lunatic???

[*sara*]

i am fairly new to this but have found out that my g-grandmother was in a mental institution in the early 1900's, in london.  does anyone have any suggestions as to where i could start to find if this is true, or is the date 'too recent' to access any records?

any help would be appreciated

sara

[Cal241]

Hi Sara
& welcome to Rootschat.
If you post some details about what you know I am sure we can help you

Cal 

[meles]

Welcome, sara, to Rootschat.

I suggest you find where she was in the 1901 census, and gets details of the family. You might find evidence of some family disaster that led to depression and mental illness.

Do let us know what you find - we'll be pleased to help.

meles

[*sara*]

all i know is that she was born Ada Roughton in watford in about 1874 and married alfred tompkins in watford in 1894.  they had 3 children and alfred died in 1902.  i know that the children then went into an orphanage as i have the certificates.  i wanted to find out what happened to ada and a great aunt told me she was in a mental institution in london.  i am interested to find out more about this but not really sure where to look

thanks
sara

[Cal241]

I used to have a link to a site that gave some names in asylums in London


Can I find it just now .... NO!! I will root it out.
But if anyone else has PLEASE post it


Cal 

[*sara*]

that would be a great start.  if anyones knows a link to any london assylums that i can begin to read about that would be great.

waiting in anticipation................

sara

ps, i meant g-g-grandmother!

[hepburn]

http://www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/4_13_TA.htm

[*sara*]

ooooo  thanx for that it looks very interesting,  will have a good look through - may take several hours though!
have to wait until tomorrow.

thank you very much for your input

sara

[Cal241]

http://www.gmcro.co.uk/ftpfiles/education/asylums.pdf

This is a general paper about asylums. I will have a look tomorrow far too tired tonight !!