searching for school lists on 1901 census

[drummerchick]

I wonder if any of you can help?
I am searching for the Deaf School in Lochee Road Dundee and I can't seem to do a search in Scotland's People as they only ask for the persons name. Is there a way to search online the actual school and hopefully the school roll at that time? I am hoping to find it in the 1901 census.
Many thanks
J

[LesleyB]

Hi Jennifer
...and welcome to Talking Scot

It is not possible to search by place name on SP for the 1901 (only on the LDS 1881 census)
However, if you have access to Ancestry, you can search the transcriptions of the 1901 using keywords there, and from there, if required, you could find a name to then go to SP, search by that name and download the page in which you are interested, that is, if you needed to see the orignal page. Otherwise the Ancestry transcriptions may be sufficient. You may be able to get access to Ancestry at a local library through their subscription, but if not it is a pay-as-you-go or monthy/annual subscription.

Best wishes
Lesley

[momat]

Hi Jennifer,
I have found several establishments I.E.
Hospitals,Prisons ,Schools,Army Barracks etc; by searching the http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
site, using the persons name not the Institution.
May be that you will be lucky.
Cheers,

[Currie]

Hello Jennifer,

Here are some odds and ends.

Parliamentary Papers. 1904 Education (Scotland). Northern Division. General report for the year 1903.

In Dundee there are two schools for deaf-mutes. The Oral School for the Deaf is a day school maintained by the School Board. Most of the students are admitted free, but parents who are in a position to pay are charged a moderate fee, while a yearly charge of £10 is made for pupils living beyond the School Board district. As the school’s name implies, the oral system is followed, and Mr. Rankine reports that it is admirably taught and that a high standard of efficiency is maintained.

In the Dundee Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, which is supported by endowments and voluntary subscriptions, the children receive their board and clothing as well as their education free. At present the number of scholars is considerably smaller than in the Oral School. The teaching was formerly based solely on the manual system, but the new head-master has introduced the combined method of teaching, in which, according to the last report, a promising beginning had been made.

In the Glasgow Herald, Saturday, February 14, 1885, there’s mention of a Mr. J. Borland, Principal of Dundee Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.

In this book “Charities Digest, Volumes 84-85‎ - Page 44 (1897).
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tAE ... +deaf&cd=1

Dundee Institution for the Deaf and. Dumb (1846), Dudhope Bank, 165 Lochee Road, Dundee. Object.—Maintenance and instruction for deaf and dumb children of both sexes. Admission.—By Directors and. Trustees. Application must be made to master. Candidates must be between the ages of 6 and 12, and furnish certificates of birth and health, and recommendations from respectable parties. Payment, £22 for board, education, and clothing. Inmates must leave during vacations. London cases not eligible. Children in Forfarshire, Perthshire, and Fifeshire eligible. Paupers eligible. Cases taken on payment without election or nomination. Private pupils also taken on. payment of £30, for which London cases eligible. The directors pay fees for education, board, and clothing of a number of children of indigent parents, from interest of invested funds, and subscriptions. (Treasurer and Secretary, J. Miln, 2 Euclid Street, Dundee.) The trustees of late Mr. James Key pay fees for education, board, and clothing of another number of children, from interest of property left by him. (Treasurers, Thomas Thornton, Son, & Co., 15 Albert Square, Dundee.) Manual method used No trades taught, but children sweep their rooms, &c. Inmates remain until the age of 16. Management.—By James Barland. The directors and trustees pay fees in lieu of a salary, and James Barland pays house expenses and wages. Income (1895-6).— Charitable contributions, £35; interest on investments, £222 ; legacies, £118. Inmates.—20 bursars. Treasurer, James Miln, 2 Euclid Street, Dundee; Master, James Barland.

The Oral School was a Day School so I suppose the students would be at home on census night. I don’t know where that school was located. If you’re sure your individual was at the boarding school in Lochee Road and if Mr. James Barland (or Borland) was still the principal in 1901 (there was a new headmaster in the 1903 report), and if he lived on the premises, maybe you can find the list of student boarders by finding him.

Hope that helps,
Alan

[AndrewP]

Ancestry shows James Barland, superintendent and teacher at Dudhope Bank, Dundee with about 10 other adults and about 20 youngsters.

All the best,

AndrewP

[drummerchick]

Hi All,
Oh Many thanks for all your lovely replies.....
I have been working today, but hopefully I will check out you suggestions very soon.
If only I could retire and study Genealogy! Bliss!

Many thanks again.

Jennifer