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04-04-10, 10:43
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Suppose ...... There's nothing in the "disabled" column of the census, but he was 55, guess that was quite elderly in those days.
I've not come across it before - I've got widows galore in workhouses, plus a few widowers. Somehow, this seems a whole lot sadder! His wife isn't mentioned as a pauper and there are 2 adult children at home, one of ind. means. Perhaps he was estranged from the family for some reason. 
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04-04-10, 10:48
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but you can only be certain that he was in the workhouse for one night. As Merry says, he was probably ill, the workhouse served as the only hospital in those days. OC
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04-04-10, 10:52
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He might have been picked up drunk outside and taken in for the night! As OC says, he might have only been there for one night - you can't tell without further investigation.
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04-04-10, 10:59
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Yes, true enough! I'm going for Worst Case Scenario here.
I don't suppose the order they appear on the census has any bearing, does it?? As it's not in alphabetical order and he's top of the list! It's off for another (probably fruitless!) search for his death (which is how I found him in the workhouse in the first place!) Last edited by Terri; 04-04-10 at 11:03.
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04-04-10, 11:36
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I'd not thought that people might just arrive for the odd night's rest !
I have this in 1911 and assumed life was now a total disaster Wife at home alone, working as a Dressmaker for a Ladies Outfitter Husband ~ an inmate of the local Workhouse Only daughter (23) ~ in an Epileptic Colony Only son (19) ~ in a Church Army Labour House so maybe the husband and son were only absent temporarily 
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