Cornish Children Admitted To Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate (Kent) In The Nineteenth Century
Although the registers are incomplete, there is evidence that a number of Cornish children were admitted to the school or its predecessor organisation, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in London.
Among these Cornish children was one from Hayle.
Aramantha OLIVER, reputedly an orphan, born 17 Feb 1862, was admitted on 7 Feb 1872 and discharged on 23 Dec 1876. Her Securities were named as John JAMES and John POLGLASE from Phillack. Aramantha OLIVER was the daughter of John OLIVER and Catherine JAMES.
Catherine [JAMES] OLIVER's death was recorded in the June 1865 quarter. There is no identifiable death entry in the GRO indexes for John OLIVER, but as he was a seaman in the Merchant Service, he may have died in a maritime incident away from Cornwall.
The 1871 census reveals that then named Armenta, Aramantha OLIVER was in the household of her uncle, John JAMES, an unmarried blacksmith, at Highlanes in Phillack with four older siblings.
At the 1881 census, Aramentha was again in the household of John JAMES at Highlanes in Phillack as was her sister, Mary Elizabeth OLIVER, also deaf and dumb from birth.
At the time of the 1891 census, Aramentha was a dressmaker in the household of her brother in law, Peter OATEY and her sister Susan at Highlanes.