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Re: Convents in Middlesbrough
« Reply #9 on: Friday 26 July 24 13:12 BST (UK) »
Thank you - This is such a lovely website & I am so pleased to have discovered this for help.    Nan's name was Elizabeth Gordon born 28.1.1909 & her little brother was Frank Gordon born in 1911.  I did find both in the 1921 Census (but living with their father)  My nan was then sent to St Albans in 1924/25 to work as a domestic.

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« Reply #10 on: Thursday 17 October 24 10:11 BST (UK) »
After months of further research I realised that I made an error & my grandmother was actually living in Emerald Street, South Bank.  I have searched old maps and the closest convent to her was St Mary's in Abingdon Road.  Would anyone on here have any information as to where I could start to look for admission records?  I cant find much about it al all. 

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Re: Convents in Middlesbrough
« Reply #11 on: Friday 18 October 24 14:51 BST (UK) »
The information may be available in Teeside archives.
Im wondering if you have your grandmother birth certificate because many records identify the person using their place of birth.
I have been researching my family from the north east and a lot were sent down south in the early 20th century due to being poor. You need to keep an open mind about where she may have lived.
As a first step I recommend you to get in touch with teeside archives and see what they say.
Johnson, Coleman, Graham, Dixon, Thewlis