Henry Jervis PIZEY

Henry Jervis PIZEY was born in 1839 and was admitted to the pauper farm in Tooting at an unknown age. Additional notes we have for his are "deserted by father, mother Sarah in workhouse, middle name uncertain, likely duplicate of 0691".

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Fact file on Henry Jervis PIZEY

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

sister: PIZEY Clara born 1842
brother: PIZEY Henry born 1838
sister: PIZEY Louisa born 1842
sister: PIZEY Selina born 1842

His mother was called Sarah.

Born: 1839
First recorded entry:
to Brixton Grove House
10-Aug-1849
transfer IDs: NSM091
Last recorded entry:
from Brixton Grove House to Workhouse
11-Oct-1849 returned to workhouse Mr D (Drouet) having the number allowed
transfer IDs: NSM091
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 Henry Jervis 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.