Henry Brecht's son Edward Brecht

After his wife Clara died, Edward found bringing up the children difficult:

London Workhouse Admission & Discharge Records 1764-1930

Mile End Old Town

Friday 1 March 1907

Admitted because of destitution

Dischaged to Scattered Homes:
Sidney Brecht (11) and John Brecht (8)

Ethel Btecht (6) to Infirmary

London Selected Poor Law Removal & Settlement Records 1698-1930

Poplar Union - Order of Removal 6.3.1907

Sidney Brecht aged about 11 years
John Brecht aged about 8 years
Ethel Brecht aged about 4 years

- living in No 14 Cottage Grove and the Infirmary, Mile End Old Town
- father Edward Brecht (now absent) previously at 15 Southill Street
- by Clara his wife (now deceased)

Notes have been handwritten on the documentation:

- father left children at sisters in Rowsell Street
- wife died in ................1906
- previously in High Street, Poplar
- 15 Southill Street will set up
- no idea where father is

London Workhouse Admission & Disxcharge Records 1764-1930

Poplar Union

Edward Brecht Widower Painter born 1857

Admitted 26 July 1907

1911 Census

Edward Brecht was in the Poplar Branch Workhouse and 3 of his children were in a Training School:
Sidney (15), John (12) and Ethel (8)
2 other children were staying with a family called Warner:
George (22) and Frederick (19)
Edward remarried later in the year.

Colin Bower
21 June 2023

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