Or one in particular - William Henry.
It was a family legend that William Henry was born in Malta and that his father had murdered an officer whilst on duty in Corfu - there is a newspaper report about this, however it does not specify a christian name so this is something which I cannot corroborate. I also cannot corroborate that William Henry was born in Malta as I cannot get a birth certificate for him, even though on the censuses from 1861 (cannot find him on 1871 census) onwards he is down as being from Malta twice, Corpe (which could be Corfu) and Military British Subject which probably means he was born whilst his father was in the army.
In 1861, he is an 6 year old inmate at the Leeds Ragged and Industrial School - no idea why at all or even how he got to Leeds from Malta/Corfu. The Ragged School records are only available from 1880 at the West Yorkshire Archives and nothing exists before that date. The only reason I can think of why he was there is that he was an orphan.
What I would like to know is could he just be sent to Leeds (as just somewhere to send him to) by the army and put into the ragged school or would it have been more likely that his parents were from Leeds and he was sent back to Leeds as he may have had family there.
I know by his marriage certificate (Original catholic marriage certificate) that his parents names were John and Mary. He actually got married in Stockport in 1877 (think I might have to get the official registration for this to corroborate a few things) so I am also not too sure how he got from Leeds to Stockport. He is not on the 1871 census anywhere so I can't say whether he was still in Leeds at that point either. In 1881 he was in Duke Street, Castleford in Yorkshire, 1891 he was in Oldham and 1901 in Leeds which is where he stayed for the rest of his life.
Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated for this enigma of a family
It was a family legend that William Henry was born in Malta and that his father had murdered an officer whilst on duty in Corfu - there is a newspaper report about this, however it does not specify a christian name so this is something which I cannot corroborate. I also cannot corroborate that William Henry was born in Malta as I cannot get a birth certificate for him, even though on the censuses from 1861 (cannot find him on 1871 census) onwards he is down as being from Malta twice, Corpe (which could be Corfu) and Military British Subject which probably means he was born whilst his father was in the army.
In 1861, he is an 6 year old inmate at the Leeds Ragged and Industrial School - no idea why at all or even how he got to Leeds from Malta/Corfu. The Ragged School records are only available from 1880 at the West Yorkshire Archives and nothing exists before that date. The only reason I can think of why he was there is that he was an orphan.
What I would like to know is could he just be sent to Leeds (as just somewhere to send him to) by the army and put into the ragged school or would it have been more likely that his parents were from Leeds and he was sent back to Leeds as he may have had family there.
I know by his marriage certificate (Original catholic marriage certificate) that his parents names were John and Mary. He actually got married in Stockport in 1877 (think I might have to get the official registration for this to corroborate a few things) so I am also not too sure how he got from Leeds to Stockport. He is not on the 1871 census anywhere so I can't say whether he was still in Leeds at that point either. In 1881 he was in Duke Street, Castleford in Yorkshire, 1891 he was in Oldham and 1901 in Leeds which is where he stayed for the rest of his life.
Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated for this enigma of a family
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