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kate edith hill born circa 1870

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Rebecca

Rebecca Report 16 Oct 2008 18:09

hi trying to find out what mental instituition my great grand mother died in her name was kate edith hill nee davies think she was born in hereford in 1870 or around that time

CLW2005

CLW2005 Report 16 Oct 2008 22:00

Rebecca - if you purchase the marriage cert - details of which I posted on your other thread - you will have a better idea of when born and also a fathers name with which to search the census returns.

Sometimes you just have to spend some money
Christine

Rebecca

Rebecca Report 17 Oct 2008 10:06

she was born september 1879 in bromyard hereford

Rebecca

Rebecca Report 17 Oct 2008 10:07

had a sister called jessie polly davies and annie davies

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 17 Oct 2008 15:51

If she lived in Herefordshire then this is probably the hospital, taken from th Nat Archives site:

Present name St Mary's Hospital

Previous name(s) St Mary's Asylum
Hereford County and City Lunatic Asylum

Address Burghill Near Hereford HR7 4QN


Foundation Year 1871

Closed Yes

Closure year 1994

Records at Hereford Record Office
Record type
General
1916 - 1967
Admission & Discharge
1871 - 1961

Clinical & Patients
1871 - 1959


Harold Street
Hereford
HR1 2QX
England

Tel: 01432 260750
Fax: 01432 260066
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/archives


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Rebecca

Rebecca Report 17 Oct 2008 15:53

sorry lived in birmingham in the latter years of her life but i'll check it out just in case she went back there thanks

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 17 Oct 2008 16:49

If you go to
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

click on : 'search archives'
then 'Hospital Records'

then 'search the database' and put in Birmingham in town name

it will give you all the hospitals in the area, what and where the records are kept, there only seems to be 2 or 3 that are Mental Hospitals, many are now closed

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