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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Chantal
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-12T17:49:43Z
dc.date.available2016-07-12T17:49:43Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/9494
dc.descriptionThe Welland County Industrial Home (also known as the poorhouse) offered those who were destitute food, shelter, and clothing. The Home was located on First Avenue in Welland, Ontario. The residents of the facility (referred to as inmates) were responsible for cultivating the surrounding land to feed the Home’s population. A burial ground was also located on the premises. Eventually, the facility became a senior citizen’s home known as Sunset Haven. The building was demolished in 2005.en_US
dc.description.abstractTwo ledgers of the Welland County Industrial Home (also known as the Welland County Home or the poorhouse). The first ledger is a record of inmates, 1921-1934, and includes names of inmates, ethnic origin, marital status, birthplace, date of birth, occupation, parent’s names and birthplaces, religion, and the names and addresses of relatives. The other ledger is a burial register, September 1888-July 1947, and includes the names of deceased inmates, the date of death, age, cause of death, place of interment, and grave number.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries;RG 569
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectWelland County Industrial Home.en_US
dc.titleWelland County Industrial Home fonds, 1888-1947en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-02T01:27:36Z


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