Whittington Hall Hospital - Ethel Fable

[J Bux]

I would be very grateful for any information on Ethel Fable.
I think she was a foundling, her birth was registered in Newark, Notts.  In the 1939 register, Ethel Fable (born 27th August 1917), was a patient at the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Custody, Whittington Hall, Old Whittington, Chesterfield.  She is recorded (as were virtually all patients) as an Incapacitated Inmate. 
The death of Ethel Fable, aged 43, was registered between July and September 1961 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire.  Was she discharged before her death or did she die in hospital?   The National Archives state that the records are held at Matlock.
Thanking you in anticipation

[KGarrad]

What does it say on her Death Certificate?

[J Bux]

I'm still waiting for it
Being outside the UK and 1961 certificiates not being available for online ordering of PDF's  makes things difficult.

[rosie99]

The birth certificate would indicate if she was a 'foundling'

ADDED
GRO website index does not show mothers maiden surname but freebmd shows it as Fable

[rosie99]

There is an entry for an Ethel Fable (Transcribed as Table on FindMyPast) living with 'grandparents' in 1921 in the right area that needs investigation 

ADDED
Another grandchild in the household
Births Dec qtr 1918
Fable    Horace    mmn Fable   
 Newark    7b   729

and Ethels entry
Births Dec qtr 1917 
Fable    Ethel   mmn Fable   
Newark    7b   705

[J Bux]

The birth certificate would indicate if she was a 'foundling'

ADDED
GRO website index does not show mothers maiden surname but freebmd shows it as Fable

I am looking at nine similar births and have ordered a birth certificate but it hasn't appeared yet.
Thank you

[J Bux]

There is an entry for an Ethel Fable (Transcribed as Table on FindMyPast) living with 'grandparents' in 1921 in the right area that needs investigation 

ADDED
Another grandchild in the household
Births Dec qtr 1918
Fable    Horace    mmn Fable   
 Newark    7b   729

and Ethels entry
Births Dec qtr 1917 
Fable    Ethel   mmn Fable   
Newark    7b   705

Interesting, that's the first hint that any of these nine births are related.

[rosie99]

Also mentioned with the same family

Birth Jun qtr 1914 
FABLE    Fred    mmn Fable    Newark    7b   982    

Birth Sep qtr 1920 
Fable    Violet    mmn Fable    Newark    7b   996

ADDED Violet is still with them in 1939

[rosie99]

This is the family in 1911, by 1921 Elizabeth is Fable 


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