Lunchtime Talk: Aberdeen female orphan asylum: The daughters of Mary Emslie

Schedule

Wed Oct 15 2025 at 12:30 pm to 01:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Aberdeen, SC

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Talk by Dr Ashleigh Black, Independent Researcher working in Archives & Records Management.
In 1842 Mary Emslie, an affluent childless widow, opened the doors of the newly constructed 19 Albyn Place, officially knowns as: the Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum. The institution offered another life far from the often squalid and insanitary Workhouses; providing shelter and education to destitute girls born within St Nicholas and its surrounding parishes between the ages of 4 to 8 years old. Join Dr Ashleigh Black to find out more about the lives of the girls fostered within this fascinating institution.
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Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow,Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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