1921 Census

Court Hall on the 1921 Census (taken 19th June 1921).

Court Hall was then a private mental hospital, with 17 rooms, run by sisters:

• Dr Bertha Mary Mules (52y, 3m), Physician
• Dr Annie Shortridge Mules (45y, 1m), Physician and Surgeon

Also living with them at the time of the 1921 census is their brother:

• Roderick John Mules (47y, 2m), Admiralty Civil Engineer at Devonport Stockyard

All three siblings were single and born in Churchstow, Devon.

There are eight patients:

• Amy Laura Evans (65y, 2m), married; born in Wimbledon, London
• Emily Alice Beadon (72y, 1m), single; born in Otterton, Devon
• Ada Allan Mitchell (53y, 2m), single; born in Exeter, Devon
• Emma Martin (58y, 5m), single; born in Reigate, Surrey
• Florence Shepherd (63y, 4m), married; born in Nottingham
• Annie Dresser (35y, 3m), single; born in Wrexham, Cheshire
• Catherine Thomas (36y, 7m), single; born in Vines Cross, Sussex
• Georgina Backhouse (53y, 2m), married; born in Ottery, Devon

Four nurses:

• Elizabeth Helen Brotherton (35y, 10m), single; born in Walsall, Staffordshire
• Sarah Jane Appleton (33y, 2m), single; born in Newton-le-Willows, Cheshire
• Alys Katherine Reed (26y, 11m), single; born in Wimbledon, London
• Mary Derrick (67y, 11m), single; born in Glamorgan, Wales

And four live-in servants:

• Fanny Philips (36y, 8m), Parlour maid, single; born in Starcross, Devon
• Ethel Branch (19y, 10m), House maid, single; born in Kenton, Devon
• Cora Grose (39y, 4m), Cook, widow; born in Gunnislake, Devon
• Margaret Needs (15y, 4m), Kitchen maid, single; born in Exeter, Devon

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Dr Bertha also owns the neighbouring property of Court Cottage, which has 10 rooms.

There are three visitors:

• Ellen Drew (70y, 2m), single; born in Torquay, Devon
• Sylvia Church (42y, 2m), a gardener at home, single; born in Retford, Nottinghamshire
• Claude Tritton (36y, 1m), single; born Banbury, Oxfordshire

Three boarders:

• Mary Katherine Blake (39y, 5m), single; born Birmingham, Worcestershire
• Maria Edgeworth Sanderson (47y, 2m), single; born Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
• Susanna Pryon Soote (65y, 3m), single; born Clifton, Somerset

Interestingly, Maria Edgeworth Sanderson was a half great niece of novelist Maria Edgeworth. Her mother was Mary/Maria Sanderson (nee Edgeworth), whose father was Francis Beaufort Edgeworth, a younger half brother of the novelist.

And one live-in caretaker (her employer is given as Dr Bertha Mules):

• Mary Ann Phillips (59y, 1m), widow; born Eggerford, Devon