A touching story which highlights the poverty of the times, amongst
other things. Employment then and during the Great Famine, in
Workhouses and Hospitals, was often a labour of love. My Great aunt,
Mary McBEATH (1865-1887) became a nurse and then matron of the Coleraine
Fever Hospital in Londonderry. She never married and died when only 22.
During the famine of the 1840s, the Coleraine workhouse was extended and
in 1847, a 40-bed Fever hospital was built on the site. The workhouse
had its own burial ground. The challenges of the time!!! Her father
served in the military where he got a regular meal. Her uncle William
McBETH* (b. 25 December 1837, Londonderry, Ireland. d. 10 November 1924,
Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, USA) was a pioneer settler of Osceola
and is commemorated in their civic records. A family driven to desperate
measures by the poverty of famine.
* Note change of spelling when in USA.
Gordon
On 18/11/2021 11:34 pm, James McKane via CoTyroneList wrote:
The Superannuation of Catherine Caldwell, Nurse at the Omagh
Workhouse, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1881
<https://www.cotyroneireland.com/famine/caldwell.html>
Thanks again to Juliette Buchanan and Len Swindley for another great
addition to CTI!
Jim McKane
Kitchener, Ontario
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