Please help/advise...
I am a new member and have been researching my family, who lived in Industrial Lancashire from the 1870s, through to WW2 and beyond. Having come from Ireland, they were all very poor, and lots of them worked in the chemical industry in St Helens. They all seemed to live within half a mile of each other in St Helens, in a very poor area of town, and moved house often - suggesting they were renting. So I didn't expect to find any of their names in the St Helens electoral registers, but surprisingly, a fair number of them are listed, between the 1880s and WW1.
Question 1: Does this mean they must have been '£10 occupiers' - ie paying rent of £10 min per annum?
Question 2:If three properties are listed in the last column, entitled " Description of Qualifying Property", what does this mean?? I was thinking my ancestors were very hand-to-mouth, with lots of children and very low wages, and this suggested to me that this particular one might in fact be landlord to someone else down the chain.
What do you think?
I would welcome any help anyone could offer,
Margm
I am a new member and have been researching my family, who lived in Industrial Lancashire from the 1870s, through to WW2 and beyond. Having come from Ireland, they were all very poor, and lots of them worked in the chemical industry in St Helens. They all seemed to live within half a mile of each other in St Helens, in a very poor area of town, and moved house often - suggesting they were renting. So I didn't expect to find any of their names in the St Helens electoral registers, but surprisingly, a fair number of them are listed, between the 1880s and WW1.
Question 1: Does this mean they must have been '£10 occupiers' - ie paying rent of £10 min per annum?
Question 2:If three properties are listed in the last column, entitled " Description of Qualifying Property", what does this mean?? I was thinking my ancestors were very hand-to-mouth, with lots of children and very low wages, and this suggested to me that this particular one might in fact be landlord to someone else down the chain.
What do you think?
I would welcome any help anyone could offer,
Margm
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