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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: blackwood on Wednesday 31 October 07 20:19 GMT (UK)
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can anyone tell me if there was a nursing home in crumpsall at any time i have the address 123 cresent rd,crumpsall for my mothers birth she thought she was born in chadderton and has recently found out that her mother was disowned because she got pregnant with her in 1933 my mothers name was patricia muriel lumsden born 12-05-1934 any help would be much appreciated
thanks
dawn
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Dawn.
I just did a quick Googgle, and found this site:
http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/info/gov-agencies.html
On which '123 Cresent Road, Crumpsall' is listed as 'Cheetham Hill Benefits Agency Office'.
Knowing how Government Dept's (Local & Central) have a habit of Re-Using Buildings They 'Own' I think there is a good chance that this Property may have at one time been a Nursing Home? ::)
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Hi
This was asked about recently by someone else here
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,264821.msg1498868.html#msg1498868
DS ;)
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hi
i have just seen another query over it and have just seen it was a workhouse and it was a place where a lot of still born babies were born and buried do you by any chance know where i would look for still born records my grandmother sadly died giving birth to a second child and i am presuming it was there
thanks
dawn
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Hi Dawn
What was your grandmother's name?
This is a very sad tale indeed.
Regards
SandraC
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hi sandra
it seems to get sadder i don`t know how to tell my mum yet,my grandmother was called muriel constance lumsden nee shorrock born in 1910 in east stonehouse we think she died in 1937or there abouts giving birth i have found out that she married my granddad john hampshire lumsden in 1933 but that she had brothers and sisters and only last week one of her brothers children came to see my mum and brought her a picture of her mother then told her about being pregnant before marriage
dawn
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Hi Dawn
1937 Q3
Muriel C Lumsden age 27 Manchester N vol 8d pg 524
I can't see any other entry for Manchester for Lumsden that quarter so maybe the infant was too premature to be registered?
Hopefully those left now can try to heal the family rift.
Good luck
SandraC
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thanks sandra
i think my mum is a bit in shock at the moment we thought the baby might be to early mum said even though she was only 3 at the time she remembers her mother being taken from the house in agony on a chair and that she never returned like i said it is very sad because nobody ever spoke of anything then hopefully she will come to terms with it all slowly
thanks again
dawn
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Hi Dawn
Almost sounds like an ectopic pregnancy from that description.
As you say, no one spoke about these things openly at the time but how sad for your mum.
Regards
SandraC
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Hi Dawn,
I also have a death cert address 123 Crescent Rd Crumpsall; it was a workhouse to start with but then became a hospital. My Gt-grandmother Elizabeth died there in 1922, cause of death "mania" which I think would translate today as mental illness.
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/PoorLawRecordsGuide.pdf
has a brief history of the Crumpsall site.
http://www.a2a.org.uk/html/127-m326.htm
is the Access to Archives link, it includes "Beech Mount Maternity Home" within Crumpsall which may be what you want. Records are at Manchester Central Library. The link says that some medical records are restricted for 100 years, but some admissions, births and deaths are open.
I have to confess, just reading the list of headings in the online link is so bleak, I've not yet tried to delve into my gt-gran's records, in any case I am some distance away.
Good luck,
Barbara
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hi barbra
i will have a look now i am just wandering what else will pop up i don`t want to upset my mum to much it is just she wanted to know if i could find anything out for her
thanks
dawn