Emma STANYIOU

Emma STANYIOU was born in 1844 and was admitted to the pauper farm in Tooting at an unknown age. Additional notes we have for her are "parents William and Mary in workhouse".

Her date of death is 29-Jan-1850 (aged about 6). 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 Emma STANYIOU

Emma had siblings, who would most likely have been admitted and discharged at the same time:

sister: STANYIOU Anne born 1846-1847
sister: STANYIOU Margaret born 1842
sister: STANYIOU Mary born 1848

Her father was called William and her mother was called Mary.

Born: 1844
First recorded entry:
to Brixton Grove House
07-Dec-1849
transfer IDs: NSM106
Last recorded entry:
died in Brixton Grove House
29-Jan-1850
transfer IDs: NSM106
Outcome: Died in institution
Died: 29-Jan-1850

Workhouses and pauper farms

During the 1840s and 1850s, workhouses were often places of hardship, where children such as Emma 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.