Under what circumstances would a childless married woman end up in the Union Workhouse while her husband was still working as a silk weaver?
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Was he working near by ie did he go away for work and not send her any money home? Did they separate? Was she ill and he was too poor to look after her? Had she fallen out with her family if he was a rogue?Click here to order your BMD certificates for England and Wales for only £9.25 General Register Office
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Jacob Sudders born in Prussia c.1775 married Alice Pidgeon in 1800 in Gorelston. Do you know where Jacob was born?
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To be honest I don't know, but I found this link on the Wiki, all about the workhouse
www.workhouses.org.uk - The Workhouse Web SiteVikki -
Researching Titchmarsh and Tushingham
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Sounds as though either she was unable to work and husband unwilling/unable to support her.
The workhouse records, if they survive, may furnish further information. Her death cert might explain it if she had a long-term illness.
Things must have been bad though - and of course she had no children who could have looked after her.
I've found a gt gt gt grandmother who died in the workhouse after being widowed. Haven't got her death cert yet, but I hope she only went there to die and wasn't living there in loneliness for years, as she had several children.~ with love from Little Nell~Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy
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I'd definitely check to see if you can get those workhouse records - one of my rellies died in the workhouse while his wife and several children (all adults) were living nearby. The workhouse records imply some sort of dementia and give me lots of other useful info.CAROLE : "A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK"
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