James William JARVIS

James William JARVIS was born in 1837 and was admitted to the pauper farm in Tooting at about age 11. Additional notes we have for his are "deserted by father Joseph, mother Elizabeth in workhouse, ill".

His date of death is unknown. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but we are actively searching records for further information.

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Fact file on James William JARVIS

James William had a sibling, who would most likely have been admitted and discharged at the same time:

brother: JARVIS Joseph born 05-Feb-1838

His father was called Joseph and his mother was called Elizabeth.

Born: 26-Jan-1837
First recorded entry:
transfer from Westminster St Margaret to Southwark Christ Church
09-Nov-1848
transfer IDs: SCC048
Admission:
from Southwark Christ Church to Tooting
17-Nov-1848
transfer IDs: SCC048, NSM165
Last recorded entry:
from Tooting to Margate
06-Jan-1849
transfer IDs: NSM165
Outcome: Survived the epidemic
Died: unknown

Workhouses and pauper farms

During the 1840s and 1850s, workhouses were often places of hardship, where children such as James William were sent due to difficult circumstances including poverty and family bereavements. The workhouse system was known for its strict rules and conditions, offering only the barest of necessities in exchange for hard labour.

The Tooting pauper home was not in itself a workhouse, but a private institution to which numerous London workhouses 'farmed out' children. The condition of many children living and working in the Tooting establishment is known to have been pitiful even before cholera broke out there.