Nazareth House

[Handaros]

Thank you Essex girl    My grandfather was there in 1911 so I expect it was very different for him then.  Like dancing master says there are some pretty awful cases come out of Scotland's experiences.  I can only hope these things didn't happen to my Granddad but it would explain some things about him if they did 

I think I will try writing to the Sisters of Nazareth and see if they hold any records for that period.  I have tried with other orders to get details on my grandmother but they seem to sit tight on their info 

Thanks all, means alot 

LJ xx

[exessexgirl]

Handaros

Good luck with the Sisters of Nazareth  These organizations do seem to keep things close to the chest. I've had a similar situation with my gt aunt, who was a Major in the Salvation Army  They have no information on her history with them.

Lyn

[Virginiacarter]

Hi,

Nazareth House is still running today as a nursing/care home for the elderly.

The address is 111 London Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. SS1 1PP.
Tel: 01702-345627.

It is a large building situated in London Road close to Southend High Street.

Many local food business's would donate food for the homeless people that visit the charity.  It is still run by the nuns.

[Virginiacarter]

There's also an article in the local paper - Evening Echo - dated 11th December 2008 - which will be of interest to you.

The link is http://www.echo-news.co.uk/echofeatures/memories/3965811.I_loved_my_life_in_an_orphanage

[Annie May]

I'm completely new to this board but here goes.
I am familiar with Nazareth House only in recent years (30 odd) and it used to be run by nuns as a residential home and also for homeless people.  I think it now belongs to the Council and is run as a nursing home but I can't be precise on that. It is a large Victorian building with high perimeter walls and stands back from the main London Road (A13) on the borders of Westcliff and Southend-on-Sea. I hope this snippet is useful to you.
Annie May 

[MaxD]

See my other post.  The Archivist at Sisters of Nazareth, Nazareth House, Hammersmith Road , London W6 8DB was v helpful and gave me all the info I wanted on my father (who was also there in 1911).

Rgds

MaxD

[Annie May]

Pleased to hear you've had success, Max. They've sent me a notice separately.all the best. Annie May

[frrank]

I have only to-day joined this interesting forum. I visited Nazareth House, Hammesrsmith on a number of occasions during the war (WW2)and never knew why. I have now found that my mother was an inmate in 1911. I have established that her mother died in 1904 just after she was born. I assume that her father couldn't cope as they had about 7 children, and put her into Nazareth House. I have since found that my godmother and a very close friend were also ther in 1911 and they remained friends up to 1978.  All 3 of them were trained at the convent as domestic servants and were put out to a well to-do family home in the area. I don't know at what age but they were there until about 1929 when my mother married. As far as I am aware the House still exists. When I went there it was a convent but had a full staff of lay people.

[shuker]

i was at Nazareth house southend on sea when i was a child[1954-1965] from the age of 2 till i was 13/14 i still have great memory's as a young man , the home was run by catholic nuns , as i recall there was a mini farm, football field, vegetable patch. the children use to be in dormentrys with a nun ina cubicle in the corner of the room, i am not sure of the number of children who were there at any given time, but the number 150-300 seems to ring a bell.