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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Sussex => Topic started by: rsel on Saturday 21 January 23 12:54 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I have just been going through the recently released Electoral registers for East Sussex, on Ancestry, trying to find my grandfathers family. After finding the family for most years, i found that for my Great Grandfather, there was 3 years he had vanished, my great grandmother was in the family house with most of the expected children, but he wasn't registered. I eventually found him with his son in Frederick Road Municipal Hospital for all 3 years, so trying to work out why they both might have been there, as asking round the family nobody seems to have any family stories that might explain it. At the time he was in his 70's and his son was around 50, and this was just after WW II (i.e. 1946 thru 48). Both of them are then back with there families on the subsequent registers.
I have tried searching for info on the hospital, but other than general details (i.e former workhouse, became St Helen's after the formation of NHS) i haven't been able to see much to give any hints on what type of hospital it was that may give a clue why they were there for 3 years. I am guessing that it may have been connected to t war, and perhaps it may have been some sort of 'mental' conditions (perhaps triggered from the WW 1 experiences), but i really don't know. Does anybody have any knowledge of what type of hospital it may have been ?
Thanks
Richard
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East Sussex Record Office has Admission & Discharge records from 1866-1960.
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Thanks KGarrad,
I just wish i could get there :-)
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What was his name
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Hi Rosie99,
It was Henry Sellens, and his son was Walter Alfred Sellens
Richard
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I realise that this was before the dates you mentioned but in Hastings and St Leonards Observer 06 September 1941 regarding the death of Albert Victor Sellens it mentions that Mr H Sellens (father), Mr W Sellens (brother) and Mrs Lamb (sister) were unable to attend the funeral due to illness. Perhaps they were ill and living at home for some time before going in to the hospital. :-\
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Hi Rosie99,
Yeah, i have that newspaper record, and its possible its the same illness that they had for a while, that' part of the mystery :-)
Richard
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Mr H Sellens (father), Mr W Sellens (brother) and Mrs Lamb (sister) were unable to attend the funeral due to illness. Perhaps they were ill and living at home for some time before going in to the hospital. :-\
Do you have any of their death certificates that may give clues to their illnesses
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Do you have any of their death certificates that may give clues to their illnesses
hi rosie99, nothing on them that would suggest any clues. Henry died 5 years after leaving the hospital at the ripe old age of 80, of heart problems. Walter died 15 years later in his mid 60's of lung problems.
Richard
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Thank you, not much help to you then.
Rosie
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Thank you, not much help to you then.
Rosie
Nope just another mystery :-)
Richard
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Have you tried asking the record office if someone is able to look at the records for you. I would have loved an excuse to visit there as my family were in Hastings and a distant relation was relieving officer at the workhouse at one time but I can't get there for you.
Rosie
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I will probably visit there eventually,but just not for a while :-)
Richard
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Hello Richard
I was born at this Hospital in 1944.I think,only think it was a General Hospital.
Maybe Hastings Referance Librairy can help.Worth an email.
Will see what i can find out
omega
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Thanks Omega
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From the length of their illnesses and the fact that three of the family were afflicted it would seem that they had TB. The Hastings Borough Sanatorium was in Frederick Road round about the time of the 2nd War. Not sure how the Sanatorium related to other hospital buildings there. Was it completely separate in its own grounds or a wing of another building? Mag.
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From the length of their illnesses and the fact that three of the family were afflicted it would seem that they had TB. The Hastings Borough Sanatorium was in Frederick Road round about the time of the 2nd War. Not sure how the Sanatorium related to other hospital buildings there. Was it completely separate in its own grounds or a wing of another building? Mag.
thanks Mag, that could be a possibility. Although it seems to be a different part of Frederick Road, the registers doesn't mention the Sanatorium, so they could have fallen under the same administration