Leicester Asylum

[Finley 1]

Good news!

At the Leicester record office, they have details of the asylum inpatients, which are open for all to read (at least up to 1909 thanks to the "100 year rule"). So it might be worth your while, if you can get there, to pore over the records for more details.

I am about to send for a death cert that may or may not be mine ... the reason I am linking this here is because it says that he was in the Borough Asylum when he died in 1888...
Now will it give me more info on the cert?  is it worth the risk of a wrong cert.  ?
Or Can I somehow find more from the records at the asylum before I buy the cert?
If I send to the records office for a search of this -- can they do it for me?

thanks

xin

[Annie65115]

My ancestor died in the asylum, and I got no more info on the death certificate than "normal" -- in a way it was less info, as the address was the asylum (rather than the family home) and the informant was the guy in charge of the asylum (whose title escapes me -- Anyway, it wasn't a family member!)

I've managed to read through my ancestor's medical records from the asylum and they are heartbreaking - and fascinating - but again didn't give me any brick-wall-demolishing info.

I think what might give you the most information would be the admission records, and yes, I think maybe you can get a search done re this.

[Finley 1]

Thanks Annie,   

really appreciate your help..
Will see what I can find xx

xin

[iolaus]

The details I got from the asylym gave me more info than a death certificate, including details of his death (so I didn't bother with the death certificate.

I emailed them saying he was in the asylum on the 1901 census and they emailed me back giving me his date of admission and death and asking me to complete the form with payment to send for the full info - it was 3 or 4 pages and a photograph

[Finley 1]

oooo that sounds really interesting...

am waiting to see what comes through

xin

[Thooperfly]

In 1901 my Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth HARNETT b. Wolverhampton 1862 d. 1914 was recorded as being a patient at Leicester General Infirmary. I wonder if she was at what was later known as the Towers Hospital.
The reason I wonder about this, is that on the marriage certificate of her daughter (my Great Grandmother) Maud HARNETT-FORD in 1915 her occupation is as an Asylum Nurse.

Perhaps just a co-incidence.

I suppose the reason why I'm curious about this, is because my Mum had a long term mental illness. I wonder if it is hereditary. Maud HARNETT-FORD's son was her Dad.

[a-l]

Hi Xin, my ancestor died in the Towers asylum and LRO did the search for me .  I received a lot of information as to why he was there but didn't receive a photo as not all were photographed. I have one of him so it didn't matter.                                 It's worth asking LRO to do it for you if you can't get to Leicester.                            Sue

[Finley 1]

Yes thanks for that Sue,
Hopefully his death cert will be here tomorrow... So I can move on then.

I received his Fathers today --   so very sad, as he 'hung' himself.

I found the newspaper clip on that one... so now wondering if there may be a Coronors report.

They do seem to have had their fare share this lot.

xin

[Thooperfly]

Yes thanks for that Sue,
Hopefully his death cert will be here tomorrow... So I can move on then.

I received his Fathers today --   so very sad, as he 'hung' himself.

I found the newspaper clip on that one... so now wondering if there may be a Coronors report.

They do seem to have had their fare share this lot.

xin

So sad.

I had relatives in Leicester who abandoned their children in the street... the two children ended up in the workhouse. Purely because the father went off to Nottingham to find work (and ended up in a workhouse there) and the mother couldn't cope so abandoned her kids.