In Boston, MA, USA: Massachusetts Memorial Hospital(s), houses the Jennie M. Robinson Memorial maternity building. 1916 - The Jennie M. Robinson Memorial Hospital completed to accommodate the increase in maternity and children's work. Thus the Clark Ward closed. The Robinson was the largest Maternity hospital in New England at the time. Other dates show 1917 or 1918, which would match the number on the building in your picture. It's not absolute, but it could well fit. Have seen a picture of a different door on the KNOWN building in Boston, which shows ROBINSON MEMORIAL, but no date, so may have been a different door, or a side door. Jared > Kim: There was a Robinson Memorial Nursing School in Boston MA, active in > the 30s, and it is quite likely New Brunswick girls went there for > training. > > See: > http://books.google.ca/books?id=1XEXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Robinson+memorial%22+nursing+boston&dq=%22Robinson+memorial%22+nursing+boston&hl=en&ei=dV9ATaTQBIH88AbYu8CFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg > > Hope this helps. > > Jay Underwood > Elmsdale NS > > Coming soon: > "Fleming's Army: The civil engineers who built the Intercolonial Railway" > From Railfare*DC Books. > Contact author for details > Also from Railfare: > "Ghost Tracks" supernatural stories from Nova Scotia's Railways. > http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html > http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html > http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html >>From Pennydreadful Publishing: > "Confederation Conspiracy: The curious career of a civil engineer" > Coming soon: "Kings of the Iron Road: The men who made Nova Scotia's > railways work" > See author for details > www.Pennydreadfulpublishing.com > > ---- Kim Mills <kim.mills@wightman.ca> wrote: >> Does anyone have any info on what nursing schools were in New Brunswick >> in >> the 1930's? I have a photo of my grandmother Hilda Laws (nee Anderson) >> from >> before she was married. She's standing out side a building called >> Robinson >> Memorial 1819 (might also be 1918 hard to read). I was told she's >> wearing a >> training uniform. >> She was born in Chatham, NB and the family moved to Marysville, NB when >> her >> mother was widowed and remarried. >> After graduating I believe she was working in the hospital in >> Fredericton. >> So I'm thinking that it should be in that area maybe... >> >> I have the photo up on my blog if it helps. >> http://footstepspast.blogspot.com/2011/01/almost-wordless-wednesday-grandma-laws.html >> >> Thanks, >> Kim >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3404 - Release Date: 01/26/11 >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Announcements can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker jedh@jedh.com "If you think you've lost your mind, then you must have found it again, else you'd have no idea you'd lost it in the first place." - JWH

Ill bet it would be worth contacting the hospital ans seeing if there is a record of her attendance. Many New Brunswickers did go to the States for education and work. Of course as the war approached many trained in NB. My aunt was a nursing sister from Fredericton who was trained in Moncton and held officer status on the front lines in France. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Jared Handspicker <jedh@jedh.com> wrote: > In Boston, MA, USA: > > Massachusetts Memorial Hospital(s), houses the Jennie M. Robinson Memorial > maternity building. > > > 1916 - The Jennie M. Robinson Memorial Hospital completed to accommodate > the increase in maternity and children's work. Thus the Clark Ward closed. > The Robinson was the largest Maternity hospital in New England at the > time. > > Other dates show 1917 or 1918, which would match the number on the > building in your picture. It's not absolute, but it could well fit. > > Have seen a picture of a different door on the KNOWN building in Boston, > which shows ROBINSON MEMORIAL, but no date, so may have been a different > door, or a side door. > > Jared > > > > > Kim: There was a Robinson Memorial Nursing School in Boston MA, active in > > the 30s, and it is quite likely New Brunswick girls went there for > > training. > > > > See: > > > http://books.google.ca/books?id=1XEXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Robinson+memorial%22+nursing+boston&dq=%22Robinson+memorial%22+nursing+boston&hl=en&ei=dV9ATaTQBIH88AbYu8CFBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Jay Underwood > > Elmsdale NS > > > > Coming soon: > > "Fleming's Army: The civil engineers who built the Intercolonial Railway" > > From Railfare*DC Books. > > Contact author for details > > Also from Railfare: > > "Ghost Tracks" supernatural stories from Nova Scotia's Railways. > > http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html > > http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html > > http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html > >>From Pennydreadful Publishing: > > "Confederation Conspiracy: The curious career of a civil engineer" > > Coming soon: "Kings of the Iron Road: The men who made Nova Scotia's > > railways work" > > See author for details > > www.Pennydreadfulpublishing.com > > > > ---- Kim Mills <kim.mills@wightman.ca> wrote: > >> Does anyone have any info on what nursing schools were in New Brunswick > >> in > >> the 1930's? I have a photo of my grandmother Hilda Laws (nee Anderson) > >> from > >> before she was married. She's standing out side a building called > >> Robinson > >> Memorial 1819 (might also be 1918 hard to read). I was told she's > >> wearing a > >> training uniform. > >> She was born in Chatham, NB and the family moved to Marysville, NB when > >> her > >> mother was widowed and remarried. > >> After graduating I believe she was working in the hospital in > >> Fredericton. > >> So I'm thinking that it should be in that area maybe... > >> > >> I have the photo up on my blog if it helps. > >> > http://footstepspast.blogspot.com/2011/01/almost-wordless-wednesday-grandma-laws.html > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Kim > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> No virus found in this message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3404 - Release Date: 01/26/11 > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> List Announcements can be found at > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Announcements can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------ > Jared "Jed" Handspicker > jedh@jedh.com > > "If you think you've lost your mind, then you must have found it again, > else you'd have no idea you'd lost it in the first place." - JWH > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Beverley Clarkson Sambro Head, Nova Scotia

I just wanted to update that with the help of a friend in New Brunswick, we've been able to find the building. The Robinson Memorial 1918 building was the home of John B. Robinson donated upon his death to the Chipman Memorial Hospital St. Stephen's NB. http://www.rhp-rlp.gnb.ca/Page1.aspx?blnLanguageEnglish=True&RID=1281&VER=1&dp=1 I'm so glad to finally know where that photo was taken! Kim ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3434 - Release Date: 02/10/11

Thanks! I don't know if my Grandmother ever was outside Canada. But it is possible that she might have gone to Mass as it's not very far from NB. I did find a photo of the building online but it looked like a brick building. The one in my photo is wood siding. But it could have been an add on or an older building perhaps... Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Handspicker" <jedh@jedh.com> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [ NB ] New Brunswick Nursing schools 1930's? > In Boston, MA, USA: > > Massachusetts Memorial Hospital(s), houses the Jennie M. Robinson Memorial > maternity building. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3406 - Release Date: 01/27/11