Combination Poorhouse?.....

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Combination Poorhouse?.....

Post by emanday » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:29 pm

Just discovered that one of my ancestors died in Upper Strathearn Combination Poorhouse in 1894 :( , purportedly aged 63, (this is in doubt as the death was registered by a daughter from her 2nd marriage who didn't know her stepmother's father's given name).

What can they have meant by a "combination" poorhouse?

How and where might I get access to details of this poorhouse's records?
[b]Mary[/b]
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Re: Combination Poorhouse?

Post by nelmit » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:40 pm

emanday wrote:Just discovered that one of my ancestors died in Upper Strathearn Combination Poorhouse in 1894 :( , purportedly aged 63, (this is in doubt as the death was registered by a daughter from her 2nd marriage who didn't know her stepmother's father's given name).

What can they have meant by a "combination" poorhouse?

How and where might I get access to details of this poorhouse's records?
Hello emanday,

Try this link -

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ ... earn.shtml

Kind regards,
Annette M


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Post by emanday » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:03 pm

nelmit, your a star =D>

From that site (hitting links like mad), found myself on the Perth & Kinross Archive site.

Just flashed off an email to the archivist...


Keep saying it over and over again - patience woman :lol:
[b]Mary[/b]
A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Post by DavidWW » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:58 pm

Emanday

Most poorhouses in Scotland, around 2/3rds, were the result of the co-operation of a varying number of adjacent parishes in terms of building a joint workhouse, - hence the term "combination" !!

Other pages on the site referenced by Annette M gives fuller details.

So simple when you know :wink:

David
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