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Julie

Julie Report 15 May 2012 15:18

does anyone know anything about 'servant homes'

on the 1871 census my great granmother was aged 11 and living in a 'servant home' in paddigton along with several other children mainly girls and listed as scolars, the rest of her brothers & sisters are still at home with the parents.
was this a place to train for servant work or was it for unrulely children

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Julie

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 15 May 2012 17:00

Havent heard of servant homes's . If you can give her details we can take a look .maybe its a transcription error

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

K

K Report 15 May 2012 18:33

I wonder if it could relate to this?

ST JOHN SERVANTS' TRAINING SCHOOL
Great Western Road. Paddington. Opened by 1862 for girls only, adjoining
Westbourne School. About 1890
renamed St John's Training School for Girls. Private school by 1900,
and continued until about
1933, when premises, St John's House, became a social club..

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Julie

Julie Report 9 Sep 2012 18:26

the house my great grandmother was in was in Great Western Road, i read somewhere that this road changed its name but was looking at work and had to close down quickly and now cannot find what the name changed to, i think she was in Derwent House (not very clear to read on census), in 1871 would this have been a founded school or similar

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 9 Sep 2012 19:33

I would imagine that a 'Servants Home' for girls is rather like the 'Industrial Schools for Boys'

They took children who were or were potentially going to get into some sort of trouble. Trained them in skills that were neeed so girls would learn laundry, sewing, cooking etc., which meant they could get jobs in service.
A male ancestor of mine went into an Industrial School for Boys and he learnt saddle making. Now he was partially disabled, so he may have been sent purley to learn a trade.

With girls it could have been a way of getting at least one of the families daughters trained up to do a job where she could live in and send money home.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

CupCakes

CupCakes Report 9 Sep 2012 22:05

Industial schools were for girls as well. My gran and her sister went to one in Hackney London. They were a kind of home for older children where they were supposed to be taught skills. Greatgrand couldn't look after all her children so for a time they were sent away.

Edit: just checked the address King Edward Certified Industrial School, Andrews Road Hackney London