Annie Isobel Cummings, 1900 New Zealand

With her name, Annie Cummings, I would guess Great Britain.

Well, in theory, each nursing school has a unique hat, so if you could find the school that distributed that hat...

Is the URL incorrect when in says New Zealand?

Nurse or Chamber Maid

My grandmother was a nurse during WWI and had a uniform just like that (she was in Canada, though)

I believe she maybe a relative of mine.

Nurse possibly...also perhaps a nurse-maid to an infant in a wealthy home?

Nope nevermind, no relatives from new Zealand

Those sleeves - could be late 1800's .

Could she have been a Nanny?

a clue for you.. something I learned during a Titanic related garment study.. there was a tradition in the UK to give a silver buckle to the graduating nurse.. so take a closer look at her waist.

if a servant, her links/buttons may have the family crest

Mother, see where the spelling of her name is Isobel?

Definitely a nursing school uniform, it also appears that shes reading a text book, could have been a promotional picture nevertheless it's an amazing image.

My Great Grandmother's name was Annie Cummings but she was from Illinois and was born with the last name of Pembroke.

Yes, Andrew has the right idea, caps were very specific for schools of nursing. And one of the London ones had a cap that tied, they kept it well into the 20th century. I don't know if we had any that did that (US we).

The hat is the soulution........identify the hat!

She might have been a maid, nurse, or upstairs ladies maid.

Either nursing or possible household staff

There is a movie set against World War One England where the uniforms for nursing staff were similar

I think it's called atonement

I also suspect her uniform to be grey, that is a "hospital"nurse then. Nannys etc in private care was wearing black, I believe. But there is not any visable Red Cross...anywere......

Infant nanny? Or elder nurse.. that belt has a heavy buckle and chattelain... not spelled right

HAWERA HOSPITAL

MATRONS OF THE HAWERA HOSPITAL

Miss Tyers 1894
Miss Furlong 1903-1904
Miss Dunsford 1904-1907
Miss Clapcott 1907-1913
Miss G E Broad 1913-1920
Miss R Lockhead 1920-1926
Miss E M Nutsey 1926-1928
Miss C A Hunter May 1929 - July 1935
Miss M J Fraser (Jane) August 1935 - August 1948
Miss E M M Simmers (Mary) October 1948 - August 1951
Miss J M Kirkness (Jessie) August 1951 - August 1954
Miss D G Clark (Dorothy) October 1954 - January 1957
Miss J A Kilpatrick (Joan) January 1957 - March 1961
Miss E R Bradley (Rae) May 1961 - December 1966
Miss S Watts (Shirley) December 1966 - August 1969
Miss M I O'Dea (Molly) August 1969 - December 1975
Mrs K Brady (Katy) 1976 - June 1979
Mrs A Brough (Ann) July 1979 - 30 June 1993

SOURCES
Hawera District Centenary by A P C Bromley
Registered Nurses Reunion Hawera Hospital 1 October 1983

EARLY REGISTERED NURSES

The first two nurses to gain their registration at Hawera Hospital were:

Miss Annie Isobel Cummings (married Percy Russell Wilkinson 1903)
Miss L E Price (Mrs Cook)

This was in 1902.

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New Zealand Nurses uniform 1900

Nicole Sizemore good work! This was the only photo I found showing tied on hats.

She appearsto be wearing 19th same belt as the nurses in the photo as well.

It sure looks like she was a nurse. That is definitely a nurse's uniform. I looked in my history of nursing book but couldn't find her listed.

Good job Nicole Sizemore

my sister in law's maiden name was Cummings and she was also a nurse, no idea if she is related to Annie Isobel Cummings

Love the comments! Thank you all.

A quick search at the National Archives didn't find her, but here's a link, and also they have some passenger lists.

Nurse maid

We need to go on a history buff tour Karen! Have always loved old things!

I found a pic of my great Aunt that was also a nurse in probably the same time frame

Reading instructions on how to administer an enema!

Susan Rose Haff A Nurse!!!

She will be in Heaven

Heroine.

Well done Nicole ! More please ! Love all this nursing history.

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I looked her up on ancestry.com and found an Annie Isobel Cummings who was born in June 1875, in Kent England and died in 1899 in Kent England...parents were Alexander and Anne Cummings, first husband Eugene Callahan and 2nd spouse was Charles Henry Hall...could be the one?...the census does not say her job...nor is there a death certificate..let me try New Zealand.

Found the same Annie T Cummings in Hawere Hospital...maybe her maiden name started with a T.

Yup, it is the lady from Hawera.

Maybe the Crimean War? Florence Nightingale did her nursing there....

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

pretty lady

Isn't she cute????

Those uniforms were sure different!

Nice old picture

A Cummings family tree has this photo and has Annie as being born Annie Cunningham, born Glasgow around 1850. Married Matthew Cummings, born around 1849 in Ireland. Arrived in NZ on the 9 Oct 1879. Died 23 March 1930. Apart from this photo they have a photo of Annie and Matthew as well as old photos of other family members. A bit confusing as this photo doesn't look like that of a fifty-odd year-old woman and the tree does not have Miriam as having a sister called Annie.

Annie was born in Glascow, Scotland. She moved to Australia with her parents. Her Father died not long after they arrived, her Mother remarried, x2, and then Annie moved to the Waikato area, but not sure when. She was my Great Grannie Annie.

Miriam was one of her daughters, the Cummings family tree on Ancestry is mine.

I'm finally catching up, and have been reading through the comments. I would like to thank the people who did more digging, and confirmed that G.Grannie Annie was a nurse in the Thames. Her husband, Matthew, was stationed there during the Maori Land Wars at Gate Pa.

Yes.
She was a nurse