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Hi all!

I was wondering if anyone could help me. I am looking for a Hannah Storrar nee cooksey who was in a mental institute. She was born in 1827 in islington london and died on 1/10/1902 in islington, london. I know she was in a mental institute but i'm not sure if she died in there...? She was married to John Storrar and they had 11 children!

Any information would be great :D

Thanks

Steph

There was a mental aslyum at Hanwell......their records are at the London Met Archives,,,

If you know her dod is it from the death certificate,?it should state place of death,

Hi thanks for your reply, I got the date of death from another member of genes and don't know the place of death.

If you get her death certificate it will tell you whether she died in an asylum or not.

Name: Hannah Eliza Storrar
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 75
District: Islington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 123 (click to see others on page)

Hannah E. Storrar
Age: 53
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John J.L.
Gender: Female
Where born: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address: 20 Pulteney Terr
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Islington
Sub registration district: Islington West
ED, institution, or vessel: 31
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Charles E Storrar 22
Edmond Leon Storrar 11
Hannah E. Storrar 53
Horace V. Storrar 13
John H. Storrar 15
John J.L. Storrar 51
Walter H. Storrar 20

found her in 1881 census unable to find her in 1891/1901

oh thanks :) so if shes not in the 1891 census that probably means she went in the asylum after 1881 and before 1891.

If she's in a mental hospital, she'll be listed in the census under her initials only.

oh so she would still be listed, thats good news... would she have been listed at the mental hospital address?

Yes, she would.

ok then now i need a look up for hanwell mental asylum for the initials H E Storrar if anyone can look on the census for me pleeeeeease :D

thanks for everyones help so far im slowly moving forward :D

Steph

Steph, she would most likely have been recorded with JUST her intitials, no surname. Therefore even if you did find someone in an asylum with tyhe initials HS then I don't know how you could ever know whether it was Hannah or not.

Sam x

There is also Frian Barnet mental hospital (not sure about the spelling) I used to live in Islington and that was out local if you like

The old as then Hosptial on Liverpool Road Islington,,was known as the Workhouse...which may havve had a section for as termed then,Asylum,,,,


She died in Islington,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she cant have died in Hanwell as this was too far out as this is in Uxbridge,,,Middlesex,and the Hospital Hanwell Mental... was in Norwood,
in 1922,,,,,,,,

oh ok so i need to find about the workhouse in islington and see if it had an asylum attached. your right she couldnt have died at hanwell. thank you everyone for your help i wouldnt get anywhere on my own!!! lol

It's not true that all mental hospitals list inmates by initials only. To see an example that gives normal names (The County Lunatic Asylum at Morpeth) look in 1881 for Alice McDowall with spouse/head=Thomas in Northumberland, and then page forward (alt., move thru "next household"s on LDS site). The first few inhabitants of the asylum are the resident staff and their families (sometimes some staff are in adjacent - both in real life and the census page sense - detached buildings). The inmates follow.