Info on Workhouse

Question

I would like to know when he went in the workhouse and how long he stayed there.

Answer 1

Very few workhouse records are online and unfortunately there are quite a few workhouses for which no 'inmate' records survive.

( I  found that Ancestry has records from London, Glamorgan, Bedfordshire and  Cornwall workhouses (plus every longterm adult inmate in England and Wales  in 1861) Find my past has records from Manchester, Cheshire znd Derbyshire. Family Search has Kent records . They may have others.  Which isn't much help for Newcastle upon Tyne which I suspect might be the one you're looking for)

Most records are held in the local county archives. If you Look up the entry for the  workhouse on https://www.workhouses.org.uk/menu/  (find it via locagions). it will give you  a brief history and an indication of where the records are held and what survives. (the site has lots of adverts but the author has done a huge amount of work over many years. Just be careful that you don't fill in a surname and end up on My heritage )

Comments

Actually i should have added more detail, i found him on the 1891 register in Middlesbrough Union Workhouse.

Answer 2

The profile says you have a birth certificate - is that correct? only the 1939 register says he was born 17 Aug 1877 (which may also be incorrect if he didn't know himself).

I'll add the record to his profile so that you can see it. Edit I've added it as a comment as the profile is locked. Edit, I've also added the 1821 census to Flora.

Comments

Sorry it was an error on my part it is now corrected.