Thanks to Anne and Tezz for your replies. The name of my ancestor was Jane Walker and she was born at Ripley, Derbyshire in 1860. However when she emigrated in 1895 she arrived at in USA as Jennie. Later she took the name Hilda J. In the 1881c she was as a servant in Nottingham. The 1891c is uncertain. There is a Jane Walker, charwoman, working in Nottingham but her place of birth is given as Derby. I've not found any record in the Herts area. Jane was joined in USA by two nieces who both trained as nurses in New Jersey. I posted a photograph of them on a New Jersey message board and someone recognised the cap and pin on the uniform and from that was able to identify the hospital where they trained. I was hoping that I might strike lucky again!! Do you know of any Directories or other records on-line from which I might get some further about hospital uniforms etc? Many thanks, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:04 AM Subject: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 165 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Watford trained nurse (mikeanddoreen) > 2. Re: Watford trained nurse (Anne Peat) > 3. Re: Watford trained nurse (Family History) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:32:58 +0100 > From: "mikeanddoreen" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HRT] Watford trained nurse > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Sorry slight error in my original posting. > Photographer's address should read Queen's Road. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:04 AM > Subject: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 164 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Watford trained nurse (mikeanddoreen) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:32:41 +0100 >> From: "mikeanddoreen" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [HRT] Watford trained nurse >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I have a photograph of an ancestor in nurse's uniform and believe it was >> taken in early 1890's (person emigrated to USA in 1895). >> The photographer was William Coles, 60 Queen's Street, Watford. >> My ancestor was born in Derbyshire and in 1881c was a servant working in >> Nottingham. >> When she arrived in USA in 1895 she was a trained nurse. >> I assume, therefore, she was trained in or near Watford. >> Can anyone please help my search for information about her and her >> training? >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE mailing list, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 164 >> ************************************************* >> >> ______________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by Netintelligence >> http://www.netintelligence.com/email >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:57:38 +0100 > From: Anne Peat <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HRT] Watford trained nurse > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > The only hospital in Watford in 1890 was the Watford Cottage hospital > opened in 18815. > > However, there were a number of long stay hospitals for the mentally > ill in the area - see > http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/topics/t070-long-stay-hospitals.htm > . Leavesden in North Watford would have been open at the time. > > HTH > Anne > On 23 Jun 2008, at 14:32, mikeanddoreen wrote: > >> I have a photograph of an ancestor in nurse's uniform and believe it >> was taken in early 1890's (person emigrated to USA in 1895). >> The photographer was William Coles, 60 Queen's Street, Watford. >> My ancestor was born in Derbyshire and in 1881c was a servant >> working in Nottingham. >> When she arrived in USA in 1895 she was a trained nurse. >> I assume, therefore, she was trained in or near Watford. >> Can anyone please help my search for information about her and her >> training? >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:25:13 +0000 > From: Family History <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [HRT] Watford trained nurse > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Have you found this nurse in the 1891 census?? > > You didn't post a name so couldn't look for you. > > Tezz > > > > > >> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> >> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:32:41 +0100> Subject: [HRT] Watford trained >> nurse> > I have a photograph of an ancestor in nurse's uniform and >> believe it was taken in early 1890's (person emigrated to USA in 1895).> >> The photographer was William Coles, 60 Queen's Street, Watford. > My >> ancestor was born in Derbyshire and in 1881c was a servant working in >> Nottingham.> When she arrived in USA in 1895 she was a trained nurse.> I >> assume, therefore, she was trained in or near Watford.> Can anyone please >> help my search for information about her and her training?> Regards,> >> Mike> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, >> please send an email to [email protected] with the >> word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message > _________________________________________________________________ > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 165 > ************************************************* > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email >