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Thank you for that. But I was only doing this for a friend and no longer have any paperwork etc - all passed on. But thank you nevertheless.
Suzie

Suzard….well, that's a turnup for the books.
Many thanks.
I shall pass that on to my friend.
I can't seem to get to RG52...is that part of the 1911 census?
I'll keep trying...meanwhile found a website for the actual asylum so that will be bedtime reading for him.
Thank you again.
Suzie

I am doing some research for a chum and this is what I have so far.
Basically, I am looking for Rose Hannah GILLETT (nee Dudley) in 1911?

Rose Hannah DUDLEY.
Born 1859  Ampthill, Beds. Parents were James DUDLEY and Elizabeth BAVINGTON.
Rose married William Gillett – 11 Oct 1880 at Marston Moretaine, Beds.
William’s father – Mark GILLETT

Rose and William had six children:
William George 1880
Emily 1883
Gertrude Ellen 1884
Violet Rose 1890. Died Nuneaton 1919.
Edith Beatrice Kate 1894. Died Nuneaton 21991
Sarah May 1900 – 1983.

Rose Hannah and William were living with her parents in 1881 in Marston.
In 1891, she was still with her family and four of her children.
She may have gone there to look after her own mother who died in 1892.
Husband William (on the same page) is living with his father, Mark.

In 1901, William and Rose are together at Wavendon with children Violet, Edith and Sarah.

In 1911, William, noted as married, is head of house in Haversham, Wolverton. His father Mark is also there. But no sign of Rose, his wife.

In the Lunacy Patient Registers for Buckinghamshire, there is an entry for Roseanna GILLET, marked as a female pauper, admitted 15 Dec 1911 and discharged 30 Jul 1912.

So the question is....where was she on 1911 census night?? We know she was alive; she died in 1937, death registered Aylesbury.

Hoping someone can help.
Stay safe everyone.
Suzie

I am doing some family history research for a friend; I have almost completed the project but for one outstanding query concerning a possible suffragette.

Adelaide Harriet LITHERLAND.  Born 4 Apr 1866 in Hulme, Manchester.
Married David MENZIES in 1910 in Chorlton. Their address then was 15 Fenwick Street, Hulme.
In 1911 they were living at 29 Caythorpe Street, Moss Side, Manchester and David Menzies was an engineer’s pattern maker. Two sons, Harold and Athol, were born 1911 and 1913 in Chorlton, and Allan was born 1925 in Edinburgh.
 
Family gossip had it that Adelaide was a suffragette. I have trawled various websites but her name never appears – either as LITHERLAND or MENZIES.
 
The only other fact which lends some credibility to the story is that when husband David died in 1948 in Edinburgh, his occupation was noted on his death certificate as retired political organiser! (Adelaide also died in Edinburgh in 1959.)

Adelaide and her husband were definitely in the right place at the right time for her to have been involved in the movement as the Pankhurst family were in that area too.  I did contact The Pankhurst Museum in Nelson Street, but they were unable to help me and just referred me to their Facebook and Twitter pages.

Can anyone advise on where any other helpful records may be?  Is there anywhere else in Manchester where there might be relevant documents on Adelaide, or her husband?

Living in Orkney, my only real resources are online. I would love to be able to prove – or disprove – this family story for the 80-year-old lady for whom I am doing this research.

Regards
Suzie