Genealogy Chat

i have found my gt grandmother on the 1901 census.she is in some sort of hospital or institution in hastings.i cant make the name of the home out!.its in pevensey road,st mary magdalene,hastings.her name is mary roberts. the name of the home is all saints ??? home. also the last column is ticked .is it because she was an imbecile or all of the disabilities listed lol. i was wondering if anyone could decipher the address for me. susie

Hi Susie, I'll go over to Ancestry and have a look for you. I've just collected my new glasses today so you might be in luck lol! Mandy :) x

it looks like All Saints Convalescent Home to me Anna :-)

you've been on here all this time and you're only just back to 1901 cuh - what HAVE you been doing!!!

mandy lol,thanks hun ann i thought thats wat it said aswell,but my eyes arent what they used to be,lol. praps if she was an imbecile or lunatic thats where i get it from lol. susie

zoeeeeeeeee...lol i keep flitting from one family to another and getting no where fast lol im just intrigued to know if she was mad or not and would love to find out more about the hiome. susie

Hi Susie, it's definitely All Saints something, the writing is very squashed up but could it be 'convalescent' home? The sister in charge of the home and her helper are listed as Sisters of Mercy, which would be Catholic. I thought maybe Catholic came into the name of the home, but it's too long for that, so convalescent looks a good bet. This is maybe why they've just put a tick instead of naming the disabilities - if everyone was convalescing, they probably all had different illnesses and maybe the enumerator couldn't be bothered to list them all!! Hope this helps, love Mandy :)

I'd go with convalescent home too. and I think the marks in the disability columns are the enumerators counting marks as even the sister in charge has one

Zoe, I agree. If you look at the pages either side they all have those lines. Either that or the whole town was nuts! Crista

Nearly everyone on the census page has the last box ticked(even the sister incharge of the home lol) I think it was prob just a line through the column to say they didnt have any disabilities, as theyve all got one on the next page too Anna :-)

mandy thanks hun i was beginning to get a bit worried here,thinking that the poor lady was inflicted with so many problems lol susie

LMAO Crista - well I've been to hastings and its not THAT strange a theory you know

thankyou all so much for helping now all ive got to do is try and find something out about the home lol easier said than done i think:( zoe its not that strange in my family either lol susie

Susie, I've done a bit of googling (supposed to be working from home haha!) and can't find anything at the moment, but Hastings was one of those seaside places that people flocked to for their health - so maybe it was a TB sanatorium? Good luck! Mandy :) x

mandy thanks hun and GET BACK TO WORK you naughty girl lmao susie

If this is a Catholic hos as the title of the nurses surgest the you might get some help from the RC church.

hi peter thankyou for your help.i will give it a go i didnt even realise that it was a catholic home..lol susie

Hi Susie. My friend was a nurse and used to work in Hastings. I'm sure I remember her saying something about Mary Magdalene. I've just rang her but not in. Will find out what I can and email you direct, it might take awhile. Mary

hi mary that is so kind of you.thank you ever so much. i have done a google search but cant seem to find anything. susie