Ok so this is interesting.....
I have obtained insanity records- which say very little; inquest records and then a subsequent death certificate for George Creighton in Toowoomba QLD in June 1893.
It would appear he was reported to the police in 1892, picked up and taken to the Hospital for the insane with a diagnosis of dementia. Record states good condition of body, insane of mind.
His death certificate informant is the steward from the Hospital, and states his parents, his birthplace of Wakefield England, his spouse as Esther Taylor whom he married in Coonamble (age unknown) and lists all his children- George Hector, Emily jane, Edith, George Richard and Sarah, but states no ages for the children. Further statement under childrens names says not known if living or deceased.
So my question is- if George had dementia when he was admitted to the hospital, was he still of fit enough mind to have been able to provide them with those family details? Or how else could they have obtained them to provide on his death certificate?? And would the hospital have contacted his family to notify them he had been admitted?
It states he is buried in Toowoomba cemetery- who would have paid for that? Who would have paid his hospital fees?
As far as I know, the Creighton children were removed from their mother in May 1888- George was in Toowoomba in 1892 to be admitted to the hospital. Could that be where he was working at the time of his children's removal? And if so, would he have been contacted/ could he have been notified?
I now know where the father of this family ended up, but seem to have even more questions than before now.
Can anyone tell me more about how admissions to hospitals of the insane worked, and how this situation might have evolved regarding his family?
The plot continues to thicken it seems.....
Kylie