In a message dated 05/23/2000 3:46:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, NJMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > Hi, > > I have a relative that died at the Donnelley Memorial Hospital in 1955. > Does anyone know where this hospital was located? Was it in Trenton? The > poor fellow's name was Frederick Thornley SMITH. > > Thank you > > Regards > David > > David Paul Crockett Dear David, Donnelly Memorial Hospital was located on the corners of Hamilton Ave and Klockner Rd in Trenton. It originally was a TB hospital. Then became a geriatric facility. It was razed in the late 1980's and a new building was built and it is now known by Mercer County Nursing Home. During it's early days (TB hospital/sanitorium) my great Aunt, Betty SEAMAN was the director of nursing. I still have the bandage scissors she sent to me from her "nursing" days when I graduated from nursing school. She died in Florida at the age of about 95. I remember during the tearing down of the "old" building construction was halted due to the discovery of human bones! A lot of people speculated that it was deceased from the hospitals early days but they turned out to be Indian bones or from that era. Hope this is helpful. As it is a state/county facility maybe some original records still exist. Regards, Lisa Bowker Malkin Researching: BOWKER, CLARKE, LARUE, MCANDREWS, ROGERS, SEAMAN, AND VANCLEVE