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Title: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: nika on Thursday 17 January 13 14:41 GMT (UK)

Hi Rootschatters,
Does anyone have any information about tracing a Nun? I have recently discovered that one of my partners family was a Nun. She was born in about 1848 (exact brith still to be found) in the Highgate, London area and I've tracked her on Census data until 1871 - she then "disapears". She definately became a nun as we have some photos of her. As we have photos, she coudn't, I think, be part of a closed order.
Were Nuns subject to the census?
Is there any way of finding out what her name became when she took holy orders?
Any thoughts or help would be gratefully received.
Nika

Title: Re: How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 17 January 13 14:47 GMT (UK)

Everybody was included in the Census. Was she a Catholic Nun?
INDEX OF NUNS
This is an index of approximately 14,000 nuns who were in the English Province of their Order. It is arranged alphabetically by the surname of each nun and usually gives date of birth, names of parents, religious name, dates of profession, date and place of death and name of Order, there is no charge for this.

http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm

Stan

Title: COMPLETED: How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: nika on Thursday 17 January 13 14:53 GMT (UK)

Wow!
Thanks Stan :) I thought I was on an impossible task. I think she may have been a catholic Nun so I'll follow through with the info you've provided me with.
Many thanks
Nika

Title: Re: How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: stanmapstone on Thursday 17 January 13 14:59 GMT (UK)

If you go to the 1881 Census on Ancestry and just put "Nun" for occupation, you will get 1243 'hits'

Stan

Title: Re: How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: nika on Thursday 17 January 13 15:03 GMT (UK)

Thanks Stan, I'll try that too.
Nika

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: MulhollandHart on Friday 02 January 15 16:43 GMT (UK)

I've had a look at this website, does someone have the index and could look up the name Money. the two or three ladies were probably based in Manchester and became nuns about 1920 at the earliest.

Thank you in advance

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 02 January 15 17:06 GMT (UK)

The Catholic Family History Society has the index- link posted earlier- just scroll down the page to where it mentions Index of Nuns.

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: kieran257 on Sunday 17 June 18 23:30 BST (UK)

Hi Aghadowey,
Do you know does it cover any nuns born in Co Derry who left and went to America?

I am trying to find my great aunt but all I hit is brick walls as l don't know what order she joined.

Thanks for all your help

Kieran

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: Winterbloom21 on Sunday 31 March 19 12:19 BST (UK)

As of today, I'm having the same problem.    I'm looking for one in Cork, though, and the CFHS does not appear to cover Ireland.      I've tried the same method of putting in 'nun' in the search engine for the 1901 and 1911 censuses but got nothing.    Can anyone suggest anything else that I might try?   

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: aghadowey on Sunday 31 March 19 15:55 BST (UK)

Do you have both her birth name and religious name? date of birth or approx. age?

Try putting 'sr.' in the forename box to search 1901 and 1911 census-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

You can also try searching newspaper or death records depending on the period.

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: Winterbloom21 on Saturday 06 April 19 09:02 BST (UK)

Thank you, I shall give that a go.

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: heywood on Saturday 06 April 19 11:47 BST (UK)

You could also try ‘Religious’  in the Occupation box.

Title: Re: Completed:How do you trace a Nun?
Post by: zoot999 on Wednesday 20 May 20 20:10 BST (UK)

Hi folks,

Is there a list for Nuns in Scotland for 20th century.. ?

I know her birth name and given Nun name but not the convent...

Thanks