Nurses in Scunthorpe 1907 - 1962

[debs14]

Hi im trying to find some info on my Great Grandmother Harriet Dowse Wild b1885-9 Scunthorpe, she married in 1913 Scunthorpe.
I have been told by family members she was a nurse in a local hospital can anyone tell me how i can find out if this is true and maybe get access to some records.
Many thanks
Debbie xx

[CaroleW]

Harriet Dowse Wild b1885-9

Freebmd shows 1889

Have you looked for her on the 1911 census - no clues there?

[debs14]

Hi carole, thanks for your reply, the reason i have the 2 births is because on ancestry shes born 1889 but in 1939 war census it gives her date of birth as 22 April 1885, in 1911 census (age 22)shes down as adopted daughter as both her parents where dead and shes with her brother with another family local in Scunthorpe.
The problem i have is trying to find records showing if she was indeed a nurse in a local hospital, i think it would have been called Frodingham hospital but cant find any records for this, i have sent email to red cross to see if they can help but not heard anything from them as yet.
Many thanks
Debbie xx

[CaroleW]

No occupation shown in 1911 and she married in Dec qtr 1913 and had her first child 2yrs later.

Is any occ shown for her on the 1913 marriage cert?

[Geoff-E]

Frodingham Cottage Hospital closed in 1929 to be followed by "The Scunthorpe and District War Memorial Hospital" .....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_General_Hospital#Formation