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Poor Relief Records (Scotland)
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In times of hardship,
people usually turned to their local parish for financial aid. In 1845, the
Poor Law Amendment Act removed provision of relief from the church and established
Parochial Boards. The Parochial Board records can provide a wealth of information
about the Applicants as well as their family members. At present, there is a
seventy-five year closure period on these records.
Listed below is
an example of a Poor Relief record from 1883 that demonstrates how useful they
can be to the family historian if all the information is available:-
| Name: |
Mary
Hanlon or Cairney (Hanlon being the Maiden name) |
| Address: |
Allison
Place, Springwells, Blantyre |
| Age:
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48
Years |
| Date
of Minute to Committee: |
20th
September 1883 |
| Amount
of Relief: |
2/6
per week |
| Country
& Place of Birth: |
Co.Louth,
Ireland |
| Religious
Denomination: |
Roman Catholic |
| Marital
Status: |
Widow |
| Occupation:
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Housekeeper |
| Wholly
or Partially Disabled: |
Partially |
| Description
of Disablement: |
Young
Children |
| Wholly
or Partially Destitute: |
Partially |
| Nature
of Settlement: |
Residential
- Chapelhall for 10 Years |
| Children
living in Family: |
James
18 Years, Anne 15 Years
Francis
born Chapelhall 7th May 1876
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| Children
not living in Family: |
Eliza
20 years married to Hugh Lynch (Collier, Chapelhall)
Mary
24 years, single, Domestic Servant in Kilbirnie
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| Other
Information: |
Husband
Francis Cairney born Ireland, died at Blantyre 30th July 1883
son of James Cairney and Mary McDermid both dead. |
| Parentage: |
Patrick
Hanlon labourer, dead. Bridget Limerick residing in Oakley,
Fifeshire. |
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entry is found then a transcribed copy of the record will be provided to you.
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as possible is required to help us in the search for the relevant Poor Relief
record.
Ideally, to find
the required Poor Relief record we need the following:-
- Name of the
potential Applicant
- Address of the
Applicant
- Date of Birth
of the Applicant
- Place of Birth
of the Applicant
- Name of Spouse
- Name of Children
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