1a Leachkin Road, Inverness

[langwell]

Anyone know who lived at 1a Leachkin Road, Inverness in March 1960?

[MonicaL]

Hi Langwell

You query is very specific. Is it connected with this:

Death*: Sir Robert Russell Scott KCB died on 16 Mar 1960 at 1a Leachkin Rd, Inverness, INV, SCT; The cert shows him as Knight Commander of the Bath, permanent secretary to the Secretary of State (retired) and married to Helen Martin Fairbairn; s/o Adam Scott, Minister of the Congregational Church and Jane m.s. Russell, both dec. He died aged 82 of terminal pneumonia, the informant being a friend, Vera M B Williamson of Glenglass, Bundshaugh?, Forres;
http://familytree.lornahen.com/originals/p51002.htm

Monica 

[langwell]

Hi

I am trying to establish if this residence was a Nursing Home and if so who owned it.
A relative of mine, a bachelor, died there on 12th March 1960 and then two days later a lady, spinster, died there.
Now we have the death of a third person that same week.
My relatives usual residence was Brora, Sutherland, but had no one to look after him when he became terminally ill and I am not sure what provision was made at that time for people such as he.

[MonicaL]

Found this:

....But that's another story, I'm sure.

It's for the same reason that inmates of Craig Dunain Hospital never died
there, but instead died at 1A Leachkin Road, Inverness.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GENBRIT/2003-06/1055903304

A general google of the history of Craig Dunain Hospital makes grim reading (as reading about many of these old hospitals can  ).

www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/894842
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?49120-Craig-Dunain-Hospital/page2

Monica

[langwell]

No wonder I find ancestry research so difficult when this sort of thing happens!
I would never have guessed he was in Craig Dunain, as the cause of death on death certificate was Myocardial Degeneration.
Thanks for your help.
Jean

[Chortlegirl]

Hi Jean

Just to confirm what Monica found - an ancestor of mine was known to have died in Craig Dunain Hospital in 1955 (she had dementia). However when I checked her death entry she's listed as dying at "1a Leachkin Road" and the causes of death are listed as diabetes, arteriosclerosis and pneumonia - there's no mention of the hospital or her dementia!

Best wishes
Lynn

[langwell]

Hi

Find it hard to understand why a death certificate isn't totally accurate.
One is often asked if there is a history of certain illnesses in the family and sometimes we can only tell by checking family certificates.
This topic has certainly been a learning curve for me. 
Thanks.  This is a great site.


Jean

[LornaHen]

Fascinating indeed.
Thank you for this whole thread everyone - I'm the Lornahen who posted the death cert. details quoted above - and would never have even known that it wasn't a residence without this thread.
Now I need a timescale of development for Craig Dunain to determine what it was like in 1960!!

Regards
Lorna
http://lornahen.com