| Case number: |
3583 |
| Application year: |
1893 |
| Name: |
R (A) |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Year of birth: |
1886 |
| Home: |
Foster Care |
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| Description: |
A's father was an acrobat and musical hall singer. He was working in Glasgow with Hengler's Circus when his wife died in Bristol in 1891, following childbirth. Most of the children were boarded out in Bristol. Although he was a caring father he had to travel all over Britain to find work. He did not earn very much. A. was boarded out at Wraxall near Bristol, but the woman who was caring for her tried to abandon her. A. was taken into the care of the Waifs and Strays' Society and was fostered by another family in Wraxall in March 1893. When she was 15, in 1900, the Society was no longer willing to contribute to her support, as it was short of funds. There were suggestions that she become a pupil-teacher, or that she should go to one of the Society's laundry homes to earn her keep. However, it seems that she was kept on by her foster parents. |
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| Keywords: |
Abandonment; Employment; Foster care; Maintenance |
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| Items: |
1. Application to Waifs and Strays' Society 16 March 1893
2. Letter from Miss Gibbs, St. Dunstans 10 March 1893
3. Form of Undertaking by the Foster Parent 29 March 1893
4. Form of receipt by the Foster Parent 29 March 1893
5. Letter from Henry Vaughan to Edward Rudolf 29 August 1893
6. Copy of letter from Edward Rudolf to Henry Vaughan 19 September 1900
7. Letter from Henry Vaughan to Edward Rudolf 21 September 1900
8. Copy of letter from Edward Rudolf to Henry Vaughan 25 September 1900
9. Letter from Henry Vaughan to Edward Rudolf 26 September 1900 |
