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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Lancashire => England => Lancashire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: MISS MARPLES on Monday 10 November 08 14:42 GMT (UK)
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My grandmother Margaret Mason b 1886 gave birth to my mother Sabina Mason in 1908 in Oldham Lancashire out of wedlock, on my mother birth cert place of birth says 8, Grosvenor st Oldham, my mother said that she and my grandmother were took in by nuns in a convent, ,can any one tell me if the address she was born at could have been a convent as it is not the same address as were she lived which says on birth cert Rochdale rd Oldham, any help appreciated Regards MM ???
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Hi MM
have just Google Earth 8 Grosvenor st , Oldham , which brought it up as 8 Grosvenor st Rochdale ( bouldarys must of changed) , and the address is part of a row of terrace houses as far as i can see
hope this helps a bit more
Jo
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Thanks Jo,I will try to find who lived there at the time it could have been a relation ,at least i now know it wasnt a convent ,thanks again for your time .MM :)
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Hi,
I can tell you that at 8 Grosvenor Street, Oldham in the 1901 census was a Robert Barker aged 62 who was a Lodging House Keeper. So no help there apart from it definitely wasn`t a convent then ;D.
Regards,
Mo
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My grandfather used to tell me about Grosvenor Street Ragged School which I am fairly sure was just behind Rochdale Road.
However looking at the district description- still near to Rochdale Road (which is a long road ;D) but not where I thought it was. It seemed to be more towards the Town Centre.
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Hi...There was a Convent in Oldham, just off Manchester Rd..In 1907 the Sisters of the Convent of Mercy bought Werneth Grange on Grange Ave. Not sure if they were a Teaching order of a nursing order but there was a Nursing home in the area close by...
LL.
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Thanks to you all for the info and your time , I have tried to find who lived there in 1908 but no joy, thanks LL maybe that was the convent you mentioned, I will keep looking kind regards MM :)
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Hi,
just got notification that this topic has been split into 'two or more topics' but not sure what that means. ???
However, I hope that now the 1911 census is published, that you have found some more info MM. Mind you, I have just had a quick look and can't find her as Sabina Mason :-\
best wishes
heywood
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Hi...There was a Convent in Oldham, just off Manchester Rd..In 1907 the Sisters of the Convent of Mercy bought Werneth Grange on Grange Ave. Not sure if they were a Teaching order of a nursing order but there was a Nursing home in the area close by...
LL.
I think you are thinking of "Woodfield" on Manchester Rd? (I was born there in 1966)
(it wasnt run by Nuns when I was born tho)
It was up at the top near where the Fire station used to be?
Gaille
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Thanks Heywood and Gaille, I have not looked at the 1911 census yet , but must give it a go,
also I will try and find more info on the Convent of Mercy and Wernth Grange as my mother was born in Oldham it might be significant,
dont know what split into two topics means either.
thanks again MM :)
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Just came across this old post, are you still looking for info? I know about Werneth Convent as I went to school there. The Convent was run by Sisters of Mercy and was on a road called Werneth Grange. The nursing home was a little bit further up the road towards the fire station (as someone else mentioned). http://www.ourladyofmercy.org.uk/whatwedo/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=179 I believe the school has now closed but the nuns are still there.
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Thank you, yes I am still looking for info but not really got any further and nearly ready to gave up, so I am really grateful for your post, it has given me some incentive to start to delve a bit more. thanks again. :)
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Hello again,
Looking at your first post, you mention Grosvenor Street and Rochdale Road.
Was Grosvenor Street the home address or place of birth?
As has been said, Grosvenor Street was a lodging house in 1901.
The local hospital used the address 449 Rochdale Road.
Have you found your family in 1911? Were they local to Oldham- just that I can't see Margaret in Oldham in earlier censuses.
Regards
Heywood
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Hi Heywood,
Thanks for your post, 8, Grosvenor st Oldham is were my mother Sabina was born on her birth cert and it states residence is Rochdale road Oldham the number is hard to read but looking at it again it now looks like 1149 and not 49 as i said before, the certificate i have is a photo copy with no fathers name just a line through and it is a bit smudged, thanks for your time
Regards
Margaret.
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I had the same kind of thing with the address on Rochdale Road. I had a relative who died at this address. Someone kindly pointed out that 449 Rochdale Road was the hospital, they used to just put the number on documents instead of Hospital - just to confuse us!
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Sorry to reply to such an old thread but part of my family lived at 10 Grosvenor Street Oldham on the 1871 and 1881 census returns. The family name is Skellorn (also written as Skillhorn and lots of other variations). The family matriarch was Jane Skellorn nee Farrer baptised 2 Feb 1917 in Old Hutton Westmorland.