Death of Mary Jane Jones, 1915, Aberystwyth

[davierj]

If anyone has access to Aberystwyth Workhouse Records for the period 1905 to 1915 you may be able to solve a question that is nagging at me.

My great grandmother, Mary Jane Renfrey, born 1857 in Kea, Cornwall, married Frank Birkin in 1882.   He died before 1901 and she subsequently married David Jones, a railway guard, who died 1904 and was buried with his previous wife and family (Aberystwyth Cemetery sect 8, grave 316). They lived at 9 Vaenor Street, Aberystwyth.

Mary Jane died in 1915 and was buried 8 Nov 1915 in the same grave as her parents (Aberystwyth Cemetery sect 8, grave 343).   Her address in the burial records was 7 Vaenor Street, Aberystwyth implying that she was living with her daughter Amelia Jane Jenkins (nee Renfrey) and family.   However her death certificate shows that she died in the Union Workhouse, Aberystwyth.

I would be most interested to find out when she entered the workhouse, which would have been after the death of her husband David Jones.   Grave records can be checked by following my link 'Cardiganshire Burials' on this board.

Dave

[osprey]

Dave, it might be that she died in the infirmary of the workhouse, so not an inmate & her home/usual address is shown on the death cert.

[Morganllan]

Hello Dave 

You could contact Ceredigion Archives as they have the records of the Aberystwyth
Poor Law Unions (and successor authorities), including admissions registers. Some of these documents may be restricted under the Data Protection Act 1998, but you may be able to get a copy of the relevant record for a fee.

http://archifdy-ceredigion.org.uk/catalogue.php?open_str=%2Cm1

Kind Regards
Morgan

[davierj]

Thank you both for your replies.   Once again you may have hit on a possible solution Osprey but it does seem a bit unusual that she died in the Workhouse Infirmary when living in Vaenor Street.   Aberystwth and Cardiganshire Infirmary and General Hospital was built in 1888 within a couple of hundred yards of Vaenor Street and Mary Jane's father died there in 1899.   It's not impossible of course but is just another anomaly associated with this branch of the family.

Thank you for your suggestion to contact Ceredigion Archives, Morgan, I have sent them an e-mail and hope they can come up with an answer.

Thanks again, Dave

[osprey]

perhaps there was no money to pay for the infirmary for Mary Jane......