Alice Nurse

[LMGar]

I am looking for any information on Alice Nurse. Her parents were Thomas Peter Nurse and Eleanor Jermyn. Alice later went by the name Gladys Alice Wallace Nurse. She immigrated to Australia and married William Robert Silcock. I presume she met him when he was a soldier in England in WW1. I would love to know how they met and why she changed her name

[carol8353]

Helllo and welcome to Rootschat.

Some dates would have been helpful 

So let's start with her parents marriage.

Marriages Sep 1879   

JERMYN    Eleanor        Hackney    1b   699    
Nurse    Thomas Peter        Hackney    1b   699   

And her birth registration.

First name(s)   Alice
Last name   Nurse
Birth quarter   3
Birth year   1896
Mother's maiden name   Jermyn
District   Stepney
County   London
Country   

There seem to be a further 7 births with the surname Nurse and the mother's maiden name of Jermyn, in Hackney and Stepney and strangely all girls!

Carol

[CaroleW]

Welcome from me too

1901 & 1911 census entries from Family Search

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9NC-B27
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWF3-13H

There is no way of finding how they met - no records with that type of information

Only somebody with direct info would know why she changed her christian names

[maddys52]

Some further detail from the marriage of her parents:

16 Sept 1879 at St Mark's Dalston. Thomas Peter NURSE, mariner at 6 John St, father William Alfred, mariner (deceased is in brackets with a question mark). Eleanor JERMYN, at 6 John St, father John, gardener. Married by license. Witnesses: John JERMYN and [not sure?] NURSE.

Likely baptism then for Thomas Peter NURSE at St Paul, Shadwell on 27 June 1855 (born 9[?] Sept 1854. Parents William (mariner) and Emily, abode  - Farmer St.

In 1861 at Wapping:
William NURSE  40 [?] Norfolk, Lynn   (mariner)
Emily                   49      Lynn
Sarah                   19      Lynn
Thomas                6       Shoreditch
William                 15      Lynn
Clara                     3       Wapping
RG 9/283/115 pg 15

[maddys52]

In 1851 at St Paul Shadwell:
Emily NURSE    30     Lynn    (seaman's wife)
Sarah                 9      Lynn
William              5       Lynn
Emily                 5 months   Shadwell
HO 107/1550/ 233 pg2

Sarah's baptism at St Margaret with St Nicholas Kings Lynn on 25 April 1843 (born 14 Dec 1842) to William (mariner) and Emily.

William Alfred's  baptism on 12 Dec 1848 (born 10 May 1846) to William (mariner) and Emily.

Emily's baptism on 16 April 1854 at St Pauls Shadwell (born 18 Oct 1850) to William (mariner) and Emily

Clara Ellen's baptism on 20 May 1859  at Shadwell (born 13 Aug 1858) to William (mariner) and Emily

[LMGar]

Thank you all for your efforts.  I was hoping Alice may have appeared on a census between 1911 and 1919 and may have stated an occupation etc for her.

[Annette7]

There wasn't a census between 1911 and 1919!   They occur every 10 years and we are all eagerly awaiting the release of the 1921 census early next year.

Annette

[carol8353]

Did you know that she was baptised on 29th Feb 1912 at age 15,at St Luke's Victoria Dock.

I wonder if she was given more christian names at that time?

It's something the catholic's do,they give a saints name at baptism.

[LMGar]

Would it be normal for someone to be baptised at 16 years of age?  Also how do I find out that she was Catholic. I was assuming she was Protestant.