District Holy Cross Home, Haywards HeatH

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

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

[sillgen]

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

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

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

[sillgen]

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

[sillgen]

I googled it and got
http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/Prayer%20Requests.htm
You might find a few others.
Andrea

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

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

[sillgen]

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

[Chris in 1066Land]

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

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

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