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Poor Law Occupations

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Olgiza

Olgiza Report 15 Aug 2003 21:07

My father's b'cert has his father's occupation as porter (poor law). Any Idea what this means?

George

George Report 15 Aug 2003 21:12

It could mean that he was a porter at the Union Workhouse, meaning he took the belongings of those poor people. George

Crista

Crista Report 15 Aug 2003 21:12

Hi Roger, Just a guess, but maybe he was a porter at a workhouse. If so, his job would have been to maintain a secure entrance to the Workhouse and record all entering and leaving. Crista

Crista

Crista Report 15 Aug 2003 21:14

Ooooops! George beat me by 30 seconds. Crista

Olgiza

Olgiza Report 15 Aug 2003 21:19

Hi George and Crista. I would like to think this is the case but the only person I can find on BMD etc who could have been this portering person was born in St Georges Hanover Square which I later found (with help from this site) to be A work house itself.

Margaret

Margaret Report 15 Aug 2003 21:22

Roger St George, Hanover Square is a registration district and parish. I have ancestors born in that area. It is the area around Hyde Park, Upper Brook Street and surrounding district of Mayfair. 1a on the GRO indexes. Margaret

Olgiza

Olgiza Report 15 Aug 2003 21:35

Thanks Margaret. What I understood was that St. Georges Hanover Square Workhouse was opened in 1726 and closed in 1886. By then it was part of the St georges Union. I have been unable to find my portering ancestor in the censuses so have been looking around the poor houses instead because they are seperate listings. Unfortunately there are a lot of them and you need to know the address to search and I can't download the 1901 viewer for whatever reason. Roger