With regards to this subject line, my grandfather,Thomas McAllister, was supposed to be deaf and dumb, was born around 1900. My question is:- At what age would a child be diagnosed as deaf and dumb? Would a child automatically be sent off to an institute? I cannot find any details on Jean's website that would answer this question! Anyone any ideas please? Kind regards, Michael McAllister ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Alderson" <gtalderson@shaw.ca> To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > Thank you very much Jean. I will follow this lead up. > > Glen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean McCarthy" <jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com> > To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > > >> Hi Glen, >> >> There are some records for a Belfast school for the deaf on my web site >> at >> the link below. It is a little earlier than the time frame you ask about >> but >> you may find something helpful to your research. Once you enter my web >> site >> type "Deaf" into the Freefind search engine for various links. >> >> Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore >> >> On 18/09/2007, Glen Alderson <gtalderson@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Greetings Listers >>> Would anyone know of a school in Belfast for the deaf about 1910 or >>> later. >>> I have a family member (born in 1905) that is recorded as being deaf and >>> dumb on the 1911 census. He married in 1947 and his signature on the >>> marriage certificate is excellent. For his signature to be so clear I >>> have >>> surmised that he must have had some schooling. He was married in the >>> Kingham >>> Mission (for the Deaf) Presbyterian Church. >>> Thank you for any assistance. >>> Glen Alderson >>> Calgary Alberta >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ >> >> jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi Michael I think that diagnosis would depend on the degree of deafness and a lot of other variables. Children did not all go to institutions, my mother's cousin who was born in the 1920s did not but she did attend a school for deaf children. Perhaps you could research through Google and find some more about the history of deafness and its treatment. Regards Lyn In Oz. -----Original Message----- From: irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael McAllister Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:09 AM To: irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf With regards to this subject line, my grandfather,Thomas McAllister, was supposed to be deaf and dumb, was born around 1900. My question is:- At what age would a child be diagnosed as deaf and dumb? Would a child automatically be sent off to an institute? I cannot find any details on Jean's website that would answer this question! Anyone any ideas please? Kind regards, Michael McAllister ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Alderson" <gtalderson@shaw.ca> To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > Thank you very much Jean. I will follow this lead up. > > Glen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean McCarthy" <jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com> > To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > > >> Hi Glen, >> >> There are some records for a Belfast school for the deaf on my web site >> at >> the link below. It is a little earlier than the time frame you ask about >> but >> you may find something helpful to your research. Once you enter my web >> site >> type "Deaf" into the Freefind search engine for various links. >> >> Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore >> >> On 18/09/2007, Glen Alderson <gtalderson@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Greetings Listers >>> Would anyone know of a school in Belfast for the deaf about 1910 or >>> later. >>> I have a family member (born in 1905) that is recorded as being deaf and >>> dumb on the 1911 census. He married in 1947 and his signature on the >>> marriage certificate is excellent. For his signature to be so clear I >>> have >>> surmised that he must have had some schooling. He was married in the >>> Kingham >>> Mission (for the Deaf) Presbyterian Church. >>> Thank you for any assistance. >>> Glen Alderson >>> Calgary Alberta >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ >> >> jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Michael, I have looked through the records for the deaf & dumb institute on my web site for the 1901 census. The youngest inmate was 7 years old. On another page for the blind institute and where the inmates could also be deaf there was a child aged 5. I hope this might help with your question. Jean McCarthy nee Moore On 19/09/2007, Lyn Nunn <lnunn@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi Michael > > I think that diagnosis would depend on the degree of deafness and a lot of > other variables. Children did not all go to institutions, my mother's cousin > who was born in the 1920s did not but she did attend a school for deaf > children. > > Perhaps you could research through Google and find some more about the > history of deafness and its treatment. > > Regards > > Lyn > In Oz. > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael > McAllister > Sent: Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:09 AM > To: irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > > With regards to this subject line, my grandfather,Thomas McAllister, was > supposed to be deaf and dumb, was born around 1900. > My question is:- > At what age would a child be diagnosed as deaf and dumb? > Would a child automatically be sent off to an institute? > I cannot find any details on Jean's website that would answer this question! > Anyone any ideas please? > Kind regards, Michael McAllister > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen Alderson" <gtalderson@shaw.ca> > To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 12:35 AM > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > > > > Thank you very much Jean. I will follow this lead up. > > > > Glen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jean McCarthy" <jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com> > > To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] School for the Deaf > > > > > >> Hi Glen, > >> > >> There are some records for a Belfast school for the deaf on my web site > >> at > >> the link below. It is a little earlier than the time frame you ask about > >> but > >> you may find something helpful to your research. Once you enter my web > >> site > >> type "Deaf" into the Freefind search engine for various links. > >> > >> Kind Regards. Jean McCarthy nee Moore > >> > >> On 18/09/2007, Glen Alderson <gtalderson@shaw.ca> wrote: > >>> > >>> Greetings Listers > >>> Would anyone know of a school in Belfast for the deaf about 1910 or > >>> later. > >>> I have a family member (born in 1905) that is recorded as being deaf and > >>> dumb on the 1911 census. He married in 1947 and his signature on the > >>> marriage certificate is excellent. For his signature to be so clear I > >>> have > >>> surmised that he must have had some schooling. He was married in the > >>> Kingham > >>> Mission (for the Deaf) Presbyterian Church. > >>> Thank you for any assistance. > >>> Glen Alderson > >>> Calgary Alberta > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >>> without > >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ > >> > >> jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanmccarthy36/ jeanmccarthy36@googlemail.com