Leigh Union Poor Law Settlement Removal and Asylum Reception ...

Index produced by Jenny Todhunter, Joan Pike, Gillian Lloyd and Yvonne Eckersley, Archives Service Volunteers
© Wigan Archives Service, WLCT
Item Number Name Age Marital Occupation Address Family Information Reason For Committal/Removal/Settlement Type of
Date Religion/Additonal
Status
Document
Information
GLei/45/1/30 Betsy Redford 49 Single Cotton
Operative
Bealy Court, Tyldesley 20/11/1897
GLei/45/1/31 Edward Conner 46 Married Hawker 48 Wigan Road, Leigh Apathetic and listless. 14/04/1898 Roman Catholic
GLei/45/1/32 Ellen Magnall 48 Widow 1 Waywells Row, Leigh Delusional. 10/01/1898 Church of England
GLei/45/1/33 Mary Ann
29 Married House Wife 8 Higham Square,
Violent and excitable. 18/04/1898
Shepherd
Tyldesley
GLei/45/1/34 Thomas Pearson 43 Single Labourer Resident of the workhouse in Atherton. Hears
15/08/03 Church of England
Unsworth
noises and people speaking to him.
GLei/45/1/35 Frederich Josh
Drabble
30 Single Painter The Workhouse, Atherton 29/01/04 Church of England
GLei/45/1/36 Daniel Hodson 18 Single Foundry
Labourer
21 Tram Street, Atherton Violent. 20/09/04 Church of England
GLei/45/1/37 Mary Ann
16 Single No 48 Church Street, Leigh Hereditary epilepsy. 13/01/06 Church of England
Battersby
occupation
GLei/45/1/38 Margaret Stilton 52 House Wife 146 Elliot street, Tyldesley Delusional. 08/02/08 Church of England
GLei/45/1/39 Elizabeth Barker 34 Single Cotton
Operative
Leigh Union Workhouse Undergoing treatment as a lunatic 18/08/11 Church of England
GLei/45/1/40 Elizabeth Alice 24 Single Domestic 4 Saddler's Fold, Lowton Delusional. 16/09/12 Church of England
Yates
Servant
GLei/45/1/41 Alfred Bramwell 23 Single Coal Miner Leigh Union Workhouse Constantly fighting with inmates. 12/12/13 Church of England
GLei/45/1/42 Thomas Ellis 36 Married Coal Miner 5 Turton Street, Golborne Attempted to strangle himself. 15/09/13 Church of England
GLei/45/1/43 Job Risley 35 Married 63 Park Street, St Annes Continually threatening other people. 25/06/15 Church of England
GLei/45/1/44 Martha Bowker 57 House Wife 146 Tyldesley Road,
Atherton
Nervous breakdown. 30/06/18 Wesleyan
GLei/45/1/45 Mary Birchall 25 Single Cotton 46 Elizabeth Street,
Very depressed. 26/05/19 Church of England
Operative Atherton
GLei/45/1/46 Laura Alice Ann 13 10 Coach Street,
Epileptic. 05/04/19
Yates
Atherton
GLei/45/1/47 Alice Thomson 16 Bolton Road, Atherton Nervous breakdown. 20/03/20 Church of England
GLei/45/1/48 Thomas Farrell 32 Horse Cab
Driver
Leigh Union Workhouse Delusional. 17/05/20 Roman Catholic
GLei/45/1/49 Christiana O'Neil 29 Married Leigh Union Workhouse Very excitable and talks to imaginary people. 28/02/21 Catholic
GLei/45/1/50 William Hill 55 Married Pedlar HM Prison, Walton,
Liverpool
GLei/45/1/51 Record closed
for 100 from date
of birth of
individual
GLei/45/1/52 Record closed
for 100 from date
of birth of
individual
GLei/45/1/53 Record closed
for 100 from date
of birth of
individual
Unsound mind 19/01/27 Church of England
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