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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Sussex => Topic started by: w105uk aka Margi :-) on Wednesday 08 March 06 21:24 GMT (UK)
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does anyone know anything about The Holy cross Home? was it a childrens home? on the census the children are classed as inmates.i have found three children who i thimk are from the same family , their parents and 1 younger sister ae living in westminster and the father has work so i am wondering why the 3 girls aged 6,7 and 13 may be here.
margaret ???
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Can you quote their name and the census details? I always thought it was a convent. Will check it out further when you let us have the details.
Andrea
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alice laughlin born barham suffolk age 13
bessie laughlin born clayton hill suffolk age 6
gladys emily laughlin born clayton hill suffolk age 7,
any info would be useful as it just seems a bit of a mystery
many thanks
margaret
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What year are we talking about? My husband thinks Holy Cross was a convent combined with a girls' school which is probably your answer but I will check further when I can.
Andrea
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I googled it and got
http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/Prayer%20Requests.htm
You might find a few others.
Andrea
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yes sorry about lack of date it was the 1901 census i tried to add it yesterday but i kept getting n error message, so tried sending you a message and still got error message.must be doing something wrong but not sure what.........thanks for that info will look at the web-site
margaret
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I have now looked at the 1901 census. Unfortunately it does not say what it is but the nuns are all called "officers" and Sisters of Mercy. The girls - who vary in age from 26 to 6 - are described as "inmates". That does not sound like a school - more like a workhouse! I suspect the refuge idea on that web site is the correct one. I wonder if their records are at Lewes Record Office?
Andrea
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Hi
Looking at the ESRO site, the only registers they hold for Haywards Heath which is in West Sussex are
Perrymount Road Wesleyan Methodist
Baptisms 1900-1957+; Marriages 1900-1968+
St Francis Hospital (Lunatic Asylum)
Deaths 1907-1951 (HC), Burials 1860-1953 (HC)
St Wilfrid Baptisms
Indexed 1865-1876, Marriages 1866-1876,
Sussex Road Primitive Methodist
Baptisms 1877-1957+, Marriages 1900-1953+, 1954-1986.
Chris in 1066
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i managed to look at the front page of the enumeration book, (my ancestry has just run out and i'm not going to renew until i have loads to look up
:-)..any way the description is 'For the Training of Young Servants'....sounds a bit like a home/refuge for girls but training servants from the age of 6..........poor things........anyway looks like thats all the info i'll get till the 1911 comes out
:-)....
thanks for all the replies.
margaret
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This sounds like the Convent of the Holy Cross in Bolnore Road Haywards Heath. which was opened in 1887 by an order of nuns that moved down from London. It included an Orphanage of up to 60 children from infancy to 18 when they left to go into service. the orphanage closed in 1926. The convent closed in 1980 but the order still exists in Nottingshire. My Great Grandfather George Nichols moved down from London with the convent and the Nichols family worked for them for 5 generations My Great Grandmother Sarah was Matron of the Orphanage. Hope the attached photos will be of Dennis Nichols
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thanks for that info i will print the photos to put in with my 'stuff' ................it looks like girls were prob well looked after...........
and then i'll be checking the 1911 to see what became of them.............only 5more years ;D
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Hi I know this is an old post but I have just come across it. Does anyone know if this is the same place as Holy Cross convalescent home . My ancestor is in the 1911 census as a patient in the Holy Cross convalescent home at Haywards Heath. I was also wondering if anyone knows if this place took children with TB in the 1910 to 1920 era. My grandmother was in a convent run by high church of england nuns for TB as a child and when she recovered she stayed on to be trained as a childrens nurse and then went into service.
Sorry to be so long winded.Thankyou in advance for any help. Jen