Happy Birthday Elizabeth.
Also on this day 20 January
Joseph Thomas Hobson my g.uncle was born in Manchester in 1880. On 21 January 1907 he was admitted to Prestwich Asylum where he remained until his death on 30 June 1964. I know he died there, and as far as I can ascertain he stayed there from 1907. Unfortunately, although the records are available, the Manchester archivists will not let me have a full copy until 2064 – hmm I’ll be 123 by then.
They did, however, let me have his admission page but only after I told them a family member had a mental problem and I wanted to know if it was hereditary.
Joseph Baildon my 6 x g.grandfather was baptised at Almondbury Parish Church, Yorkshire in 1659/60. Over the years, presumably because different parish clerks wrote their surname, and no-one knew how it was spelt, the spelling varies between Baildon, Beldon, Bayldon and Baldon.
John Collett my 3 x g.g.uncle was baptised in Stradbroke, Suffolk in 1762. He was the 8th of 12 children.
Rebecca Gilchrist was baptised in Boston, Lincs in 1832. Unfortunately she died just under 2 years later on 13 Jan 1834 and was buried on 17 Jan 1834.
Nancy Middleton my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at Millom, Cumberland in 1813
Thomas Phillips Gilchrist my 2 x g.g.uncle died in Hull in 1871. He was a licensed victualler in Kingston upon Hull and his effects amounted to less than £200, administration granted to his widow Harriett. He had 8 children including twins, the youngest child was only 3 when Thomas died.
William Spraggett Clarke my husband’s 2 x g.grandfather died in 1882. In fact he committed suicide by hanging, due to suicidal, temporary insanity induced by excessive alcohol. He was 52 and a silk hatter, so whether the two were connected is unknown.
Gertrude Peacock (nee Lynch) died in Salford in 1964. She was the informant on my 2 x g.grandmother’s death certificate and it took me ages to work out who she was. In fact she was my maternal grandfather’s cousin. My mother was always talking about a Nellie Lynch and eventually the pieces fitted together. Nellie Lynch married Gertrude’s brother.
David Lynch was one of Gertrude (above)’s brothers. He died in Manchester in 1971. He was one of the mourners listed at my gran's funeral in 1949.
Thomas Lenton Gilchrist my 4th cousin once removed was buried in Boston in 1842. He was a cousin of Thomas Phillips Gilchrist my 2 x g.g.uncle above.
Elisabeth Stanton (nee Northern) my 4 x g.grandmother was buried in 1833in Heckington, Lincs. Her husband was a wheelwright, but all I know about Elisabeth is that she had 12 children.
Joan Dameron (nee Mynter) my 12 x g.grandmother died in 1564 in Westerfield, Suffolk. Her burial records calls her “Old Joan, Lady of Westerfield”
