redhill house edgware info

[allibaker]

good afternoon all
i have my great grandmother's death certificate stating she died at redhill house edgware on 17th dec 1952. her death certificate was registered by the deputy chief resident officer H.B Newell. my question is how do i find out more info i.e where she was living before she entered redhill. all her death certificate says is alice marshall aged 81yrs widow of ------- marshall occupation unknown .i know who her husband was just not how or why she ended up in edgware as her maarriage and children were all in gateshead.my mother remembers visiting her as a small child but thats about it. i live nowhere near london and am not in a position to visit so was hoping someone who lived near by could find out any info re admission etc ??
would be gratfull for any help in this matter
regards
alli

[carol8353]

Redhill House was known as Edgware General Hospital,I had my tonsils out there in 1958 and my hubby was born there!

http://www.ezitis.myzen.co.uk/edgware.html

It was originally the Workhouse but later became an actual hospital.

I don't know if you would be able to access records after only 60 years,that sort of thing are often limited to 100.

Looks like the National Archives hold the records,I would email them if I were you and ask if they would release them to you.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=13

Carol

[avm228]

If she'd been living in the London area before admission to hospital then electoral rolls may be helpful.

[allibaker]

thankyou carol i had already seen those details but was just hoping someone else would have a different slant on my family history as she and her children are missing from the 1911 cencus and sometime after the family went its seperate ways . my grandmother was born in 1911 but after the cencus and the address she was born at seems to be missing completely from the cencus. she only kept in touch with 3 of her siblings and would never talk about her family. i have found more siblings and am trying to find out what happened to the rest however with a surname like marshall its almost imposible.
was hoping maybe that she had moved there to be near to one of the missing children ?? well one could hope lol
thanks for your kind look up .any suggestions on how to look at this family in a different way would be great

[allibaker]

thanks avm but i dont have access to electorial rolls as live in somerset. on her death certificate its states of 199 high street yeiwsley and west drayton on looking on line it comes up as a library now 
regards
alli

[carol8353]

Is Marshall her married name? Can you tell us all about her.Who were her kids?
Does she have a middle name.

My gran did the reverse journey from near Edgware when she could no longer live alone,to move 70 miles north to live with us and my mum ,so people looking for her death will be quite surprised not to find her in Middlesex.

[carol8353]

There is an Alice Marshall in 1949 at 199 High Street West Drayton,

Other people in the house are Albert H and Lily Stephens with 2 more Stephens next door at 201,Frances A and William G.

IN 1950 the same set up but with the addition of a Felicity Stephens.

They're still there in 1951 and 52.

[allibaker]

ooh carol thats lovely thankyou. yes marshall is her married name .alice fairbairn married joseph marshall 15th dec 1891 registry office gateshead they had the following children that i have proof of -
george marshall born 5th feb 1893 at 8 grahamsley street gateshead
joseph marshall born 19th july 1898 at 396 high street gateshead
arthur marshall born 15th aug 1900 at 28 grahamsley street gateshead
robert marshall born 27th jan 1903 at 5 penman street gateshead
alice marshall born 6th july 1905 at 28 tinn street gateshead
william marshall born 1909 in gateshead have certificate but cant get to it at present
evelyn marshall born 2nd nov 1911 at 26 burn street gateshead (my nan)
 then the 1901 throughs a spanner in the works as it shows another child a 5yr old daughter isabella who's birth i cant find .
in 1891 they are at 28 grahamsley street with josephs parents and sibling. the family seem to be there in 1901 with the addition of a wife for one of the siblings and she is there as a widow in 1911 but no sign of my family.have tried all variations on all the children as well as parents ,26 burn street where they were in nov is missing from the 1911
regards
alli

[Valda]

Hi

How have you reached the conclusion you have the right Alice Marshall death? Alice was older by a couple of years than her husband on the 1901 census but was she adjusting her age down a little for that censu?

June quarter 1869 registration district Easington
Alice Fairbairn


Regards

Valda