Just found a couple of my Stantons in The Southwark Workhouse ,it says they absconded, surely you were free to go.
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Maybe they walked out without telling them.
I had a girl who was placed in employment from workhouse twice but absconded from second one and I haven't found anything since. She was 13 ish.Last edited by JBee; 04-01-16, 21:22.
Researching Irish families: FARMER, McBRIDE McQUADE, McQUAID, KIRK, SANDS/SANAHAN (Cork), BARR,
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Yes, punished. You don't say when, but punishment could be bread and water, solitary confinement, extra work duties and so on. Remember that the workhouse was intended to be worse than any conditions outside it, in order to discourage people from popping in and out when they felt like a rest!
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