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Census Lookups General Lookups => Census and Resource Discussion => Topic started by: IanStB on Tuesday 02 December 25 18:00 GMT (UK)
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I suspect that my gr-gr-aunt was a Sister of Mercy or, if not, a member of a similar Anglican sisterhood. If I'm correct, she would have joined some time between the 1861 and 1871 censuses. I already have her on every census between 1851 an 1921 but can't find her on the 1871 census by her given name. I've tried other strategies without success, hence this note.
Regarding the 1871 census specifically, can anyone suggest keywords that might work (I've tried the obvious ones) or the location of training institutions, or any other cunning plans or approaches?
Her birth name was Ellen Wilkinson Morton, b.1843, Sneinton, Notts., and later in life appears in the press in Cumberland as Sister Ellen, Superintendent of St Mary's Home for Penitents in Carlisle where she had been as Deputy Matron from the early 1870s when the institution opened. Her predecessor as Superintendent was definitely a Sister of Mercy. I can't find Ellen in 1901 either, when she was taken ill and took leave of absence, but I don't know where. She is in Maryport, Cumberland on Coronation Day in 1902.
Thanks.