Catholic Census, 1893

[Gary Barnett]

I notice on the 17th March discharge that it says he is being readmitted.

I jotted it down as 9/4/1887. I've got a 4.a.m start tomorrow, so I'll get back to this on the train journey to sunny Dorset.

[Gary Barnett]

I jotted it down as 9/4/1887. I've got a 4.a.m start tomorrow, so I'll get back to this on the train journey to sunny Dorset.

Duh! I took the address from the wrong column.

[Gary Barnett]

I emailed Findmypast to ask when in 1893 the census was taken and received the very helpful response, ' The census was taken on and after June 1, 1890.'

[Gary Barnett]

I’ve found what appears to be the 1893 Catholic Census record for the Crispin Street women’s refuge.

It’s headed up ‘Crispin Street’ and it contains the names of approx 60 women and girls, so it’s obviously some kind of institution.

The only problem is it is classified as being in the Moorfields Mission district. I’m wondering if that might have been a hangover from when the refuge was actually in Providence Row, near Finsbury Square, a short distance from the RC church of St. Mary, Moorfields.

[Cogidubnus]

I emailed Findmypast to ask when in 1893 the census was taken and received the very helpful response, ' The census was taken on and after June 1, 1890.'

Belatedly (I only just saw this, having been away a while) - If this can be taken literally, (and maybe it can, because I doubt churches had anything like the resources of government departments), does this not then add some possible verisimilitude to the Carroty Nell entry mentioned earlier in the thread?

Dave

[Gary Barnett]

Belatedly (I only just saw this, having been away a while) - If this can be taken literally, (and maybe it can, because I doubt churches had anything like the resources of government departments), does this not then add some possible verisimilitude to the Carroty Nell entry mentioned earlier in the thread?

Dave

Dave,

It hadn’t occurred to me that 1890 was anything other than a mistake. I think it must be, but I’ll get back to FMP to find out .

Gary

[Robert Linford]

1893-4 according to page 24 here :


http://www.brin.ac.uk/wp-content/upl...statistics.pdf

[Cogidubnus]

Thanks Gary, I've no particular axe to grind or anything, but it was just a passing thought having re-read the thread!
Dave

PS I've still got the tie, though even less of the hair!

[Gary Barnett]

1893-4 according to page 24 here :


http://www.brin.ac.uk/wp-content/upl...statistics.pdf

Thanks, Rob.

[Gary Barnett]

Thanks Gary, I've no particular axe to grind or anything, but it was just a passing thought having re-read the thread!
Dave

PS I've still got the tie, though even less of the hair!

No worries, Dave. I’ve sent them an email. I seem to remember they took an age to reply last time I contacted them.

[Howard Brown]

[Gary Barnett]

Debra Arif alerted us to the latest offerings from Find My Past, including the 1893 census of the Westminster Roman Catholic diocese.

I've started looking through it and it's a veritable gold mine - a cross between the national census and the commentaries of Charles Booth.

Just look at these comments about Ship Alley:

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I’ve been discussing the Belgian aspect of Highway prostitution with someone elsewhere, and looking at this note again has me wondering whether the Belgian girls of Virginia Street and John’s Hill were in addition to the 20 at 5/6 Ship Alley. There are other references to Belgium - Antwerp in particular - in relation to this small area of the East End. The person I’ve been talking to raised the possibility that MJK may have gone to Belgium rather than France.

If the ‘Belgian girls’ were Catholic, does that make it more likely they were French speakers than Flemish speakers?

[Debra Arif]

I’ve been discussing the Belgian aspect of Highway prostitution with someone elsewhere, and looking at this note again has me wondering whether the Belgian girls of Virginia Street and John’s Hill were in addition to the 20 at 5/6 Ship Alley. There are other references to Belgium - Antwerp in particular - in relation to this small area of the East End. The person I’ve been talking to raised the possibility that MJK may have gone to Belgium rather than France.

If the ‘Belgian girls’ were Catholic, does that make it more likely they were French speakers than Flemish speakers?

It's a possibility I suppose, Gary.
We also touched very briefly on the Morgenstern's being in Antwerp and the possibility of them being involved in trafficking in the past, which is also an interesting idea.

[Gary Barnett]

It's a possibility I suppose, Gary.
We also touched very briefly on the Morgenstern's being in Antwerp and the possibility of them being involved in trafficking in the past, which is also an interesting idea.

Yes, we did. Looking at the 1891 census, there was a mixture of nationalities living at those two addresses, French, German, Belgian, Dutch, Greek and Brits. The comment, ‘As to occupations not reliable’ suggests the enumerator had their suspicions.