Disappearance without trace - 1918 onwards - tips appreciated

[snuttall]

I am searching for a family member who disappears without a trace after 1918.

Jane Hargreaves - née Taylor
B. late 1878/early 1879 in Oldham, Lancashire.
M. Frank Hargreaves 1903 in Oldham.
Children - Miriam (1905), Edward (1907), Frank (1912).
Husband Frank dies 1918 in WWI.

After this, I am reliant on family hearsay - which says that things unfortunately didn't go so well for the family after this and that Jane ended up in an asylum and the children (who may have been older by then anyway) had to fend for themselves. I would guess that the major asylum for Oldham back then would still have been the infamous Prestwich one, but I've no idea how to go about exploring that possibility - and we all know how reliable family hearsay can be!

I've tried:
- Looking for Jane on 1939 Register as Taylor and Hargreaves - no luck
- Looking for potential remarriages of Jane - no luck
- Looking for potential death records for Jane - no luck

Any possible hints appreciated.

[CaroleW]

Looking for potential remarriages of Jane - no luck

Have you already discounted the 1928 marriage in Oldham?  Lancashire BMD has it at St James free C Of E but does not show Taylor as an alternative surname

Also - only one child was born to that marriage - also in 1928 by which time Jane would have been 50 or thereabouts

[CaroleW]

Looking for potential death records for Jane - no luck

Are you confining your search to Oldham? 

b 1878 died 1956 Farnworth aged 78
b 1878 d 1962 Haslingden aged 84
b1879 d 1956 Newton aged 77
b 1880 d 1956 Haslingden aged 76

[[Ray]]

Hi

You are aware of this tree?
It has the deaths for the 2x sons.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jxw/


Ray

[snuttall]

Thanks Ray, yes one of the sons is my G-G-Grandfather, there are a couple of trees on Ancestry with good info for them and for Jane Taylor's life up to c. 1911, but absolutely no trace of her after that... seems they have also drawn a blank.