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Leamington Spa Courier: Friday 6th May 1904

Knowle: Midland Counties’ Asylum: The thirty seventh annual meeting of this institution was held at the Council House, Birmingham, on Friday. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham occupied the chair, and he was supported by Lord Leigh (the President of the Asylum), Mr. F. E. Muntz, and many others. There was a large attendance of ladies … (description of event) … Archdeacon Diggle proposed a resolution sympathizing with the objects of the Midland Counties’ Asylum, recognising its gratifying progress, appreciation the urgent necessity for further extension of its beneficent work, and pledging the meeting to support its interests, and appointing a local Committee: Dr. Thomas Savage seconded the resolution: Mrs. Hume Pinsent, in supporting the resolution, said it would be hard to over value the good done for the mentally defective  in the past by the devoted pioneer work of the Knowle and kindred Institutions …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 30th April 1904

Education Needs: Growing Requirements of Birmingham: Raising Salaries: … The report of the Higher Education Sub-committee was presented by Mr. Cary Gibson. It recommended that the following members of the Education Committee should be appointed as the committee’s representatives on the Boards of Managers of the Church of England and of the Roman Catholic Pupil Teacher’s Central Classes. Church of England Centre, Councillor Tonks, and Mrs. Pinsent; Roman Catholic centre, Councillors Reynolds and Titterton, Mr. Coley, and Miss Dale … … The Special Schools Sub-committee agreed to the retention of St. Margaret’s School, Rann Street and the Friends’ Hall, Farm Street, as temporary schools for mentally defective children. In moving the adoption of the report, Mrs. Pinsent urged the necessity for the provisions of the Elementary Education of Defective and Epileptic Children Act being made compulsory instead of optional, on the ground that were afflicted children removed to a district in which the Act was not in operation, their education was not continued, and the money already spent was practically wasted. She referred to the drawbacks existing in temporary buildings and said the committee must have buildings of their own adapted to the work and a better system of manual instruction, if they were to raise the percentage of the wage-earners amongst these unfortunate children. The report was approved.

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Evening Despatch: Friday 29th April 1904

City Education: The Question of Managers in Voluntary Schools: Salaries for Teachers: A somewhat heavy agenda faced the members of the Birmingham /Education Committee at their meeting held at the Council House this afternoon, though much of the business was of a purely formal and routine Character. The Chairman (Councillor G. H. Kenrick) presided. … (long discussion) …Higher Salaries: … The report of the Special Schools Subcommittee was adopted on the motion of Mrs. Pinsent. It recommended the renting of two buildings for the purposes of temporary special schools for mentally defective children. Mrs. Pinsent explained it was proposed to hire St. Margaret’s Sunday Schools, Rann Street, and use it and to open a temporary school in the Friend’s Hall, Farm Street. Referring to the special schools’ report, Mrs. Pinsent pointed out the only way to make mentally defective children useful was to train them to simple manual Work. … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser: Saturday 10th October 1903

Defective Children: The Problem of their Care and Education: A Manchester Conference: … … Unsuitable feedings were an evil to be checked, as it had much to do with the deterioration of the race. Mrs. H. Pinsent (Birmingham) discussed the question of the after care of mentally defective children. She said that the evidence was almost overwhelming that the permanent care of the mentally deficient was in the long run true economy. The two great objections generally put forward were (1) the great expense it would involve, (2) the interference with individual liberty. No doubt industrial colonies would at first involve a considerable outlay, but it was a wise policy which advocated spending a little more at the present time to save spending double on a future generation … …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Manchester Evening Post: Friday 9th October 1903:

The Training of Defective Children: Conference in Manchester:  … A two-days’ conference of teachers and others interested in the care and training of defective children began at the Manchester School of Technology this morning … (description) … Dr. A. Eichholz having taken the chair, a paper on types of mental deficiency, which was illustrated by photographs, was read by Dr. Fletcher Beach, of the West End Hospital, London. Three other papers on branches of the same subject were also read by Miss Statham (Derby), Mrs. H. Pinsent (Birmingham) and Miss Burdett (Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster).  Speaking on Mrs. H. Pinsent’s paper on the aftercare of the children, Miss Dendy said when they asked society to make provision for defective children, they suggested something to make their present burden rather easier. To keep criminals and paupers cost £40 and £20 respectively, but to prevent the children from becoming either one or the other cost very much less … (continues) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Gazette: Saturday 11th July 1903

Edgbaston High School for Girls: Fete Day at the Edgbaston High School for Girls, Hagley Road, was celebrated yesterday. There was a large gathering of parents and friends, and keen interest was displayed in the physical exercises performed by the girls, and the specimens of drawings and paintings, which were on view in the studio. … … Those present included: … … Mr. and Mrs. Hume Pinsent … … (see also Mrs. Ryland and Mr. T. Ryland etc.)

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
 

Leicester Daily Mercury: Wednesday 26th November 1902

Care of Feeble-Minded Children: Conference at Leicester: Under the auspices of the National Union of Women Workers, Leicester Branch, a conference was held in the Association Hall, Leicester this afternoon on the subject of the care of defective and feeble-minded children. … (continues) … Mrs. Hume Pinsent, of Birmingham, addressed the meeting. They would be all anxious to support these “after care committees,” and she was anxious to see them start in every town in the country in order that there might be an extensive organization, so that children of wandering parents might not be lost sight of. … (continues at length) … (need for the State to step in) …

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949=

Coleshill Chronicle: Saturday 4th May 1901

Coventry, was on Tuesday the 30th ult., the scene of the wedding of Miss Fanny Pedley, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Pedley, of “Haldon.” Park Road, Coventry (late of “Shaldon” House, South Devon), and Mr. J. Christie Lea, son of Mr. John W. Lea of Edgbaston Birmingham. … …  (continues with the review of the wedding) … … Invited Guests Were: … (includes) … Mr. and Mrs. A. Pinsent, Mr. and Mrs. H. Pinsent … (continues) … Mr. W. and Mr. D. Pinsent … The present were exceptionally numerous and costly. They included the following: … Mr. and Mrs. Hume Pinsent: Silver Cream Jug: Mr. W. Swain Pinsent: Dining room clock … Mr. R. A. Pinsent: Silver cigarette box: …

[see similar Kenilworth Advertiser: Saturday 4th May 1901]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949
GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0569 Devonport: Laura Proctor Ryland: 1855 – 1931
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948

Morning Post: Saturday 4th August 1900

Sir George Arthur Parker, one of the judges of the High Court of Justice, Madras, from 1885 to 1895, of Whitehall Court, died at the Manor House, Spratton, Northampton, on June 6, leaving property of the value of £64,980 10s 10d. He bequeathed to his brother Robert John Parker £ ,000; to his brother William Edward Parker £500, and on trust for him £3,500; to his brother Edmund Henry Parker £3,000; to his brother Charles Arthur Parker £5,000; to his sister Mrs. Ellen Frances Pinsent, £ 4,000; to his sister Mrs. Beatrice Elizabeth Cracroft, £5,000; to his sifter Emma Hester Parker £500, and on trust for her £5,500; to his sister Mary Murray Parker £6,000; to his friend Captain O’Brien Zouch Darrah, £3,000; to Captain Edward Butler £500; to Theodore Bell £100; to his brothers Edmund Henry and Charles Arthur his plate; and to his sisters Mary Murray and Emma Hester his furniture and household effects.  The residue of his property he gave to his brothers Edmund Henry and Charles Arthur and his sisters Mary Murray and Emma Hester. The executors of his will and codicil are his brother Mr. Edmund Henry Parker, of Mortlocks Bank, Cambridge; and Mr. Theodore Bell, of Salters’ Hall-court, City.

[see similar Northampton Mercury: Friday 10th August 1900]

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949

Birmingham Daily Post: Saturday 30th June 1900

Special Schools: Mrs. Hume Pinsent was appointed a member of the Special Schools Committee, in place of Mrs. Walker, resigned: In reply to the Rev. J. A. Sharp, the Chairman of the committee (Mr. Sturge) said though instruction was given in some cases there were no special arrangements made for crippled children as a class…

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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949