Jason Ellis
master brummie
I need help please. My great-great grandmother Mary Ann Jones (nee Shepherd) worked as a midwife from at least 1883 to 1901 and was connected with the Hockley Provident Dispensary, 360 Farm Street, Hockley. It later became known as the Birmingham Provident Dispensary. Mary Ann lived right next door to the building at 1 Maldon Place, Hockley.
I know that she was born 1835/6 St St John's Wood, London and married Henry Jones 20 Sep 1864 in Coleshill (where Henry's family were based). She died at 358 Farm Street, Hockley in 1906 of pneumonia. My late grandmother told me that Mary Ann's care for new mothers was particularly valued by the poor around Hockley.
I want to know more about her and the dispensary. Can anybody help with any information please.
I know that she was born 1835/6 St St John's Wood, London and married Henry Jones 20 Sep 1864 in Coleshill (where Henry's family were based). She died at 358 Farm Street, Hockley in 1906 of pneumonia. My late grandmother told me that Mary Ann's care for new mothers was particularly valued by the poor around Hockley.
I want to know more about her and the dispensary. Can anybody help with any information please.