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Parmiter Nuns
Re: Parmiter Nuns
There are about 30 monograph search results for him on the Italian OPAC SBN (Catalog of the National Library Service). Looks like he was involved in a variety of legal judgments during the 1890s and early 1900s.
Re: Parmiter Nuns
Hi Devonliz yes I take your point, I was just surprised to see it applied to someone so young. Too used to seeing "single" or "unmarried" methinks!
Sally
Re: Parmiter Nuns
Updates.
I have compared the 1851 census record for St Monica's Spetisbury and 1861 census for St Margaret's Edinburgh and found several girls have transferred from one to the other so am more convinced that MP is Maria Shepherd Parmiter.
I have found a book on St Margarets, the founder of which was the Rev James Gillis, who had catholic connections with the Weld Family in Dorset which may be why Girls transferred betweenn Convents after many Nuns in Spetisbury formed a closed order and moved to Devon.
In 1871 MP was with the Stapley Miles Family in Hackney. 6 miles down the road was an Ursuline convent St Angela's at Forest Gate. The Ursulines were/are known for their work in the community and it may be that MP was attached to this Convent.
I cannot find a reference for MP in St Angela's in 1881 etc. I have not discounted the fact that she may have moved abroad to USA/Canada/Europe, but have been unable to find any references for her.
I have connected with a Guy at Rootschat who offers help in Italian research who is going to try and find out more about MP's sister Sarah in Rome. But as with here, all record offices in Italy have been closed and no doubt the list of requests for his time has grown!!
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I will revisit this particular brickwall again in another couple of months
I have compared the 1851 census record for St Monica's Spetisbury and 1861 census for St Margaret's Edinburgh and found several girls have transferred from one to the other so am more convinced that MP is Maria Shepherd Parmiter.
I have found a book on St Margarets, the founder of which was the Rev James Gillis, who had catholic connections with the Weld Family in Dorset which may be why Girls transferred betweenn Convents after many Nuns in Spetisbury formed a closed order and moved to Devon.
In 1871 MP was with the Stapley Miles Family in Hackney. 6 miles down the road was an Ursuline convent St Angela's at Forest Gate. The Ursulines were/are known for their work in the community and it may be that MP was attached to this Convent.
I cannot find a reference for MP in St Angela's in 1881 etc. I have not discounted the fact that she may have moved abroad to USA/Canada/Europe, but have been unable to find any references for her.
I have connected with a Guy at Rootschat who offers help in Italian research who is going to try and find out more about MP's sister Sarah in Rome. But as with here, all record offices in Italy have been closed and no doubt the list of requests for his time has grown!!
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I will revisit this particular brickwall again in another couple of months
Sally