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The Common Room / The David Lewis Epileptic Colony - Mobberley, Cheshire - Completed, Thanks
« on: Wednesday 14 February 24 11:08 GMT (UK) »
Wasn't sure whether this should go in the Cheshire section or Kent. All will become clear! Does anyone have specific knowlege of the David Lewis centre? Specifically -
James Edward KEMP was born, in 1888, in one of the small villages in the Ramsgate/Deal area. In 1891 he and the family are in the vilage of Preston (Kent) and his father is an AgLab. As yet, I've been unable to trace them on the 1901 but in 1911 he turns up as a patient of the David Lewis Epileptic Colony in Cheshire and is said to be a "Pubic House Barman".
In 1921, he is boarding in Great Warford - just down the road - with George Henry Jennings and his half sister (and my Half Great Aunt) and James Edward's future wife Edith Mary Binnersley (Isn't life complicated!) He died in 1930, aged 42.
The question, for now, is did he move from Kent to Cheshire despite or, specifically because of his epilepsy? On the one hand, I don't see that he had any connection with Cheshire but on the other, would the treatment of epileptics at this time be confined to such an establishment as the David Lewis Centre? I'm aware that the David Lewis centre still exists and about the time we're looking at, it was mamaged by the Manchester Corporation.
Thanks in advance.
James Edward KEMP was born, in 1888, in one of the small villages in the Ramsgate/Deal area. In 1891 he and the family are in the vilage of Preston (Kent) and his father is an AgLab. As yet, I've been unable to trace them on the 1901 but in 1911 he turns up as a patient of the David Lewis Epileptic Colony in Cheshire and is said to be a "Pubic House Barman".
In 1921, he is boarding in Great Warford - just down the road - with George Henry Jennings and his half sister (and my Half Great Aunt) and James Edward's future wife Edith Mary Binnersley (Isn't life complicated!) He died in 1930, aged 42.
The question, for now, is did he move from Kent to Cheshire despite or, specifically because of his epilepsy? On the one hand, I don't see that he had any connection with Cheshire but on the other, would the treatment of epileptics at this time be confined to such an establishment as the David Lewis Centre? I'm aware that the David Lewis centre still exists and about the time we're looking at, it was mamaged by the Manchester Corporation.
Thanks in advance.