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Catholic schools in Digbeth area 1870-1880s

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Luscinia

proper brummie kid
Hi Everyone,
I am trying to trace the lives of my ancestors who moved from Ireland and lived in Digbeth and Little Ann Street in the 1870s and 1880s. In the 1881 census return, the children are described at 'scholars' and I would be very interested to know which schools they could have attended and if there are any records from that time still archived somewhere.
They all seemed to be working from early teens so I presume primary was the only education most of them received.
I have found a St Anne's School for Boys and St Catherine's on Windmill Street but I am not sure which of these, if either, they would have attended.
All help and advice gratefully received!
Pauline
 
In 1881 it was only mandatory for children aged from 5 to 10 to go to school. So if they were older than that 'scholar' may not necessarily mean that they were attending school.
 
Just a thought - if the children were born in Birmingham and baptised you might find that record on FMP and it would give you an idea which Church (and possibly school) they attended.
 
Good thinking! One family were baptised at St Michael's Moor Street and the other family at St Chad's. Neither of which seemed to have schools.
 
MWS said:
In 1881 it was only mandatory for children aged from 5 to 10 to go to school. So if they were older than that 'scholar' may not necessarily mean that they were attending school.
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Thanks for thinking of that. In 1881 census the children were 12, 10, 8 and 6 and all described as Scholars. The 12 year old was a girl and the others all boys.
 
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