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As there are no living relatives I can ask, please can anyone help trace a death record? I have full records of her immediate family but because she was sent away it has proven harder to follow the trail.
My mother's cousin: Mabel Lawson b.22 Nov 1913 Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Had learning disability from birth. Was sent, age 16, to Sandlebridge Boarding School/Mary Dendy Hospital, Cheshire on 11 November 1929 until 27 February 1959 at which point she became an 'informal' patient.
I very much doubt that she would be married due to her mental health, though it is possible of course. However, I cannot find a death record online for Mabel which matches her birth date. The closest I can find is a death in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 2001 with birth date of 27 October 1912. Unlikely to be the same Mabel?

Mabel Lawson on the 1939 Register

Household (1 Person) The Mary Dendy Home , Macclesfield R.D., Cheshire, England

Mabel Lawson Inmate 22 Nov 1913 Female No Occupation Inmate Of Home Single 2 88

Thanks PricklyHolly. She was definitely born in Wharfedale, Yorkshire. She was raised in Rawdon, Leeds until her teenage years when she became difficult to look after. my mother remembered her very well.

Birth reg in the new year

MABEL
Last name LAWSON
Birth year 1914
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's last name Annal
District Wharfedale
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9A
Page 202
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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© Findmypast

The birth was towards the end of November Shirley !

Dea x

Yes Dea but you have six weeks to reg a birth so it's likely was reg Jan 1914

My dad was born Dec 1907 and he was reg late jan 1908

The six weeks is because that was the lying in period after childbirth and it would often be the mum who reg the birth

The six weeks period is still in force :-)

Maybe she went on to live a long life and her death record isn't online

I believe this the Mabel who died in 2001 so not 'your' Mabel ?


1939:
Lawson Household (2 People) 8 Oakbank Street , Wallasey C.B., Cheshire, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
Mabel Lawson 27 Oct 1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties (Original says 1912 !!)
Frank Lawson 09 Feb 1911 Builders Motor Driver




Marriages Sep 1935 (>99%)
Colligan George L Fortune Birkenhead 8a 1690
Fortune Mary C Colligan Birkenhead 8a 1690
Lawson Frank Mowbray Birkenhead 8a 1690 ***
MOWBRAY Mabel Lawson Birkenhead 8a 1690 ***


Births Dec 1912 (>99%)
Mowbray Mabel Wickstead Birkenhead 8a 967

Dea x

Thanks Shirley & Dea. I am starting to think she may have had a long life. If she was still alive she would be 104 of course! Is there no way for me to check this out?

In 1941, financial problems forced the Society to relinquish control to Cheshire County Council. Post-war other approaches were considered more appropriate, and Mary Dendy Hospital (as it had become known) was run down, finally closing in 1989. All that survives today is a unit operating on Chelford Road which now takes care of mentally ill patients who would previously have been sent to Rampton Secure Hospital. One of the largest of its old sites has been demolished to make way for a modern housing estate at Buttermere Drive[citation needed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dendy_Hospital

The "unit operating on Chelford Road" mentioned above would seem to be the Alderley Unit - contact details here:

https://tinyurl.com/z72fpnl


Maybe they would have some helpful records ??

do you know Mabel's mothers maiden name there is only one mabel born in 1914 in
Wharfedale

Of course, it's always possible that the Birkenhead death is hers, if the informant didn't know her correct DOB.

Had family perhaps lost contact by then ??
There's no sign of Mabel having had any siblings.

Correction:

Yes, she does seem to have had an older sister:


Mrs Minnie Lawson
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Mrs Minnie Lawson
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Burley
Civil Parish: Horsforth
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: The Lodge Park Side Horsforth Nr Leeds
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Wharfedale
Registration District Number: 491
Sub-registration district: Horsforth
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 25973
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Lawson 27
Minnie Lawson 28
Elsie Lawson 3
Ruth Thackray 80 (mistranscribed on Ancestry - different household)

LAWSON, ELSIE mms ANNAL
GRO Reference: 1907 J Quarter in WHARFEDALE Volume 09A Page 128

This is Elsie with her family and mother Minnie on 1939:

Allarach Household (4 People) "sunny Cable" Benton Park , Aireborough U.D., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
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Elsie Allarach 06 May 1907 Unpaid Dd
John Allarach 19 Jul 1905 Motor Driver Heavy Goods
Minnie Lawson 12 Mar 1883 Private Means
Gertrude Sutherland 28 Dec 1884 Private Means
I think the name is AllaNach ??

Dea x

Elsie's marriage was in 1934, to John Allanaoh (sic) per FreeBMD, or Allanach (per Ancestry), or Allarach per 1939 Register.

A son was born 1947 - Allenach - yet another spelling.


Elsie Allanach
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Elsie Allanach
Birth Date: abt 1907
Date of Registration: Dec 1960
Age at Death: 53
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2c
Page: 306


John died 1973 Wharfedale.

Thanks for this. These family members are correct and known to me. Many are deceased or unable to be contacted. I am only seeking info on Mabel Lawson at this point. Cheers.

so mabels mother was annal so she was born 1914 this could be her death

Mabel Lawson
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Country
England
County
Yorkshire
Year
2000
Birth Year
1914
Event Quarter
1
District
North Yorkshire

so she could have been born In 1913 November

my mother was born late November 1918 but her birth was reg 1919 I had trouble finding her

The Will of that Mabel might prove her identity:

LAWSON MABEL
Probate date: 28 June 2000
Probate No: 453064
Date of death: 15 March 2000
Grant and will
Newcastle Upon Tyne

https://tinyurl.com/zvhfss6

I noticed the death in 2000 in Bedale N. Yorkshire but unless she was sent to an institution there after the closure of Mary Denby hospital it seems a long shot.