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| Name: | Frances Adeline BENSON |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | George BENSON (1782- ) |
| Mother: | Frances STRACEY (1783-1864) |
| Birth | 18 Apr 1807 | Spitalfields, Middlesex, England1 |
| Baptism | 10 Mar 1809 (age 1) | Spitalfields, Middlesex, England2 |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 40) | Shoreditch, London, England3 |
| 49 Hoxton Square, Old Street, Shoreditch | ||
| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 43) | Silk Warper; Shoreditch, London, England3 |
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 50) | St George in the East, Middlesex, England4 |
| 103 Cannon Street Road, St George in the East | ||
| Occupation | 7 Apr 1861 (age 53) | Silk Warper; St George in the East, Middlesex, England4 |
| Census | "1881, 1891, 1901" | Islington, London, England |
| Aged Pilgrims’ Asylum, Hazelville Road Adeline was a resident in this home for the elderly until her death. |
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| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 60) | Spitalfields, Middlesex, England1 |
| 22 Browns Lane | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 63) | Silk Warper; Spitalfields, Middlesex, England1 |
| Death | Q3 1904 (age 97) | Islington, London, England |
In Camberwell, South London, converted now to flats, is a 19th century building, built in the 1830s as the Aged Pilgrims’ Asylum, the first almshouses built by The Aged Pilgrims’ Friend Society. Formed in London in 1807, the purpose of the Society was to provide ‘permanent relief to the aged and infirm Christian poor of the age of sixty and above and whose income does not exceed five shillings per week’ By 1825 the Society had raised over £15,000 in donations, and supported more than 800 pensioners. However, it was recognised that a pension of 5 guineas a year was insufficient in many cases, and that pensioners were often left with inadequate shelter. It was therefore resolved to raise funds for the erection of a ‘suitable asylum or alms houses’ to provide accommodation for some of the pensioners. In 1833 a site in Southampton Street, Camberwell, was donated to the Society on which the first home was to be built. When it was completed in 1837, it could provide accommodation for 42 pensioners.
In 1871 in Highgate, on the slope of the hill, and turning out of the Hornsey Lane, a little to the east of the Archway, is Hazelville Road. Near the foot of the hill, and covering a large space of ground is another asylum of the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society. That asylum,effectively in Islington, forms three sides of a quadrangle, and, as originally constructed, consisted of a centre and two wings, which afforded one room and a small scullery for each of the eighty inmates, besides committee-rooms, warden and matron's rooms, a laundry, and a beautiful chapel; but "in 1876 the two wings were lengthened, thus giving space for forty additional rooms. The buildings are of two storeys, with the chapel in the centre of the north side; the south side, which was originally unbuilt upon, has now in the centre a large hall in which lectures and addresses are sometimes given, and festive gatherings among the aged inmates take place. The hall is connected with the wings of the building on either side by a covered pathway. The spacious central enclosure, owing to the steepness of the ground, forms two or three grassy slopes and terraces, connected with each other by flights of steps."
"Since the foundation of the Aged Pilgrims’ Friend Society, it has been the means of relieving upwards of 3,600 aged persons, and has distributed amongst them the sum of upwards of £116,900. The total number of the recipients of the charity in 1876 was 1,038, and the annual sum expended in pensions alone is upwards of £6,200. The pensioners are each provided with a comfortable home, together with a sufficient supply of coals, with medical attendance when sick, and other comforts. One of the earliest and best friends of this institution was Mr. John Box, of Northampton Square, who, in addition to many other gifts, bequeathed a sum of £12,000 towards the funds for the new building."
Adeline Benson was a resident at the Hazelville Road Asylum at the time of the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census returns, until her death in 1904.
| 1 | (RG10/506 folio 56 page 7). |
| Text From Source: Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Adeline Benson,Head,Unm,F,60,Silk Warper,Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, Rebecca Benson,Lodger,Unm,F,30,Artificial Flower Maker,Bethnal Green, London, England, |
| 2 | Ancestry London Parish Registers (www.ancestry.co.uk). |
| 3 | (HO107/1536 Folio 15 Page 23). |
| Text From Source: Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Benjamin Clark,Head,Mar,M,36,Artificial Florist,Islington, London, England, Hannah Clark,Wife,Mar,F,57,Artificial Florist,Reading Registration District, Berkshire, England, Fanny Clark,Daughter,Unm,F,12,Scholar,Shoreditch, London, England, James Clark,Son,Unm,M,4,,Shoreditch, London, England, Charles Clark,Son,Unm,M,4m,,Shoreditch, London, England, Frances Benson,Mother-in-law,Mar,F,64,Annuitant,Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, Frances Adeline Benson,Sister-in-law,Unm,F,40,Silk Warper,Spitalfields, Middlesex, England, Rebecca Hughes, Wife's Niece,Unm,F,11,Scholar,Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England |
| 4 | (RG9/277 Folio 76 Page 14). |
| Text From Source: Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Frances Benson,Head,Wid,F,76,Annuitant,,London, England, Frances Adeline Benson,Daughter,Unm,F,50,Silk Warper,, |