orphanage

[thomsos]

I have just been told that my husbands grandfather Thomas Fairley born 1885 glasgow, may have been brought up in an orphanage, is there anyway this can be checked out?

thomsos

[AndrewP]

Hi Thomsos,

Two possibilities come to mind: censuses (1891 and maybe 1901) and Poorhouse application records. The censuses you will find online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and the Poorhouse records would need to be looked up in Glasgow's Mitchell Library.

All the best,

AndrewP

[nelmit]

I have just been told that my husbands grandfather Thomas Fairley born 1885 glasgow, may have been brought up in an orphanage, is there anyway this can be checked out?

thomsos

Hi thomsos,

Have you checked where he was living at the time of the 1891 census?

KInd regards,
Annette M

[thomsos]

Tried, haven't managed to find him yet

[Russell]

Hi Thomsos

I have just finished looking for stuff on this for someone else.

The only ones I could locate were:

Eastfield Home which was a Glasgow corporation home

Mountblow House Clydebank also Glasgow Corporation. It was blown up in 1941 during the Clydebank blitz.
Glasgow Institute for Orphan & destitute girls.
St Peters Home, Dalbeth which was a Roman Catholic church run home.

Waverley Park Home, Kirkintilloch which was specifically for care of Defective & Feeble minded childen.

Earlier Homes some of which might still have been open in 1930.

Mossbank Industrial Schools, Hogganfield. It was intended to "lay hold of and educate neglected and destitute children who, having no parents, or worse whose parents living themselves in vice and profligacy, leave their offspring to grow up in ignorance or become vagrants and criminals." It taught 400 boys trades and 200 girls domestic duties.
Buchanan Institution, 47 Greenhead Street. For the education and industrial training of destitute boys.
House of Refuge and Night Asylum, North Frederick Street.
Night Asylum for the Houseless and House of Industry for Indigent Females, 71 North Frederick Street.
Training Homes for Canada (Boys), Cessnock House, Govan Road.
Training Homes for Canada (Girls), Elmpark, Govan Road.
(The last two were actually part of William Quarriers organisation)

There were probably others run by church and charities but so far I haven’t located them.

I suggest you log on to glasgow.gov.uk Go to the Poor Law Archive where there is a link to ‘Families for Children'. This comes under the Social Work section since there is a 100 year restriction on divulging information about minors.
They may be able to help there if Quarriers can’t.
I don’t think Barnardos came on the scene in Glasgow until some years later.

Wish you luck with your search

I was just about to delete my draft Word for this when I noticed your posting. I'm particularly interested because I worked with Quarriers for years -Till I retired

Russell

[thomsos]

thanks Russell, will check these out

thomsos

[nelmit]

thanks Russell, will check these out

thomsos

Hi thomsos,

I'm at The Mitchell at the moment and cannot see anything in the poorhouse applications.
I have one Thomas born 1887 who seems to have been brought up by his father Alexander. Do you have any more info on him at all?

Annette

[thomsos]

His parent were John Fairley and Mary Marshall, he married Mary Gillan 1907 St Rollox and died 1918 St Rollox, I have two occupations for him, carter and sewing machine inspector.

thomsos

[nelmit]

His parent were John Fairley and Mary Marshall, he married Mary Gillan 1907 St Rollox and died 1918 St Rollox, I have two occupations for him, carter and sewing machine inspector.

thomsos

I found an application for a Mary Marshall/Fairley but it was before your Thomas was born. What was his father John's occupation?

Kind regards,
Annette

[thomsos]

On Thomas marriage cert. it says fathers occ - Carter, but on Thomas's death cert. it says his father was a Groom, domestic servant

thomsos