Great Holt Temporary Instutition Dockenfield, Hambledon Surrey

[Heather58]

Good evening all I am researching an ancestor Kathleen Mary Cavanagh who was born in Chester 1915 and for some reason according to the 1939 register is living in the above Institution as a patient.  Kathleen died in 1971. I haven't a clue as to why she is there, when there was a mental hospital in Chester. I have tried to look for the above Institution but can't find any information, if there is anyone who can help I would really appreciate it. 

Thank you
Kind regards
Heather  

[CaroleW]

Did she ever marry?  There is a Kathleen M Cavanagh marriage in 1942 in Surrey

Where did she die?

Wonder if she was living in Surrey prior to 1939

[CaroleW]

If you look at the image - it has Dockenfield Manor crossed out and Great Holt inserted

There is this account of Dockenfield Manor which won't apply to Kathleen given her age but may be of interest

https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/dockenfield/dockenfield-manor-farnham-surrey_memory-275791

[Heather58]

Good evening and thank you for your information.  Kathleen died in 18th April 1971 and it just says on the GRO index Surrey N.W.  She was born in Chester 1915, I don't know where she was before 1939.  Just another query the Cavanagh family were very religious Roman Catholics is there a RC church near to the Institution does anyone know.

Once again thank you for your help
kind regards
Heather 

[CaroleW]

Found her death wrongly transcibed as Zathleen.  She died as Cavanagh so didn’t marry.

Have you reason to believe she remained in the institution until her death?

If not - a  copy of her death cert may yield some clues but not always a reliable source of info.  It would tell you who reported her death and where she died

Any possibility she was a nun?

[Heather58]

Thank you all for your help - strange you saying about her being a nun.  Her nephew is a Friar in the Carpaccio Order and her niece is a Mother Abbess just outside York.

Many thanks