Catherine CALLAGHAN

Catherine CALLAGHAN was born between 1838 and 1839 and was admitted to the pauper farm in Tooting at an unknown age. Additional notes we have for her are "father emigrated to Hobart, mother Catharine in workhouse, deserted by mother".

Her 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 Catherine CALLAGHAN

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

sister: CALLAGHAN Ellen born 1840

Her mother was called Catharine.

Born: 1838-1839
First recorded entry:
to Brixton Grove House
06-Jul-1849
transfer IDs: NSM014
Admission:
from Brixton Grove House to Workhouse
20-Jul-1849
transfer IDs: NSM014
Admission:
to Brixton Grove House
18-Sep-1849
transfer IDs: NSM095
Admission:
from Brixton Grove House to Workhouse
23-Nov-1849 then to discharge with mother
transfer IDs: NSM095
Admission:
to Brixton Grove House
06-Sep-1850
transfer IDs: NSM087
Admission:
discharged from Brixton Grove House
19-Sep-1850 to Mrs Humphreys
transfer IDs: NSM087
Admission:
to Brixton Grove House
19-Oct-1850
transfer IDs: NSM062
Last recorded entry:
discharged from Brixton Grove House
12-Dec-1850 to Mr Shelling
transfer IDs: NSM062
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 Catherine 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.