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Smyllum Park Orphanage

2017-09-10 // Family Research Scotland// daughters of charity, lanark, orphans, poor relief, scotland, smyllum orphanage // Leave a comment

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Smyllum Park Orphanage Opened in 1864 and in operation until 1981, the Smyllum Park Orphanage in Lanark was a place of last resort for Scotland’s working-class poor.  Children were often placed there if the family fell on hard times, or split apart due to unfortunate circumstances. In similar fashion, forty-two…

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