This is a story of my great great grandparents Valentine and Margaret Wright who entered the Almshouse and / Poorhouse with 3 of their 6 children. On December 15 1876 winter can be brutal on the Beach where they lived as Davenport was a bayman .
Census states due to weather they had no food or fuel to keep warm. Further states he probably will recover.
No other choice he at 50, his wife at 37 along with the 3 children Edward at 12, Frank 9 and Valentine 3 years old.
Doesn't state how long they were at the shelter.
41 years later Davenport ended back there for shelter in Bad health by his daughter in law Harriet Wright. At 91 he wasn't going to stay put for long this stay was recorded from October 15 1918 until he ran away on November 5 1918. This is where his paper trail stops.
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