Hi.
After further investigation to Thomas Jones, died 6th February 1906 we are now in possession of his medical records.
He had been sent to Exeter Lunatic Asylum by the doctor he saw in Cardiff. Thomas was diagnosed with General Paralysis and because there was no-one in the family who wanted to look after him this was the only alternative.
It would seem that the Asylum was known as Digby House Asylum because it had been built on Digby Farm. It is not known why Heavitree Asylum was written on Thomas’s death certificate.
Yes we've looked up General Paralysis for the period and yes it is a result of syphilis but obviously not medically diagnosed then. His condition would have got considerably worse from first diagnosis.
It states on Thomas’s admission form that his religion was “Calvanistic Methodist”.
As I have found no burial for Thomas in Exeter or Cardiff using both city’s Bereavement Services and contacting individual churches as well as scouring ancestry and FindMyPast, is anyone able to tell me if there were there any Calvanistic Methodist Churches around the Heavitree area?
Finding burial records for many of the non-conformist churches is quite rare but if there is a church with a burial ground in the area we may, just may be one step nearer to finding where Thomas was buried.
Many thanks
SNG
