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Jessie was admitted to Greenwich w/house on more than one occasion with mother Charlotte and brothers Henry, Albert and later William. She was also admitted to the w/house infirmary. In 1903 she was discharged from the w/house to School in Sidcup, Kent https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource She remained at the School and was there in 1911 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource Cant see her yet being discharged from Sidcup but I can see possibly her in 1921 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource If this is the correct Jessie, there is an 1939 record and a death in 1977 but as not sure will not link Vera
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Jessie was admitted to Greenwich w/house on more than one occasion with mother Charlotte and brothers Henry, Albert and later William. She was also admitted to the w/house infirmary. In 1903 she was discharged from the w/house to School in Sidcup, Kent https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource She remained at the School and was there in 1911 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource Cant see her yet being discharged from Sidcup but I can see possibly her in 1921 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource If this is the correct Jessie, there is an 1939 record and a death in 1977 but as not sure will not link VeraComment
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and a Jessie Wynn discharge from the workhouse 1923 https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...=successSource VeraComment
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To you all I am really grateful for all that you are doing. This poor family is torn apart. I am putting all this information down on paper to get it in some order so I can put it on my tree. It is funny because I saw sent to Goldie Leigh on one of the workhouse forms. As far as I can remember when I was little this was a childrens home in Sidcup Kent. Just off to look at the 1939 census for Jessie Regards AnnComment
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Just a quickie. I am sure that the 1939 census is my Jessie. Darenth Park was a huge mental Hospital with some quite disturbed patients. I assume that on 1 of the census it says discharged to Tooting Bec MH is another mental hospital Regards AnnComment
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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...5_552981-00383 This looks like Jessie's discharge from Sidcup. DOB a bit out but. So went off to Service. VeraComment
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Hello Vera, Thank you for this as it fills in another part of Jessies life. This is 1915 and she was in this childrens home in 1911. In 1923 she went to Tooting Bec Mental Hospital and by 1939 she was in Darenth Park MH where I assume she died in 1977.
Regards AnnComment
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I wonder why her placement broke down. Jessie was destitute when admitted to Greenwich w/hse in 1921. Possibly due to mental illness or possibly she had learning disabilities only. Institutionalised for a very long time. I think Darenth closed just after that Jessie died 1977 so no opportunity for her to be cared in the community.
Think I can see William boarding in Surrey and later marrying there but will leave it unless you want further help
VeraComment
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You have been great Vera and if I can shout if I need help. Thank you
Regards
AnnComment
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Ann, I think it was customary to find a position in service for children in care once they reached the age of 14/15. I'm not sure how much vetting of the employers went on, however - possibly a case of someone wanting labour applying to the home/orphanage.
I had an instance of this when I was researching the WW1 roll of honour in my village church - a lad (Stanley) in a reformatory in Suffolk was placed with a farmer in North Yorkshire, who then moved onto my village; Stanley came too. There appeared to be a couple of annual brief letter contacts with the employer to ensure Stanley was still in place and these were noted in Stanley's record. It was also recorded when Stanley enlisted with the army and then a final entry noting that after the war he had gone to sea as a steward.
In Jessie's case she may have had some disability and been unable to meet the requirements of the job description, the circumstances of the employer may have changed, she may have been exploited. I wonder if the details of the medical records,case notes of the two institutions have been deposited anywhere? Certainly a family for you to get your teeth into, sad and distressing though it might well be.
JayJanet in Yorkshire
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I have emailed a couple of places re Jessies records in Darenth Park. Of course I cant expect much at the moment. I decided to look at her siblings and all I was getting was workhouses. I am having a weeks break from that side of the family, just to find some good old Agricultural Labourers
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