Strawberry Field Documents and Reports, 1880 to 1953

 Between 1880 and 1912, the head of household at Strawberry Field in Woolton was the shipping owner George Hignett Warren, born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 5, 1852. His father died on October 10, 1880, in Bellagio, Italy, as reported in The Standard on October 19 (1):

George Hignett Warren was listed in the 1881 census at Strawberry Field:

He was still at Strawberry Field when he died on February 3, 1912. He was buried four days later at St Peter's, Woolton (where John met Paul).

The property was sold to Alexander Cameron Mitchell, who died aged 83 on July 23, 1927.

His widow sold it to the Salvation Army in 1934.

In 1953, a study reported in The Manchester Guardian provided details of the 38 girls in the Strawberry Field home:

(1) I strongly recommend Philip Kirkland's From Silk to a Song: A Complete History of Strawberry Field for more details on the Warren and Mitchell families, including this reference.