PUBV34/1/74

Removal Order and settlement examination for Mary Beeby, wife of Henry Beeby (who has set off to America and it is not known where he now is and therefore he cannot be removed) and Robert aged 13 years their child. Removed from Bradford, West Riding of the County of York, to Colmworth.

24 November 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

Examination of Mary Beeby, wife of Henry Beeby: My husband left me to go to America between 8 and 9 years ago, and I have never seen or heard of him since. I then lived at Battlebridge in the parish of St Pancras in London. Almost immediately after my husband left me the Overseers of St Pancras removed me from that parish by a Magistrates Order to the parish of Colmworth in Bedfordshire as the place of my husbands settlement. The Overseers of Colmworth put me into a towns house and allowed me five shillings and six pence a week for about another year. They then reduced my allowance to 3 shillings and [torn away] a week which I had for a year and a half or better. The Overseers then sent me by the canal to this County to get work. They paid my passage and gave me five shillings. I have one child with me called Robert aged 13 years. We are chargeable to Bradford. Second copy of removal order.

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Beeby, Mary,
Beeby, Henry,
Beeby, Robert

BEDFORD, COLMWORTH, Bradford, St Pancras Cromer Street, United States of America, POVERTY, poor law unions, poor law settlements, poor law removals, overseers of the poor, marriages, emigration, employment, canals, magistrate