Catholic homes in Broadstairs

Hello everyone, I am researching my family tree, and I have hit so many brick walls trying to find information regarding my grandfather.  All I know was he was brought up in a Catholic home/orphanage in Broadstairs.  I have found him in the 1891 census in Willesden, Middlesex aged 12. 

I am trying to find out any information regarding Catholic homes in Broadstairs around about 1800 - 1891,  but so far have been unlucky and wonder whether anyone can help, or give me any ideas of how I can find this information.

Hello Gillian, and welcome to the forum. :-)

I personally am unable to help you with your inquiry but there is a wise one amongst us who may be able to help.

Paul, wherefore art thou, Paul?

Hi Gillian!  A very warm welcome to POE (Pictures of England) and the forums.

Paul is our master genealogist and I am sure he will come up with just the right information you need.

If you need further help - names, dates and places would make a big difference to what we can discover for you.

Hi Gillian and Welcome to POE.  My unlearned opinion would be contact the Catholic Diocese( or Archdiocese) which encompases Broadstairs.  Most likely it would have an office (also called chancery) in the largest town near Broadstairs.  At least that is how it is set up in USA.  But I imagine it is quite similar in England as a diocese is simply an administrative district.  They may be able to give you some information as your grandfather was, as we say, "in the system."  In other words under some legal authority.

I can find neither grandmother nor grandfather in any census even though I knew where they were at the time.  They were quite poor, but not in workhouses.  I was wondering if they were ignored because of their poverty.  In the 1890's they were in Liverpool.

Good luck.