Leigh Union Poor Law Settlement Removal and Asylum Reception ...
Leigh Union Poor Law Settlement Removal and Asylum Reception ... 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/45/2/44 James Holcroft 21 Single Farm Alms Houses Risley Thomas Holcroft Unsound mind 23/07/1888 Labourer (father) GLei/45/2/45 Charles Henry 20 Single Paper Works 14 Grundy Street, Unsound mind 10/10/1888 Whalley Golborne GLei/45/2/46 Rachel Whittle 48 Single Fustian Cutter School Lane , Culcheth Betty Bicker (sister) Unsound mind 14/11/1888 GLei/45/2/47 Helena Jane 22 Single Farmers Yew Tree Farm, Lowton Peter Unsworth Unsound mind 08/01/1889 Unsworth (father) GLei/45/2/48 Vera Grenelli 34 Married Munition 15 Atherleigh Grove, Violent 24/06/40 Roman Catholic Worker Leigh GLei/45/2/49 William Aspinal 19 Single Barber Leigh union, Atherton Alfred Aspinal (father) Epilepsy and unsound mind 26/06/18 Roman Catholic GLei/45/2/50 Annie Burke 21 Single Cotton Mill 135 Bolton old Road, Sarah Burke (mother) Suicidal tendencies 20/01/1889 worker Atherton GLei/45/2/51 John Nuttal 40 Married Collier 48 New Road, Atherton, Collier Betsy Nuttal (wife) Unsound mind 05/03/1889 GLei/45/2/52 Margaret Hurst 29 Single Factory 6 School Terrace, Henry Hurst (father) Unsound mind 30/06/1888 Operative Golborne GLei/45/2/53 William Hibbert 44 Married Overlooker 21 Nelpan Lane, Nancy Hibbert (wife) Delusional 11/07/1888 in factory Westleigh GLei/45/2/54 Peter Horrocks 65 Married Labourer 5 Welch Mill Street Mary Horrocks (wife) Delusional 27/06/1889 GLei/45/2/55 John William 42 widowed Book keeper Laburnums, Atherton Mary Frankland Violent 25/09/1890 Unitarian Frankland (mother) GLei/45/2/56 Margaret Hofs 25 Married House wife 150 Bolton old Road, Atherton Peter Hofs (husband) Unsound mind 26/02/1891 GLei/45/2/57 Lucy Platt 25 Married House wife 46 Leigh Street, Golborne Thomas Platt (husband) Unsound mind 26/01/1892 GLei/45/2/58 Mary Ann 59 Widow 86 Plank Lane , Leigh George Vaughan Lunatic 21/08/1896 Vaughan (husband) GLei/45/2/59 Elizabeth Ann 40 Married House wife Lowton Common Robert Bailey Unsound mind 29/09/1896 Bailey (husband) GLei/45/2/60 Mary Ward 46 Married House wife Union workhouse, Leigh Rose (daughter) Unsound mind 08/12/1896 GLei/45/2/61 Thomas Yates 48 Married Blacksmith 4 Wilds Passage, Leigh Jane Yates (wife) Arrested as a wandering lunatic 18/01/1897 GLei/45/2/62 Alice Ann 41 Married House wife 52 Buchannan Street, William Thompson Lunatic 27/01/1897 Thompson Leigh (husband) GLei/45/2/63 William 31 Single Collier 10 Findlay Street, Leigh Elizabeth Blackburn Weak-minded 04/06/1897 Blackburn (mother) GLei/45/2/64 Margaret Hilton 41 Married House wife 3 Ullswater Street, Leigh John William Hilton (husband) Lunatic 28/06/1897 GLei/45/2/65 Alice Ann 41 Married House wife 52 Buchannan Street, William Thompson 26/01/1897 Thompson Leigh (husband) GLei/45/2/66 Ada Walters 17 Single Cotton Worker 22 Mill Street, Leigh Emma Price (mother) Lunatic 03/07/1897 GLei/45/2/67 Alice Hurst 23 Married House wife 136 Gleebe Street, Leigh William Hurst (husband) Lunatic 03/07/1897 GLei/45/2/68 Jobe Risley 18 Machine Fitter 13 Wood Street, Leigh Sarah Risley (mother) Lunatic 09/10/1897 GLei/45/2/69 Peter Rawson 52 Married Mill Worker 4 Rydall Street, Leigh Ellen Rawson (wife) Unsound mind 17/03/1898 GLei/45/2/70 Peter Harrocks 64 Married Silk weaver 5 Court, Westleigh Mary Harrocks (wife) Lunatic 03/05/1898 6
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/45/2/71 William Doherty 22 Painter Lunatic, no address and no next of kin 04/10/1898 GLei/45/2/72 William Charlson 49 Assistant widower to a herbalist 20 Ashton Road, Joseph Charlson Unsound mind 09/01/1899 GLei/45/2/73 George 38 Married Blacksmith 25 Smith Street, Leigh Amy Osbaldeston Lunatic 18/01/1899 Osbaldeston (wife) GLei/45/2/74 John Fishburn 42 Single Coal Miner 123 Westleigh Lane Lunatic 04/02/1899 GLei/45/2/75 Mary Girlington 38 Married House wife 180 First Lane, Leigh Thomas Girlington (husband) Lunatic 07/07/1899 GLei/45/2/76 Peter Boydell 46 Married Cotton Worker 241 Gordon Street, Leigh Alice Boydell (wife) Unsound mind 23/10/1899 GLei/45/2/77 George Blackall 34 Single Cotton 38 West Street, Atherton Catherine Blackall Unsound mind 06/11/1899 Worker (sister) GLei/45/2/78 Peter Rowson 51 Married Factory Operative 4 Rydall Street, Leigh Ellen Rawson (wife) Lunatic 05/01/00 GLei/45/2/79 Alice Green 25 Single House work 46 Bolton Road, Atherton Thomas Green (brother) Unsound mind 18/05/00 GLei/45/2/80 Martha Potter 24 Single Factory Operative 46 Plank Lane, Leigh John Potter (father) Unsound mind 04/06/00 GLei/45/2/81 Mary Jane Williams 32 Married House work 55 Bedford Square, Leigh Husband Unsound mind 08/08/00 GLei/45/2/82 James Fell 64 Widowed Labourer 6 Pepper Ally, Leigh James Walsh (son in law) Unsound mind 10/08/00 GLei/45/2/83 Matthew Corby 39 Single Collier 9 Plank Lane, Leigh Harry Corby (brother) Unsound mind 15/08/00 GLei/45/2/84 Charles Godfrey Halloran 27 Soldier 18A Elliot Street, John Halloran (father) Unsound mind 17/11/00 GLei/45/2/85 Mary Alice 32 Widow Cotton 154 Common Side, John Boardman Unsound mind 17/01/01 Boardman Operative Tyldesley GLei/45/2/86 Ezra Cooper 27 Single Colliery 68 Johnson Street, Cal Cooper Unsound mind 02/03/01 Labourer Tyldesley GLei/45/2/87 Selina Hilton 36 Widow House wife 10 Water Street, Atherton Charlotte Cooke (sister) Unsound mind 25/05/02 GLei/45/2/88 Elizabeth 47 All details in 29/08/01 Garsdon shorthand GLei/45/2/89 James Orner 26 Single Form Chaddock Road, John Orme (father) Unsound mind 28/08/01 Labourer Tyldesley GLei/45/2/90 Mary Ellen Hope 46 Married House wife 32 Market Street, Atherton Ralph Hope Unsound mind 19/02/02 GLei/45/2/91 Hannah Taylor 14 Single 6 Mealhouse Lane, Atheron John Taylor (father) Epilepsy 17/03/02 GLei/45/2/92 Sarah Birchall 49 Married House wife 6 Boar Street, Leigh John Birchall (husband) Unsound mind 21/03/02 GLei/45/2/93 Isaia Lloyd 52 Married 7 Sidderly Street Elizabeth Lloyd (wife) Unsound mind 16/05/02 GLei/45/2/94 Ezra Cooper 29 Single Coal Miner 68 Johnson Street, Tyldesley Cal Cooper Unsound mind 27/05/02 GLei/45/2/95 Elizabeth Hall 32 Married House wife Details in shorthand 17/07/02 GLei/45/2/96 Louisa Annie Birch 44 Single 26 Wilkinson Street, Leigh Henry Birch Idiot 03/08/02 7
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Index produced by Jenny Todhunter, Joan Pike, Gillian Lloyd <strong>and</strong> Yvonne Eckersley, Archives Service Volunteers<br />
© Wigan Archives Service, WLCT<br />
Item Number Name Age Marital Occupation Address Family Information Reason For Committal/<strong>Removal</strong>/<strong>Settlement</strong> Type of<br />
Date Religion/Additonal<br />
Status<br />
Document<br />
Information<br />
GLei/45/2/44 James Holcroft 21 Single Farm Alms Houses Risley Thomas Holcroft Unsound mind 23/07/1888<br />
Labourer<br />
(father)<br />
GLei/45/2/45 Charles Henry 20 Single Paper Works 14 Grundy Street,<br />
Unsound mind 10/10/1888<br />
Whalley<br />
Golborne<br />
GLei/45/2/46 Rachel Whittle 48 Single Fustian<br />
Cutter<br />
School Lane , Culcheth Betty Bicker (sister) Unsound mind 14/11/1888<br />
GLei/45/2/47 Helena Jane 22 Single Farmers Yew Tree Farm, Lowton Peter Unsworth Unsound mind 08/01/1889<br />
Unsworth<br />
(father)<br />
GLei/45/2/48 Vera Grenelli 34 Married Munition 15 Atherleigh Grove,<br />
Violent 24/06/40 Roman Catholic<br />
Worker <strong>Leigh</strong><br />
GLei/45/2/49 William Aspinal 19 Single Barber <strong>Leigh</strong> union, Atherton Alfred Aspinal (father) Epilepsy <strong>and</strong> unsound mind 26/06/18 Roman Catholic<br />
GLei/45/2/50 Annie Burke 21 Single Cotton Mill 135 Bolton old Road, Sarah Burke (mother) Suicidal tendencies 20/01/1889<br />
worker Atherton<br />
GLei/45/2/51 John Nuttal 40 Married Collier 48 New Road, Atherton,<br />
Collier<br />
Betsy Nuttal (wife) Unsound mind 05/03/1889<br />
GLei/45/2/52 Margaret Hurst 29 Single Factory 6 School Terrace, Henry Hurst (father) Unsound mind 30/06/1888<br />
Operative Golborne<br />
GLei/45/2/53 William Hibbert 44 Married Overlooker 21 Nelpan Lane, Nancy Hibbert (wife) Delusional 11/07/1888<br />
in factory Westleigh<br />
GLei/45/2/54 Peter Horrocks 65 Married Labourer 5 Welch Mill Street Mary Horrocks (wife) Delusional 27/06/1889<br />
GLei/45/2/55 John William 42 widowed Book keeper Laburnums, Atherton Mary Frankl<strong>and</strong> Violent 25/09/1890 Unitarian<br />
Frankl<strong>and</strong><br />
(mother)<br />
GLei/45/2/56 Margaret Hofs 25 Married House wife 150 Bolton old Road,<br />
Atherton<br />
Peter Hofs (husb<strong>and</strong>) Unsound mind 26/02/1891<br />
GLei/45/2/57 Lucy Platt 25 Married House wife 46 <strong>Leigh</strong> Street, Golborne Thomas Platt<br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Unsound mind 26/01/1892<br />
GLei/45/2/58 Mary Ann<br />
59 Widow 86 Plank Lane , <strong>Leigh</strong> George Vaughan Lunatic 21/08/1896<br />
Vaughan<br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
GLei/45/2/59 Elizabeth Ann 40 Married House wife Lowton Common Robert Bailey Unsound mind 29/09/1896<br />
Bailey<br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
GLei/45/2/60 Mary Ward 46 Married House wife <strong>Union</strong> workhouse, <strong>Leigh</strong> Rose (daughter) Unsound mind 08/12/1896<br />
GLei/45/2/61 Thomas Yates 48 Married Blacksmith 4 Wilds Passage, <strong>Leigh</strong> Jane Yates (wife) Arrested as a w<strong>and</strong>ering lunatic 18/01/1897<br />
GLei/45/2/62 Alice Ann<br />
41 Married House wife 52 Buchannan Street, William Thompson Lunatic 27/01/1897<br />
Thompson<br />
<strong>Leigh</strong><br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
GLei/45/2/63 William<br />
31 Single Collier 10 Findlay Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> Elizabeth Blackburn Weak-minded 04/06/1897<br />
Blackburn<br />
(mother)<br />
GLei/45/2/64 Margaret Hilton 41 Married House wife 3 Ullswater Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> John William Hilton<br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Lunatic 28/06/1897<br />
GLei/45/2/65 Alice Ann<br />
41 Married House wife 52 Buchannan Street, William Thompson<br />
26/01/1897<br />
Thompson<br />
<strong>Leigh</strong><br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
GLei/45/2/66 Ada Walters 17 Single Cotton<br />
Worker<br />
22 Mill Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> Emma Price (mother) Lunatic 03/07/1897<br />
GLei/45/2/67 Alice Hurst 23 Married House wife 136 Gleebe Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> William Hurst<br />
(husb<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Lunatic 03/07/1897<br />
GLei/45/2/68 Jobe Risley 18 Machine<br />
Fitter<br />
13 Wood Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> Sarah Risley (mother) Lunatic 09/10/1897<br />
GLei/45/2/69 Peter Rawson 52 Married Mill Worker 4 Rydall Street, <strong>Leigh</strong> Ellen Rawson (wife) Unsound mind 17/03/1898<br />
GLei/45/2/70 Peter Harrocks 64 Married Silk weaver 5 Court, Westleigh Mary Harrocks (wife) Lunatic 03/05/1898<br />
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