i am trying to find out if there are any records relating to the little sisters of the poor, i believe my grt grt g/father died in there,does anyone know where i f any, the recods will be.

does anyone know where i can find any information,photographs etc,with regards to the little sisters of the poor.:(

Try contacting the charity commision http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?chyno=234434

Maybe they can help you.
Good luck roughy.

The little sisters of the poor was on East Road I think, near where the S.U.T. coach station was, and is now the bus depot,
I always thought it looked quite scary, but I don't suppose it was at all,surely there's a department in the Town hall which could help you. Good Luck.

Originally posted by AJ sheffield
Try contacting the charity commision http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?chyno=234434

Maybe they can help you.
Good luck roughy. i am wanting records or photos for around 1891 little sisters of the poor east rd sheffield, my grt/grtgrandad died there between 1889 and1891.

Forgive my lack of local knowledge and the fact that I am not helping you in any way but what is little sisters of the poor..?

The Little Sisters of the Poor was a catholic establishment run by nuns to help poor people of the parish. I think they took in he sick and infirm who had nowhere else to go. They were housed in a big building that stood in it's own grounds opposite Olive Grove.
As a girl fom the convent school I used to sell flags in town for them.
I used to collect quite a bit. Must have had something to do with the straw hat
Hazel

Oh right, thanks...sorry again for my local ignorance but not from Sheffield and have only been here for a year or so..."through force"

You're welcome
hazel

I remember it well, it was at the bottom of Heeley bank Rd and was demolished in the 80's to make way for Housing association flats, this was a great buliding and almosy like a stately home, I have fond memories of it as my Gran used to work there and we used to go in with her in the holidays.

Not sure about the records for the place, but those records must be somewhere.

Originally posted by roughy101
i am wanting records or photos for around 1891 little sisters of the poor east rd sheffield, my grt/grtgrandad died there between 1889 and1891.

Have you found him in the 1891 census or had he died by then?

i found him in the 1891 census living in upper oborne st sheffield,but on his sons marriage certificate in 1899 he was deceased so i know he died beetween 1891/1899 i also know that in 1891 his son thomas was sent away to some sort of naughty boys school for begging, so the family were very poor.

Originally posted by roughy101
i am wanting records or photos for around 1891 little sisters of the poor east rd sheffield, my grt/grtgrandad died there between 1889 and1891. well the good old forumers help once again, just spoken to sister mary channtellat the above charity,who has told me all the admissions books for sheffield little sister are in london and if i send her the details she will do some research for me sothanks for the suggestion.:clap: :clap: :clap:

What a good result for you roughy, I thougt the nuns had disbanded but seems they are still around.
My Mom went round the house while they ere still running it and said it was a lovely place to live.
hazel

When I was at school we went there at Christmas and went to the wards and sang carols to the residents ... I can't remember it that clearly but I seem to think that the proceeds of the "Fancy Fair" sale of work we had in the summer went towards gifts for the residents at Christmas and they were dispensed as we sang to them.

It was like a hospital ward with high beds in two rows along the walls. All these old people looking at us ... I couldn't sing properly as my throat was closed up cos I wanted to cry ... I felt so sorry for them, but my mother told me they were happy and very lucky to be there and so well taken care of. But I still worried about my granny ending up there ... :(


ps roughy was a long time after 1891 though - honest!!! :P

The exact location of the Little Sisters of the Poor is now St. Elizabeth Close. This is located off Heeley Bank Road, just above Olive Grove bus depot. St Elizabeth Close was built in 1986, and is a housing complex run by South Yorkshire Housing Association.

Within the Close, there is an original plaque retained in a boundary wall, which reads -

JMJ
Blessed by the Right Rev Joseph R Cowgill
Coadjutor Bishop of Leeds
Laid by the
Lady Edmund Talbot
9th. of April 1907
For Christ in his aged poor

On the opposite side of the road is the Olive Grove Streetforce council depot. A plaque on the wall by the bus shelter records the history of this site as the original Sheffield Wednesday football ground 1887-1899. The club joined the Football League in 1892, winning the FA Cup "for the first time for Yorkshire" in 1896. Winger Fred Spiksley "the Olive Grove Flyer" scored both goals. The grounds were acquired by the Midland Railway Line.

i have just posted my letter to sister channtell at the little sisters of the poor at lambeth in london,will let you know what i find out :heyhey:

What about finding his death on FreeBMD?

i think i have march quarter 1886 george howson
i will wait for sister channtell, to get back to me ,as to why he was in there and died at the age of 45,

just received an email fom sister channtell,little sisters of the poor in london,
she says she has looked at the records for sheffield and cannot find anything for george howson,she also said the home only catered for people over the age of 65yr,so he would have been too young,drawn a blank im afraid, thanks for everyones help.:(

Does anyone remember the convent on Heeley Bank rd? I believe it closed about 25 years ago and is now a housing estate. Any information, especially photographs, would be most welcome.

This topic has been covered before.
Check out this thread for information...

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25120&highlight=close

I`m sure my mum used to work at Little Sisters.
I will call her tomorrow and ask her.

Thanks for that Red Robbo, just had a read through it. Very informative. May book some time at the Archive to see if I can root out some photographs. I can also add that it had it's own church and that a bomb dropped toward the back of the site during WW2 where the Olive Grove bus depot is. No casualties were reported thankfully. If you walk up Heeley Bank rd on the left hand side you can still see the old gatehouse with a sliding door facing the street. The nuns would sit inside and slide the door open when a member of the public came with alms in the form of clothing, food, money etc.

Thanks for that Red Robbo, just had a read through it. Very informative. May book some time at the Archive to see if I can root out some photographs. I can also add that it had it's own church and that a bomb dropped toward the back of the site during WW2 where the Olive Grove bus depot is. No casualties were reported thankfully. If you walk up Heeley Bank rd on the left hand side you can still see the old gatehouse with a sliding door facing the street. The nuns would sit inside and slide the door open when a member of the public came with alms in the form of clothing, food, money etc.

I didn't know that! How very interesting.

I live on Heeley Bank Road, opposite where the convent stood. I moved here about 18 years ago, but the housing complex had already been built on the site by then.

Threads merged, thanks for the link!