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Researched and compiled by John Peck 2006

Children at the Cottage Homes
& Workhouse 1896 - c.1930

The listing shows as far as possible all the known children who were the responsibilty of the Kettering Board of Guardians from 1896 to 1930. The great majority will have spent some time in residence at the Cottage Homes in Burton Latimer; some only days, others years.

Under "Reason" the term CH and a date means the child was definitely recorded as being sent to the Cottage Homes that year. Otherwise, it shows the entry in the Workhouse Entry and Discharge Books. Often no specific reason is stated.

Names of children

These are as derived from the Guardians' Minute Books and Workhouse Entry and Discharge Books, different spellings may in a few cases have thus caused two entries for what is in fact only one child. Loake may also actually include Loak. Clipstone may also include Clipston and Clipson, etc, so beware. Do not assume that all those having the same surname are from the same family. Where it is clearly not so I have suffixed a or b.

Christian names

Variations may include Nellie for Ellen, May for Mary, and it is likely that a child with two or more may have preferred not to use his first name, which was used on documents, just as sometimes happens now. The clerk recording Minutes would not be as familiar as some of the Guardians with the children and their names. Some mishearing and incorrect spellings must have occurred.

Dates of birth

Only those having day and month are presumed to be correct. They have not been checked by reference to civil registration documents, which should be sought if definite confirmation is required, others by back-calculating from entering service or apprenticeship (aged 14) or going to the "Exmouth" training ship (aged 12). A wide range, 1899/1904 for example, is from the Discharge Book which only shows children as aged "3 - 8" or "8 - 16".

SURNAME
CHRISTIAN NAMES
DATE of BIRTH
    REASON
REMARKS
Abbott a
Frederick
1893
Deserted 

Abbott a
Percy



Abbott a
Walter
1889
Deserted 

Abbott b
Beatrice
1899
CH 1907

Abbott b
Charles
1898
CH 1907

Abbott b
John
1896
CH 1907

Allen
Lily



Allen a(Desboro)
George L.
1898


Allen a(Desboro)
Lucy



Allen b(Kettering)
Edmund
1895
CH 1907

Allen b(Kettering)
George
1893
CH 1907

Allen b(Kettering)
Ida
21 May 1902
CH 1907

Althorpe
Ethel M.
26 May 1912
Destitute

Althorpe
Harry
28 May 1916


Althorpe
John W.
17 Mar 1911
Destitute

Anderson
Vera
2 Jul 1900


Bagshaw
Herbert



Bailey
Alice



Barker
Arthur
c1894


Barker
Horace
c1895


Biggs
Ernest
c1896


Bird
Amy
c1903


Bradbury
Alice
1892
Orphan

Bradshaw
George
8 Jul 1914


Bradshaw
Mabel
12 Feb 1911


Bradshaw a
Arthur
Jul 1885


Bradshaw a
Clara E.
c1892


Bradshaw a
Edith
1888


Bradshaw a
Herbert
c1892


Bradshaw b
Doris
1906
Parents in prison

Bradshaw b
Lily
1911
Parents in prison

Bradshaw b
Lily May
22 Jun 1900
Parents in prison

Bradshaw b
William
31 Jun 1902
Parents in prison

Braines
Elsie



Brown
Beatrice
c1897


Brown
Bertha
1899


Brown
Florence
1899
CH 1903

Brown
Horace
1891


Bryan
Florence Ellen

CH 1898

Buckby
Maud
1909


Burgess
William Louis(Lewis)
1909


Burnage
Louisa



Burrows
May

CH 1903

Burton
Charles Edward
1902
Deserted

Burton
Dorothy H.

CH 1905

Burton
J.H.



Burton
Joseph William
1902
Deserted

Butler
Ada



Butler
Florence Maud
1892
Parent unfit

Butler
Frederick



Butler
George
Jul 1890


Butler
John Leonard
1893


Butler
Louisa
1886


Butlin
Robert/Rowland
1895
CH 1906

Butlin
Walter
1899
CH 1906

Campion
George



Campion
John
c1886


Carter
Christine R.
1917


Carter
Iris Eva
1919


Carter
Stella
1910


Carter b
May



Causton
Minnie
27 Jul 1900


Chapman
Alfred
Twin of Harry


Chapman
Frank
1893

Died 12 Mar 1904
Chapman
Frederick



Chapman
Harry
Twin of Alfred


Chapman
Mary



Chapman
Mildred



Chesterton
Charles Edward

CH 1904

Chesterton
Leonard

CH 1904

Clark
Albert
1917
Mother dead

Clark
Bertie



Clarke
Ethel



Clarke(Goosey)
Annie Elizabeth
1908


Clipson
Girl



Clipstone
Alice
1903


Clipstone
Caroline
1907


Clipstone
Dora Mary
1911


Clipstone
Ivy Sarah
1909


Clipstone
Lizzie
1907


Coe
Albert
1897


Coe
G.



Coe
Lily May
1893
CH 1899

Coe
Nellie
1895


Coleman
Albert
c1883


Collins
Elizabeth

CH 1905

Collins
Florence

CH 1905

Collins
George

CH 1905

Cook
Emma



Cooper
Denis
6 Dec 1916


Cotterill
Ernie
1901
Parents in prison

Cotterill
George
1903
Parents in prison

Cotterill
Nellie
1911
Parents in prison

Cotterill
Percy
1907
Parents in prison

Cotterill
William
1904
Parents in prison

Cox
Arthur
c1896


Cox
Bertha
5 Aug 1905


Cox
Ernest



Cox
Lily Edna
1904/09


Cox
Vera



Cox
Violet Mary



Crane
Alice Jane
1889


Crane
Charles Walter

CH 1899

Crane
George William

CH 1899

Crane
John (Samuel ?)
Jan 1888


Crane
Mary



Crick

1905
Deserted
Cross
Arthur D.



Crouch
George
c1895
Deserted

Crouch
William
1891
Deserted

Dainty
Cyril



Dainty
Ernest



Dainty
George



Dainty
Harold
1900


Dainty
Olive



Dainty
Wilfred
Jun 1906


Davies [Davis ?]
George



Davis
Charles



Davis
George
1900


Drage(Bugge)
Arthur
Dec 1909


Dunmore
Charles

Deserted

Dunmore
Maud

Deserted

Farey
Albert George
1890


Farey
Gertrude
1891
CH 1902

Farey
William
1899
CH 1902

Fellows
Annie E.
14 Apr 1907
Destitute

Fellows
Sarah Ellen
27 Aug 1908
Destitute

Fleming
Grace
1900/05


Foster a
Cyril
1897


Foster a
Percy
1895


Foster b
Annie G.
31 Jan 1912
Transfer
From Hambledon Union
Foster b
George A.
19 Mar 1919
Transfer
From Hambledon Union
Foster b
Isabel M.
7 Jun 1913
Transfer
From Hambledon Union
Fox
Doris Clara



Fox
Vera



Francis
Leonard
1900/05


Francis
Lily
1905/10


Francis
Nellie
1905/10


Francis
Rose
1900/05


Freeman
Richard
1890
Orphan

Freeman
Robert
1896


Froggatt
Bertha
1892


Froggatt
Jesse
Nov 1886


Froggatt
Norah S.
1893


Garrard(od)/Cooper
Ada
1900
Mother dead

Garrard(od)/Cooper
Joe
1901
Mother dead

Garrard(od)/Cooper
Lilian
1896
Mother dead

Garrett
Ada



Geagan
Annie
Adult ?


Gibbs
Alfred
Dec 1886


Gibbs
Samuel
1892/3


Gibson
Arthur William
1911

Died 1926 in Canada
Gibson
Frederick Cyril
11 Nov 1913


Gibson
Kathleen Mary
1918/19


Goodfellow
Hilda
1908
Destitute

Goodfellow
Lavinia
1913
Destitute

Goodfellow
Norman
1917
Destitute

Goodfellow/Stone
Leonard
9 Jan 1922


Goodfellow/Stone
Vera
1921


Goodson
Amelia

CH 1899

Goodson
Florence

CH 1899

Goodwin
Emma
1900
Deserted

Goodwin
Ethel
1902
Deserted

Goodwin
George
1897
Deserted

Goodwin
Nellie
1896
Deserted

Goodwin
William
1905
Deserted

Goosey
Charles
14 Feb 1913


Goosey
Rebecca
5 Nov 1914


Goosey
William H.
22 Oct 1901


Goosey
Willis



Goosey/Reed
Harry
1899/1904


Gray
Cecil Orm
1909
Deserted

Gray
Harry Eyton
1907
Deserted

Gray
John Thomas
1908
Deserted

Hales
Leslie



Hare
Charles
1904


Hare
Edward
1909


Hare
Marjorie
1902


Hare
Thomas H.
1906


Harvey
Eleanor



Heddersley
Ethel
15 Dec 1894
Parent unfit

Heddersley
Laura
30 Mar 1896
Parent unfit

Henman
Beatrice
1908
Deserted

Henman
Donald
1907
Deserted

Henman
Florence
1903
Deserted

Henman
Gladys
1907
Deserted

Henman
Hilda
1910
Deserted

Henman
Walter
1902
Deserted

Herbert
H.



Hilliard
Annie
1893


Hilliard
Eva
5 Feb 1907


Hilliard
Evelyn
1896
CH 1906

Hilliard
Frederick
1900
Parent unfit

Hilliard
Henry



Hilliard
Kate



Hodson
Clifford

CH 1903

Hodson
William

CH 1903

Holland
Henry
1900


Holloway
Ellen

CH 1904

Holloway
Frederick

CH 1904

Holloway
Kate

CH 1904

Holloway
William J.

CH 1904

Houghton
Dorothy Kate



Houghton
Elsie



Houghton
George William
c1900


Ingram
Robert
1886


Jackson
William Horace



James
Gordon
1890


Jarvis
Albert
1903
CH 1906

Jarvis
Arthur
1895


Jarvis
Caroline



Jarvis
Francis M.
1900
CH 1906

Jarvis
Frederick
1897


Jarvis
John



Jarvis
May



Jeffs
Annie
1893


Jeffs
Ethel



Jeffs
Frank
1889/91


Jenkins
Emma
1905/10


Johnson
Chn



Johnson a
Emily Winefred
1909
Father deserted

Johnson a
Evelyn Edith
1907
Father deserted

Johnson a
Gladys Mary
1911
Father deserted

Johnson a
Horace Frederick
1901
Father deserted

Johnson a
Kate Elizabeth
1903
Father deserted

Johnson a
Sidney George
1912
Father deserted

Johnson b
Dorothy
1 Dec 1910
Destitute

Johnson b
Leslie
3 Sep 1915
Destitute

Johnson b
Roy
3 Jan 1913
Destitute

Johnson b
Violet
29 Sep 1908
Destitute

Jones
Cyril
1901


Jones
Doris



Jones
Frederick
1893


Jones
Nellie
1893


Jones
Sidney
1903

Died Oct 1910 at CH
Judd
Edith L.
1902


Kilby
Maud
1901
CH 1907

Kilby
Polly
1903
CH 1907

King
William
c1895


Knight
Elizabeth

CH 1898

Knight aka Pollard
Caroline

CH 1898

Labrum
Alfred (Arthur?)
1907


Labrum
George Alfred
1903


Labrum
Gladys 
1906


Labrum
Grace Ellen
1912


Labrum
Ronald same as below ?



Labrum
Victor same as above ?
1910


Labrum
Winifred
1915


Lawman
Beatrice
1899/05


Lawman
Martha
1899/05


Leach
Frederick
c1883


Leverick
Eliza

CH 1905

Leverick
Ellen

CH 1905

Leverick
Florence

CH 1905

Leverick
Joseph

CH 1905

Loak
Annie



Loake
Arthur
1905/10


Loake
Doris



Loake
Florence



Loake
James Lawn Campbell
6 Dec 1896
Deserted

Loake
Olive



Loake
Walter



Machin
Nellie



Marlow
George W.

CH 1899

Matcham
Arthur



Matcham
William



Matthews
Alfred E.
1905/10


Matthews
Doris
1899


Matthews
Ernest
1896
CH 1907

Matthews
Frederick
10 Jul 1904


Matthews
Laura
27 May 1901
CH 1907

Matthews
May Violet
1906/11


Matthews
William



Mitchell
Albert
1904


Mitchell
Lily
1903


Mitchell
Nellie
1901
CH 1906

Mitchell
William
1899


Moody
Alice

CH 1905

Moody
Charles
1893


Moody
Violet M.

CH 1905

Moore
Evelyn



Munn
Winifred A.



Neal(e)
Ernest
26 Jul 14


Neal(e)
Mary
7 Sep 17


Neale
Chn



Newman
Charles Henry
15 Nov 1907
Brought in by police

Newman
William George Thomas
2 Nov 1905
Brought in by police

Newman
Winifred M.
13 Jan 1911
Brought in by police

Noble
Dorothy
1898


Noble
Florence
1895
CH 1907

Noble
John
1900

Died Mar 1907 at CH
Noble
Mary



Page
Bessie



Page
Harold
1896


Page
Herbert A.
1905/13


Page
Maggie
15 Dec 1900
CH 1907

Parker
Arthur



Parker
Florence



Parker
Florentine D.M.
1903
CH 1906

Parker
Gertrude
21 Dec 1898


Parker
Maud



Parker
Robert R.
13 Apr 1904


Payne
Frederick
1892


Pell
Mabel



Pollard
Basil B.
1918/19


Pursglove(Pittam)
Gladys
1904/09


Pywell
Annie
Jul 1914


Revell
Mary
1886


Rice
Cyril
1905/10


Rice
Lucy Elsie
1900/05


Robinson
Arthur
1895


Robinson
Nellie Noreen



Robinson/Foster
Ada
1895
Deserted

Robinson/Foster
Alice
1896
Deserted

Robinson/Foster
Daisy
1901
Deserted

Robinson/Foster
John
1904
Deserted

Robinson/Foster
Richard
22 Feb 1898
Deserted

Rogers a
Doris
1913/18


Rogers a
Ellen Alice/Priscilla?
1912


Rogers b
Harry

CH 1906

Rogers b
Mabel

CH 1906

Sanders
Arthur


Died 1896
Saul (Sale?)
George
1890/1


Sharman
Elsie



Sharman a
Alfred James
1906


Sharman a
Arthur Edward
1907


Sharman a
Florence Gertrude
1913


Sharman a
Harold
1910


Sharman a
William Henry
18 Mar 1904


Sharman b
Amy Elizabeth
11 Jun 1918


Sharman b
Emily Miriam Elizabeth
6 Jun 1909


Sharman b
Frederick
4 Oct 1916


Sharman b
Harry
13 Nov 1912
Neglected

Sharman b
Lilian Mary
9 Jun 1914
Neglected

Sharman b
Marion
6 Jun 1908
Neglected

Sharman b
Percy
11 Jan 1906
Neglected

Sharman b
Violet
27 Jul 1907
Neglected

Shatford
Edith

CH 1898

Shatford
Ernest
1890/1


Shatford
Mary
1888/9


Shatford
Reuben E.
1888


Shivers
Harry
1893
CH 1900

Shivers
Maud
1891


Skelham
Abraham
1893/94


Skelham
Ethel



Smart
Mabel
29 Apr 1908

Boarded out 1911
Smart
Miriam



Smith
Anne
1895
Deserted

Smith
Bertha
1899
CH 1907

Smith
Cecil

CH 1904

Smith
D.
1894/94


Smith
George
1891
Deserted

Smith
William
1894
CH 1907

Spence
Albert
1918/19


Spence
Charles



Spence
George
25 Mar 1909


Spence a
Elsie
1904
Father deserted

Spence a
Ernest
1899
Father deserted

Spence a
Frederick
1901
Father deserted

Spence a
Harry
1896
Father deserted

Spence a
Rose
1906
Father deserted

Spence b
Bertie

CH 1904

Spence b
Ellen

CH 1904

Spence b
Florence

CH 1904

Spence b
Harold

CH 1904

Spence b
John

CH 1904

Spence b
Lily

CH 1904

Starmer
Albert



Starmer
George
1894
CH 1903

Starmer
Harry



Starmer
Joseph Thomas
c1897


Starmer
Lawrence



Stewart/Stuart
George

Deserted

Streather(s)
Ethel M.
26 May 1912
Brought in by police

Streather(s)
Gladys
5 Mar 1912
Brought in by police

Streather(s)
Harry
6 Jul 1909
Brought in by police

Streather(s)
Ivy
11 Aug 1904
Brought in by police

Streather(s)
Maggie
7 Aug 1908
Brought in by police

Streather(s)
Olive M.
6 Dec 1906
Brought in by police

Streeton
Esther
1887


Streeton
John
1888


Stuart
George
1893/98


Sturgess
Arthur
17 Jan 1900


Sturgess
Doris
1904/09


Sturgess
Edward


Died Jan 1916, diphtheria
Sturgess
Frederick
1906


Sturgess
Mildred



Sumpter
Harry



Sumpter
Hetty
1894


Sumpter
Mary
1896


Tomkins
Emma
1903


Toseland
Olive
1891/2


Toseland
William



Tracey
Nora
1910


Tracey
Walter
1905/09


Tracey
Wilfred John



Wagstaffe
Edward
1894
Deserted

Wagstaffe
Emily
1887
Deserted

Wagstaffe
Florence
1898
Deserted

Wagstaffe
Frederick
1892
Deserted

Wagstaffe
Grace
1896
Deserted

Wagstaffe
Rose
1889
Deserted

Walker
Charles E.
1899
Deserted

Watson
Hilda Grace
c1890
Orphan

Watson
Percy N.
1892
Orphan

Watts
Horace W.
1892
Deserted

Wells
Harry



Wesley
Phyllis M.
1913
Destitute

West
Annie

CH 1898

White
Alfred James
1908
Brought in by police

White
Doris A.
1911
Brought in by police

White
Isiah



White
Lawrence
1916
Brought in by police

White
Robert E.
1914
Brought in by police

White
Sidney R.
1913
Brought in by police

Wileman
Alice
1890
Orphan

Williams
Harry


Died Aug 1928
Willis
Elsie
29 Mar 1900


Willis
Frederick
16 Jan 1897

Killed in France 1917
Wills
Augustus
1897
Deserted

Wills
Doris
1898
Deserted

Wills
Edward
1900
Deserted

Wills
Gertrude
1899
Deserted

Wills
Gladys
1893
CH 1906

Wilmot(t)
Edward



Wood
Robert
1895
Deserted

Woolard
Charles

CH 1898

Woolard
Harold

CH 1898

Wright
Bertha
1898
CH 1907

Wright
Florence
1896
CH 1907

Wrigley
Alfred



Wrigley
Doris

Deserted

Wrigley
Edward

Deserted

Wrigley
Hilda

Deserted

Wyatt
Bernard John

Mother deserted

Wyatt
Edward Maurice

Mother deserted

Wyatt
Horace William

Mother deserted

Wyatt
Marjorie

Mother deserted

Wyatt
Mary
c1916
Deserted

York
Dennis
1911
Deserted

York
George
1900
Deserted

York
Grace
1905
Deserted

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