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IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WHO

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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 24 Sep 2012 12:09

Some not in institutions are hard to find too.
No wonder when you have unhelpful employers like the one I have previously noted on these boards.........................

........In the Herefordshire village of Ullingswick in 1901 there are 2 men listed as about 26 and 30, names not known, birthplaces unknown.
Presumably this information, or lack of it, was given by the man they were working for.
I can't understand why he couldn't just ask their names at least. Surely he was paying them a wage. How did he refer to them?


Gwyn

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 24 Sep 2012 06:23

on some censuses you even see patients in hospital listed only by their initials ................... so it is not only people in asylums .



it was all done to protect their privacy.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 23 Sep 2012 12:06

It was done at the time on many census returns to retain the privacy of the inmates and their families on the outside as anyone in an asylum was an embarassment. Not like these enlightened times.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 23 Sep 2012 09:25

It was quite common to record the inmates of asylums at census time by just their initials. This occurred on earlier census returns as well. Whilst it can indeed be very frustrating there are sometimes clues such as age, birthplace and even occasionally previous occupation being shown that might help to decide whether the inmate might be the person you are looking for.

Often the admission records of such establishments are now stored at local archives and they too might help to discover the full name of an inmate.

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Sep 2012 09:24

THESE HAVE NO SURNAMES

LOST PEOPLE

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 23 Sep 2012 08:08

ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYONE ON 1911 CENSUS HERE
Essex County, Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex

THE INMATES ARE ALL LIKE THIS
Members: Name Age
E H 26
A D 33
E F S 37
M B 27
M E C 45
F F 21
F M V 45
B G H 26

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735