Maud Scott-Masseuse 1917

[CaroleW]

Parents marriage was 1889 Holborn

[worth]

Oooooh the 1911 census looks good. From where they were living in Clerkenwell London, would it have been possible to commute to Shropshire to the Orthopaedic hospital, where Maud eventually worked. I dont know them areas at all so im not sure on distance between them both x

[CaroleW]

She wouldn't have commuted - she would have moved to live there.  In 1891 there is a 1yr old son John Francis Young Scott - died 1896

A Google search shows around 150 + miles from Clerkenwell to Shropshire

[CaroleW]

What puzzles me - why does a masseuse from Clerkenwell/Shropshire travel all the way to Lancashire to have her baby??

There must have been nearer places??

[mckha489]

Have you seen Mary Maud Annie STOTT b 1894 Cheadle
Aliases

Maud Mary Annie Stott
Maud Mary Annie Scott
Mary Stott
Nurse Thomas
Nurse Holden
Maud Mary Annie Rogerson
E.M.Douglas  M.D.

From the 1928 Habitual criminal register

“Well educated, very plausible, walks smartly & dresses well”


Edited to add E.M. Douglas’s qualification!

[heywood]

What puzzles me - why does a masseuse from Clerkenwell/Shropshire travel all the way to Lancashire to have her baby??

There must have been nearer places??

Would she have been working at the Convalescent Hospital in Heaton Park?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/10/disabled-soldiers-hydrotherapy-first-world-war-1917

[worth]

Hi Heywood
Its very possible that she was there yes, the address of Heaton park is on the birth certificate, and she had the baby on 11 Feb the day after the article was published wow x

Mckha498 mmm very interesting will defo check it out thankyou x

[heywood]

Hi CaroleW
Im not sure how to do lincs onto different pages, but Agnes Hunt started the hospital in 1900 from her own home in Baschurch Shropshire (Florence House), in 1907 they built the first operating theatre, in her shed, and introduced Xrays in 1913. During WW1 it was used as a physiotherapy hospital for wounded soldiers, which is where Maud Scott and Oscar Bergman came in.

Was Oscar Bergman a worker at the hospital or a patient?

[worth]

Heywood
I believe he was a worker, came over from Sweden to help with the 'Swedish Drill' or physiotherapy as we know it now, for the soldiers wounded in the war. On the 1921 census for his son Helmar it states 'father is dead' but i cant find any record of his death between 1917 and 1921, i could be wrong though x