Cabinet card of a young woman by Sterry |
This cabinet card is a picture of a woman, standing, dressed in clothing typically worn by nurses in the late 1800s. The photographer was Sterry and Company of 520 and 522 Broadway in Albany, New York. In blue ink is written "Julia C Flanagan 1888."
Backside of cabinet card of young woman by Sterry, Albany, New York |
This card resides in New Jersey, not Albany, so the search for Julia had to span both places.
Newspaper article about graduates of the nursing school of the Essex County Asylum, 1888 |
The Journal of Insanity Volume 45 View here |
The Journal of Insanity also reported on these graduates in October of 1888, though the author was not pleased with nurses receiving training and accolades. "By all means let nurses be trained, but let us not forget the wholesome maxim, Ne sutor ultra credpidam." Julia and Agnes Flanagan were noted for demonstrating their knowledge.
Note: The American Journal of Insanity began publication in 1844. It is still in publication, but under the name American Journal of Psychiatry, which changed in 1921.
1870 United States federal census Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey Julia Flanigan, age 11. At school. |
Julia Flanagan and Margaret Agnes Flanagan were daughters of John Flanagan (1829-1889) and Ann Cahill (1829-1896). In the 1870 census, the family resided in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.
1900 United States federal census Albany, Albany County, New York Julia C Flannigan, age 37, nurse. Boarder. |
Julia relocated to Albany, where she worked as a nurse.
Obituary of Julia C Flanagan, died January 7, 1935. |
Find A Grave memorial page for Julia C Flanagan at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. |
Julia was buried in Saint Agnes Cemetery in Menands, New York.
Find A Grave memorial page for Julia C Flanagan at Saint Agnes Cemetery in Menands, Albany County, New York. |
Julia's birthdate is engraved on both stones- September 25, 1858. The memorial in Bloomfield has a note: "born 9/24/1858 on tombstone (incorrect year)".
Neither is correct, according to the birth ledger filed with the state, which is a primary source. On September 24, 1857 an unnamed baby girl was born to John and Ann Flanagan in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Register of births in New Jersey. Book I 1848-1867 |
Margaret Agnes married Frederick Van Houten (1864-1922). She may have spent her years working for her family in the home, rather than being employed outside the home as a nurse.
The memorial page for Margaret Agnes Flanagan (1861-1934) originally linked to the wrong husband. Frederick VanHouten (1864-1922), buried in Woodland Cemetery in Newark, is the correct husband for Margaret. Frederick VanHouten (1866-1943), buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark, was not Margaret's husband.
Julia, a daughter of Margaret and Frederick, died in 1928 in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York. A copy of this death certificate was filed in New Jersey. This is unusual but sometimes happens. If someone resided in New Jersey but died in another state, it is possible that a record exists in New Jersey as well as the location of the death. This is worth a try, especially with the State of New York, since genealogy requests for records have stopped being filled.
New York death certificate filed in New Jersey. Julia VanHouten died June 4, 1928 in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York. |
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