It sounds to me as if these children were in an orphanage run by the Sisters and not a convent per se. In the US children in orphanages seem to be listed only after they reach a certain age. Perhaps these children continued to be enumerated in the same city/town. I wonder if you have looked for a marriage for any of them. Or was this an orphanage where children could be adopted? If so, they could have been living under another surname in the next census. Lots of questions with no answers, I think. Jan > > 1. Re: Convents & Census (JANET WESTCOTT) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:50:14 +0000 (GMT) > From: JANET WESTCOTT <janet.westcott1@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [CHS] Convents & Census > To: Elaine Hanson <odessa@dsl.pipex.com>, Dick Coleman > <dickcoleman@btinternet.com>, "cheshire@rootsweb.com" > <cheshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1393854614.68522.YahooMailNeo@web87803.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Thanks. This family has driven me mad for years. > Thomas Walsh b. 1819 Manchester died 1890 in Beswick, Manchester > Emma??? Walsh b? 1826 Nottingham > Children; Charlotte Walsh b.1854 Manchester. Never married but calls herself SMITH on the 1901 census but all previous ones she?? > ???????????????? is WALSH. > ????????????????Isabella Walsh b. 1867. Salford > ????????????????????????????????Children: Annie Walsh (My great grandmother) b.1893 d. 1947 > ????????????????????????????????????????????????Francis Joseph Walsh b. 1896 d. 1925 in accident at gas works. > ????????????????????????????????????????????????Mary Agnes Walsh b1900 d 1970 (in Convent.) > All 3 children were said to be illegitimate and their mother a mistress to a wealthy man. It was also said that Annie was put into an industrial school and Mary into a convent at the age of 5. No information on Francis other than he was in the merchant navy WW1. > ? > Janet > > > ________________________________ > From: Elaine Hanson <odessa@dsl.pipex.com> > To: JANET WESTCOTT <janet.westcott1@btinternet.com>; Dick Coleman <dickcoleman@btinternet.com>; cheshire@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, 3 March 2014, 11:52 > Subject: Re: [CHS] Convents & Census > > > Janet, > > Could you provide some details of parents and siblings, it > might help us search for you. > > regards, > Elaine. > > -----Original Message----- From: JANET WESTCOTT > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 10:53 AM > To: > Dick Coleman ; cheshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CHS] Convents & Census > > Yes, > My great, great aunt Mary Agnes Walsh. Born 21st March 1900 at 23 Miners Row, Pendleton, Salford. > Died 10th January 1970 at Durran Hill House, (Convent) Carlisle. On the 1901 census the family are at 23 Minors Row but not Mary Agnes. > > > > ________________________________ > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CHESHIRE list administrator, send an email to > CHESHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CHESHIRE mailing list, send an email to CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 46 > ***************************************