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I am searching for my grandmother, Elsie Blanche Selby. I found her in the 1901 Census in the Bromley Workhouse. I went there in the summer and read the records. She was admitted on March 30, 1900 by magistrate's order. (February 14, 1900- I tried looking through some local newspapers for court reports, but was unsuccessful. I was also puzzled by the two week lapse between the order and the admittance.) The ages in the records suggest her birth year to be 1895-6. Her sisters Mabel Gladys's to be 1891-2, and Florence's to be 1898. We thought she was orphaned, but next of kin was listed as mother- 'Alice'. Notes on Boarding Out records: ‘Grandmother says Olive at Green Lanes NW' + 'Father presumed to be dead". Olive (Alice) could be an error in the mother's name or an additional sister which might explain the admittance. (The handwriting is quite clear, but there are inconsistencies in the workhouse vaccination and declaration of faith records.) The Boer War was on an I have been wondering if that might explain the father's being presumed dead, but have not been able to find appropriate military records especially with only a surname. Florence stayed with the workhouse through school and with unsuccessful placements as a domestic- last boarding entry had her in the workhouse laundry. (At one point school had thought her slow, but the doctor said no and she was returned to school.) Mabel and Elsie were boarded out to a picture framer and guilder (Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Henry Roberts on November 28, 1901) one house off the High Street on Cheam Road (Rose Cottage) in Sutton, Surrey. The Robert’s business remained for about 20 years and then changed hands- source phone directory etc. with only head of household listed. I next found Elsie in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada census at age 16 working as a domestic. I believe she came to Canada c/o Children's Aid, but I have not been able to find her on a passenger manifest. Family lore says she, unlike her sister, was a 'tom boy' and that is why she was shipped off. She lost contact with her sisters at that time. Mabel may have stayed with the Roberts. Elsie and Mabel may have been born in Knockholt, Kent, and Florence may have been born in Poplar. I have been unsuccessful in finding matching birth records. (I do have a certificate for a similar Florence I would be happy to share.)

Any help or parallel/actual family links would be greatly appreciated. Jack.