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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Monday 24 June 13 21:58 BST (UK)  »
Fantastic! I see the home on the 1903 map of Clevedon. Thank you for finding this map Stan! KGarrad was kind enough to take pictures of the house beside Prince's Hall (Clevedon Community Center), which according to the 1903 map should be the correct location of St Elizabeth's home! It looks like the address is 3 Princes Rd. I can now look further into the history of this residence.

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Friday 21 June 13 17:28 BST (UK)  »
Wow, thanks for check this!

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Wednesday 12 June 13 23:09 BST (UK)  »
Ok, I had found the correct book. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a preview option for this specific page (153). I'll see if I can find the book elsewhere.

...Then again, there isn't likely to be any more information on St Elizabeth than what can be seen in the image you posted. 

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Wednesday 12 June 13 19:33 BST (UK)  »
Stan,
This must be the correct St. Elizabeth Home! For some reason I can't seem to find the 1901 Year-book of The Church of England through Google book search.

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Wednesday 12 June 13 03:59 BST (UK)  »
I just googled "sister of charity", and found a website for the Religious Sisters of Charity that may also fit. In their history section, there isn't a home listed for Clevedon, but there is a St Elizabeth house that opened in 1900 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. I've contacted them to see if they also had a St Elizabeth house in Clevedon at the time.

http://www.religioussistersofcharity.org/locations.html

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 22:52 BST (UK)  »
I found a little for info on St Edith's from a blog for people who stayed at St Edith's as children. This is what it reads:

"Hallam Hall was a Boarding School for approximately 10 years before it became an Orphanage for homeless children.  The Community of the Sisters of the Church  who took over the School renamed the building St. Edith's, this soon became home to endless children.  The body of Sisters  belonged to The Anglican Communion of the Church , they ran the Orphanage, they lived under the gospel values of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience.

St.Edith's  remained for nearly 100 years, still caring for children before finally closing down in Janurary 1975."

It doesn't say exactly when it became St Edith's though, so I'll continue to the hunt for more information...

Hi KGarrad. I noticed all the neighbours in the 1901 census were houses known by 'name alone'. I also couldn't find any other establishments in the census for St Edith's either. I haven't checked the 1911 census yet though.

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 21:49 BST (UK)  »
KGarrad,

I was wondering about "Sister of Charity" (listed under profession/occupation). Could it be a clue to the organization that ran the home?? Princes Road is close to Dial Hill Rd, where St Edith's is located. I'm not sure how many children's homes were in the area, so perhaps they are 2 different orphanages. Also, I wonder how likely it was for a home such as St Edith's to be mislabelled on a census?

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Glamorganshire Completed Lookups / Re: COMPLETED Death Records for Cardiff 1900 and 1904
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 21:36 BST (UK)  »
Deirdre784,
I just sent an email to Cardiff council, as suggested. I'll let you know if they find anything. Thanks for this!

Also, I did find the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census records for his family already, but thank you so much for searching for me. 

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Somerset / Re: St. Elizabeth Home (for girls?) in Clevedon
« on: Tuesday 11 June 13 20:38 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to look for the location of neighbouring houses/lodges listed on the 1901 census to see if I can narrow down the location of this "St Elizabeth's House".  Looks like St Edith's Children's Home might be in the right area?? I'll see if I can contact them and confirm the connection.

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