went to Miss Lea 20 Blandford [?]

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