Renfrew Combination Poorhouse Records

[karenmcc]

Hi All,


On this page

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html ... earn.shtml

it says the holdings for the Poorhouse are Minute Books (1901 - 26).

Does this mean that there are no applications made for the poorhouse in existence? Or would they be held somewhere else.

Karen

[Jack]

Hi Karen,
Alas, it seems there are no known surviving applications.
But perhaps contact Glasgow Archives & Paisley Library to confirm this.
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Jack

[karenmcc]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the info. Shall give it a try.

Funny you should answer this one as it about the fellow that started me off on this genealogy thing. You helped me locate him on the old SP discussion board a couple of years ago. (but you probably already know this).

I still live in hope that there may be some information out there somewhere about his father. I got very excited when I realised it was a poorhouse he died in (how sad is that?), but unfortunately it doesn't look like this is where the secret lies.

Karen

[nelmit]

Hello Karen,

I'm not sure if I replied to any of your previous posts or not and perhaps it's a different person you are trying to find.

I did a search a while ago for a Joseph McCubbin Cunningham at The Mitchell and found nothing indexed.

You could try Paisley as Jack says.

Regards,
Annette M

PS The link in your post takes you to Strathearn poorhouse info.