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I'd be very grateful if someone visiting the archives (closed of course at the moment for the break, so no rush) could look up some details for me please of Harold Vernon SMITH in Gloucester asylum.

dob 16 Feb 1898
admitted 23 Jan 1922
death 9 Nov 1922 Death Cert states death at County mental hospital, Wotton Hill, Gloucester, age 24, of The Vicarage, Leighterton, Tetbury, RD. Bank clerk. Died of Diptheria 5 days. No post mortem.

The address tallies with the June 1921 census where he was shown as visitor in that household, unemployed bank clerk.  I have his employment history and he was a bank clerk for Wilts and Dorset Bank, then Lloyds when they took it over, and then abroad at the Bank of British West Africa. He returned to England in May 1921 having left this job, with a Bournemouth address as his destination.

The information I'd like is any family member(s) and address(es) and any other details as I can't find his widowed mother Kate Smith after 1911 in Knole Rd, Bournemouth. Not the easiest surname to research and she could have remarried.  The admission register might show his connection with the vicarage household too because there's no obvious family connection but I need to explore that more thoroughly.  Possibly a Freemasonry connection as H V Smith went to one of their schools?

So any info really from the admissions register if that's possible?  His admission ref no might be useful too, for identifying other records in the system.

Also if they have burial records, that would be of interest.  Would their inmates be buried on site or at at a particular cemetery? It's possible a family member took him to another area though. He had relatives in Bristol (the Butler family), in Nottingham (his birthplace) and wherever his mother was, if still alive.

Thanks in advance.

And Merry Christmas rootschatters! 

Hello

This relates to a family studio photo that I posted on this thread asking about the possible date. https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=776816.msg6305442#msg6305442  The only clue was the soldier's uniform, which was 1915+

Having made contact with Kirk surname researchers, I've drawn a blank, so wonder now if it is the Salt family of Chesterfield.  Are there any SALT researchers here?

Annie Elizabeth Salt (1863-?) married Richard Kirk in July 1886 in Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbys. Their family situation was dysfunctional and I can't make any of the adults or offspring fit this photo.

I haven't done a great deal of research into the Salt family but have found her brother Samuel (1852-) who married Elizabeth Ward Marshall in 1876 in Chesterfield, and sister Hannah (1854-) who married Henry Groves in 1871 in Chesterfield. 

The three children's parents were James Salt and Sarah nee MacDonald/McDonald (1826-1899).

I'm wondering if this family is of some combination of Salts/Groves or one or other family?

Thanks for reading.

Val

Apologies if this is in the wrong section but not really sure where to post it.

I have a photo of an ornamental wrought iron gate made by my ggfather Billington based in Wellingborough.  On the back it has his business stamp and someone has pencilled in Uppingham.

As you can see, 1930 is incorporated into the design.  Uppingham local history soc have asked their contacts, including the archivist at Uppingham school, but no success yet.

The archivist suggested that it was a gate to a tomb or vault, based on the stonework behind.

Is there an initial on each side?  The fancy work doesn't look identical.  Perhaps A on the left but not sure about the right.

Ggrandfather Billington was well known locally for his ornamental wrought ironwork, and he completed many ecclesiastical commissions locally and further afield, and domestic work, including gates, lampholders, sign holders, rood screens, plus ordinary items such as railings. Two of his sons worked with him later on and by 1930 he was in his 70s so I guess his sons did most of the work.  The family has a lot of material about him, including an article published in the Northampton County Magazine c1930, plus a handful of photos of his work although without locations. 

He didn't always mark his work, but if he did, it was with his initials - either GEB or EGB (because he called himself George Edmund but his name was registered as Edmund George and he traded as EG Billington).

Anyone have any ideas?  Did someone wealthy die in 1930 or a year or so earlier so a special gate was made for their tomb?

This made me laugh but perhaps I'm reading it incorrectly.  'Lazy' in the blind/deaf column for Joseph Bannister.  His birthplace is Staffordshire, Marchington, which doesn't seem to spill over into the last column, unlike his wife's birthplace, Derbyshire, Lullington and his daughter's, Staffordshire, Tutbury.  Or perhaps Marchington does spill over and the 'y' is just an ink dribble.

Also what is Mary his daughter's occupation please?  The second word is maker but what is the first word? Shift?

Thanks for looking.