Charles BREWER

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Charles BREWER was born between 1845 and 1846 and was admitted to the pauper farm in Tooting at about age 2. Additional notes we have for his are "illeg. father Thomas BREWER deserted, mother drowned Sep 1847, see girls #105".

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 Charles BREWER

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

sister: BREWER Eliza born 1837
brother: BREWER Richard born 1844
brother: BREWER Thomas born 1839
brother: BREWER William born 1844

His father was called Thomas BREWER.

Born: 1845-1846
First recorded entry:
to Tooting
09-Oct-1847
transfer IDs: NSM112
Admission:
from Tooting to Southwark Christ Church
04-Jan-1849
transfer IDs: SCC085, NSM112
Admission:
to Brixton Grove House
19-Jun-1849
transfer IDs: NSM007, NSM009, NSM012
Last recorded entry:
from Brixton Grove House to Anerley
18-Jul-1851
transfer IDs: NSM007
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 Charles 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.

Read more about workhouses and pauper farms