First published on 24th
May,2001. Last updated on 12th July, 2001 Research and copyright by Moira
Bonnington,Graham Maslin and Pat Jenkins.
My great great great grandfather Henry Haarnack, a harp maker, and his wife and six children
and John Richard Harnack, a tailor, lived just across the road in Newman
Street. There would have been a grim reminder of the ever present threat of
cholera.
Florence Nightingale was working across the street
For further details about the spread and treatment of cholera and invaluable facts about Victorian London, please take a diversion to
John Snow site
This is what
it looks like today.
Florence Nightingale was part of the congregation of St Marys, Marylebone
where both Henry Haarnack and Frederick Harnack(see below) had their children christened.
.
has confirmed that a Sister Ann HARNACK of 4,
Devonsire Squarewas recruited to go to Scutari in the Crimea on 9th March 1855
This is a copy of her testimonial
And this is what she needed to take with her
Female nursing establishment under Miss Nightingale at the Crimea
List of Uniform Clothing given to a Nurse for the First Year
1 Cloak with Hood
1 Derry Wrapper
2 Linsey Woolsey Gowns
3 Print Gowns
1 Alpaca Gown
1 Flannel Wrapper
1 Cape or Light Shawl
6 Collars
6 Check Aprons
4 Caps
2 Best Caps
2 Pairs of Sleeves
1 Woollen Jacket
1 White Straw Bonnet
1 Dark Straw Bonnet
2 Badges
1 Pair of Indian Rubber Galosches
1 Box
Ann Harnack was one of eight women
who formed the fourth party sent out to Scutari. They arrived in March 1855 and Anne Harnack was employed at the General hospital and not at the Barrack Block Hospital.
She did not stay for the full term of her contact was invalided
home on Dec 10th 1855. She was "of good conduct".
Anne Rosina Harnack died in 1872. It appears that she never married.
The FRC indexes are as follows: HARNACK Ann Rosina age 66 death -
Camberwell 1872 - Jun 1d 393
HARNACK Anne Rosina was the daughter of Frederick and Rose Harnack . She
was christened at St Mary's in 1810.
The IGI reference is as follows
Anne Rosina HARNACK Christening: 8 Jul 1810 Saint Mary-St. Marylebone
Road, St. Marylebone, London, England : Father: Frederick HARNACK Mother:
Rose Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type
C035245 1807-1810 0580907 Film 6903614 Film C035245 1811-1814 0580908
I believe Anne Rosina had a sister called
Emma Dorothy who married Thomas Durham at St Pancras Church in 1837
and two brothers - Frederick Charles, who married Elizabeth Martha Wilshin, and Christopher Lodewick, who married Frances Barnes Pike.
Frederick Charles was a tailor who lived at 22 Tottenham Street, Marylebone . It is possible that he knew or was related to the other HA(a)RNACK families mentioned above
We are looking for people who are interested in or are researching this branch of the family and would like to share and exchange information
I would like to express my thanks to Ken Horton who has kindly supplied some of the information quoted here.
In the 1881 census 4 Devonshire Place was a nursing school.
The occupants in 1881 were: Dwelling: 4 Devonshire Square Census
Place: St Botolph Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England Source: FHL Film
1341080 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0370 Folio 78 Page 16 Marr Age Sex
Birthplace Anne KEELEY W 51 F Gressenhill, Norfolk, England Rel: Head
Occ: Lady Superintendant Of Nursing Sister Institute Julia BARNETT U 50 F
Dover, Kent, England Occ: Asst Head Susan NORWORTHY U 28 F Ashburton,
Devon, England Occ: Nurse Qualified (Hosp) Charlotte BRAND U 34 F
Buntingford, Hertford, EnglandOcc: Nurse Probationer Emma DEAR U 33 F
Southwark, Surrey, EnglandOcc: Nurse Probationer Emma A. NIXON U 25 F
Shepherds Bush, Middlesex,England Occ: Nurse Probationer Eliza EDWARDS U
29 F Sussex, EnglandOcc: Cook Sarah TREAVIS U 23 F Cambridge, EnglandOcc:
Housemaid
Also found in the 1881 census:
Census Place: St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England Marr
Age Sex Birthplace Florence NIGHTINGALE U 60 F British Subject,
Italy Rel: Head Occ: Directress (sic) Of Nightingale Fund For Training
Hospital Nurses Fanny DOWDING U 26 F Battersea, Surrey,England Rel:
Serv Occ: Ladysmaid Ann J. DOWDING U 33 F Milton,Hampshire,England
Rel: Serv Occ: Housemaid
