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Kay,
As you may know the Girls Village home at Barkingside was the big Thomas Barnardo home.

Hi everyone, it has been a year since the last update to his thread and I have not made any further progress. My ancestor Henry William Lucas definitely ended up in an Industrial school in Barnet where he learned the skills to become a butcher. As to what happened to his three sisters following the death of his father is still uncertain. As they were living in one of the poorest parts of London, I wonder if they could have been sent to Australia or NZ as pauper children. As more records become accessible it might be possible to find out one day.

It only took 5 years! but through Genes Reunited I have discovered what happened to Lydia Rhoda Lucas. No marriage records have been found, but through conversations with direct descendants it has been found that Lydia Rhoda Lucas appears as Rhoda Cohen on the 1901 census with husband Alexander Cohen in Bethnal Green. She had 4 children with Alexander, including Annie Elizabeth Cohen (shown as Elizabeth) on 1901 census and known as Lizzie in later life. After Alexander died in the 1900s she had another son Albert Ellis.

It only remains to try and find out what happened to the other 2 Lucas sisters. There is a possibility, see above, that Annie Lucas was adopted by John and Mary Ann Constable.

You probably know already, but Jane Elizabeth Lucas was baptised as Elizabeth Jane Lucas:

Name: Elizabeth Jane Lucas
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 28 Apr 1872
Father's Name: Henry William Lucas
Mother's name: Lydia Roda Lucas
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Bartholomew by the Exchange
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

Birthdate recorded as 9th April. Address 3 Philips Court. Father's occ: labourer


Name: Lydia Rhoda Lucas
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 Jan 1870
Father's Name: Henry William Lucas
Mother's name: Sydia Rhoda Lucas
Parish or Poor Law Union: Bethnal Green St James the Great
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

Born Dec 31 (presumably 1869?) Address 3 Ann St. Father's occ: [Illegible] maker

Name: Henry William Lucas
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 15 Apr 1877
Father's Name: Henry William Lucas
Mother's name: Lydia Rhoda Lucas
Parish or Poor Law Union: Bethnal Green St James the Great
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

Born March 20th. Address 24 Elizabeth (sic). Father's occ: Carman


Name: Annie Louise Lucas
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 15 Feb 1880
Father's Name: Henry William Lucas
Mother's name: Lydia Rhoda Lucas
Parish or Poor Law Union: Finsbury St Luke
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

Born Jan 27th 1880. Address 24 ironmonger Row. Father's occ: dustman

????

1901 working as a storekeeper at the Belgravia Hotel, 72-74 Victoria St.

However it is a very common name, so may be a complete red herring.

Name: Elizabeth Lucas
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: St Luke, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St Margaret
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: St Margaret and St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 95
Folio: 79
Page Number: 1
Household schedule number: 1