ALEXANDER, Selina Corumbene

1854 - 1924  (70 years)

• Name	ALEXANDER, Selina Corumbene  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1854	Halesworth, Suffolk, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Sep 1924	New Town, Tasmania, Australia   [3, 4]
  	'Wyvenhoe'
  Buried	22 Sep 1924	Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Cornelian Bay, Tasmania, Australia   [4, 5]
  	Independent Area, Section L, Site 19.
  Person ID	I8771	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	SHOOBRIDGE, Robert Wilkins Giblin M.H.A.,   b. 11 Jun 1847,   d. 13 May 1936  (Age 88 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1890	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia   [4, 6]
  Children	1. SHOOBRIDGE, Nancy Hope,   b. 22 Dec 1890, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 6 Apr 1898, At Sea near Colombo, Ceylon  (Age 7 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F5347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Willow Court (New Norfolk Asylum; Royal Derwent Hospital) Selina Alexander (bc1855), a qualified nurse with a reference from Florence Nightingale. She was responsible for raising the pay and conditions of her staff. In 1890, aged 35, Selina married, as his second wife, Robert Shoobridge of apple-producing Valleyfield who was a government visitor of the asylum. They were to become parents of Nancy Hope, the girl in the St Matthew’s stained-glass window (p304). THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTION A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL. During the day a "Mercury" representative paid a visit to the hospital, and was shown over the institution by the matron (Miss Moody), who was kind enough not only to do this, but to give some interesting information regarding the working of the hospital. The building occupies a very fine site on the brow of the hill, overlooking the Derwent, with  a view in front of the river and its fertile valley and the rugged hills beyond. Though not large, the hospital, which was erected by Mr. Shoobridge at a cost of £2,700, is solidly and compactly built of brick, with a roof which is also of a cheerful red hue. It is well arranged and up to-date within and without, the chief difficulty being that, with the increasing use made of it, it is likely to be- come too small. The hospital owes its existence to the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. R .W. G. Shoobridge, and the circumstances under which it was erected are commemorated by the following in- scrîption on a marble tablet affixed to the wall of the entrance-hall: - "This hospital was erected in 1910, and presented to the inhabitants of the district of New Norfolk   by Robert and Selina Shoobridge, in memory of their daughter, Nancy Hope. She, being dead yet speaketh. " The interest of Mr. and Mrs. Shoobridge in the hospital did not end with the erection of the building, for they have rendered many other services to it. The residents of New Norfolk and the surrounding districts have also taken an active part in providing for the furnishing and maintenance of the hospital, with the result that its interior economy presents some features unusual in hospitals.

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S383] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;). Database online. Record for Selina Alexander Database online. Record for Selina Corumbene Alexander [S39] TAMIOT (Tombstones&Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania), Tasmanian Family History Society Inc., (Name: Name: Name: Tasmanian Family History Society Inc;;;), SHOOBRIDGE Ebenezer (1820-1901) - Burial. SHOOBRIDGE Ebenezer B: 04 Feb 1820 - D: 06 Jul 1901 - Also: 4 others - RED HILLS, BUSHY PARK, GLENORA - NEW NORFOLK - HOBART - NN01/02048 [S339] Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;;;).