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Long Ashton Childrens Home

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susan

susan Report 28 Jan 2015 08:56

Does anyone have a relative that was in this "home" between 1937-42. Hoping to find some connection to my dad Maurice Cannings

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 28 Jan 2015 09:32

Do you mean you are looking for siblings for your Dad please?

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susan

susan Report 28 Jan 2015 09:46

Not siblings, he had at some time been living with his grandparents (his mother was unmarried). I don't why he left them and wondered maybe whether he went there with some of their children. Perhaps they hit hard times and could not look after him/them anymore.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 Jan 2015 10:13

It looks as if some of their records are held in an Archives - it might be worth contacting them and asking for a search for other family members

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F234160

Reference: D\DC\n.som
Description: registers and punishment book
Date: 1921-1988
Held by: Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust), not available at The National Archives
Other reference: See Annual Return 2013

Links to http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 28 Jan 2015 10:17

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1349028

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1349027

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 Jan 2015 11:06

Susan - its best if you add to one of your existing threads rather than create a new one. That way all the information you have about the same person is kept in one place :-)

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Rambling

Rambling Report 28 Jan 2015 11:32

Susan, it may not help but if you get the death certs of the grandparents, date and cause of death might give you a clue as to whether there might have been an illness which prevented them from being able to care for the child?

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 28 Jan 2015 11:35

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1349008

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susan

susan Report 28 Jan 2015 11:51

Dates for deaths of grandparents 1938 and 1955 doesn't really help any. As my dad was in a home way before either of these dates.