Hi
Does anyone know if, when 'poor' is written after a name in a parish record, if that actually means that they were under the Poor Law?
For instance, in the Baptism Records for two or three of the children of one of my 6th Great Grandparents, after the names of the parents it says 'poor'. Has anyone else come across this please, and do you know what it does signify?
They were living in Bremhill, Wiltshire around the 1780s - 1800s (or at least that's where the children were baptised). I have looked in the Poor Law records for Bremhill and Chippenham but cannot find them. The parents' names are Henry and Mary Slade.
Many thanks
Selina
Does anyone know if, when 'poor' is written after a name in a parish record, if that actually means that they were under the Poor Law?
For instance, in the Baptism Records for two or three of the children of one of my 6th Great Grandparents, after the names of the parents it says 'poor'. Has anyone else come across this please, and do you know what it does signify?
They were living in Bremhill, Wiltshire around the 1780s - 1800s (or at least that's where the children were baptised). I have looked in the Poor Law records for Bremhill and Chippenham but cannot find them. The parents' names are Henry and Mary Slade.
Many thanks
Selina
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