Nurse Rose Farrell 540 North Circular Road

[Gerryk]

Hi
Does anyone have any information on Nurse Rose Farrell, who ran a private nursing home for expectant mothers at 540 North Circular Road in the early 1900s? Anybody know where her records would be, if they were kept?
Many thanks
Gerry Kane

[Sinann]

Sadly there are several threads of a similar nature to this on RootsChat.
Nurse Farrell gets mentioned in this quite extensive one about the search for records
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=553471.0
I haven't read it all but there may be something usefull.

[jakethecat]

 I was born in 1953 in 24 Ormond Road and then transferred to 540 North Circular Road for 8 months and was legally adoped after that.  Would love to know how many babies nurse Farrell held at 540 North Circular Road and where these records are.

[Gerryk]

Not sure I can be of much help to you. I was interested in a boy born there in 1936. I have since found out that when Nurse Farrell registered the birth, the mother’s surname was given incorrectly. It has taken us a long time to unearth the truth. The boy was baptised in the Pro-Catherdal.
I failed to trace Rose Farrell’s records. She died in June 1969, and is buried in Glasnevin.

[jakethecat]

Thank you Gerryk
 I have info about birth mother but agency cunamh cannot divulge all info they hold. Very frustrating,..

[Gerryk]

Don’t give up.
But, I don’t think nurse Farrell is a useful line to follow. I think there were many such small, privately-run nursing homes in Dublin at the time. And they were not well regulated.
Have you tried DNA testing on one of the reputable sites? I find it safe, and the result remains completely within your control. You can also choose who to contact and who not to. But it will open up all sorts of possibilities for you, showing who you are related to on both sides of your family.
Don’t give up!
Gerry.

[Murrell]

Would this nurse need to be registered to be a practising nurse. Maybe records would give more details of how many years she had been a nurse, where she trained, perhaps her dob & where in Ireland she came from. Guess this info could give a clearer idea of her background.
Good luck hunting as they say the Truth is out there.
It's all the trees that get in the way

[DPlatt]

Hi there, sorry I know I'm late to this conversation but we've searched for years to find my dads family but always hitting a dead end so we came to the realisation that the names on the birth cert of his mother & father are wrong (Kate Dempsey & Patrick Murphy) and the address of dwelling is 540 North Circular Road so I'm gathering by this thread that he was born in this clinic of Nurse Rose Farrell.  Has anyone got any further with tracing or is it as someone already mentioned better to go down the DNA testing.  Sadly my father passed away a while ago but we would still like to try and find something - also his birth certificate does not have his name on it - its just blank - I'm going to try and get that changed - its all so frustrating and very sad.  Thanks

[Murrell]

It's extremely frustrating when you feel your banging your head against a brick wall. Keep going don't stop asking question. I can't tell you how many times lv been told ,you have been given all we have'
Then a couple of years on ask again and suddenly there is some more info. So sorry I'm going on but it is frustrating .I

Now I'm thinking this nurse can't have run the home on her own. I wonder if certain Doctors would attend, other professional s as well as clearners. There must be a footprint somewhere.

What about the nearest church they may have detail?

If all the little ones were adopted from there what about social services they must have something l thought legal requirements was to hold care files for 75ys or 100?

I don't do F/B but have you considered setting a page about this home - you may get some contact.

My final thought and I'm guessing you maybe done this, get details of this nurse  by finding out who paid for her burial, could it be a member of her family.
Undertakes keep their records for years.
Good Luck