London County Lunatic Asylum Hanwell

[4licks]

I am looking for my great grandmother, Edith Brown(nee Soffe). She appears with great grandfather Herbert Louis Brown in 1901 england census & grandfather Herbert Reginald Brown at 5 Shrubland Rd Walthamstowe. By 1911 census, Herbert Louis Brown was at 365 Victoria Park Rd, St John-at-Hackney with a housekeeper. It showed him as married not widower.
It is possible that 1911 census for London County Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell that shows: E Brown, married, aged 39 is in fact Edith Brown, my great grandmother.

Like previous forum contributors, I am seeking information about this E Brown, based on a possible admission after 1911. I can find no record of Edith Brown's death. Herbert Louis Brown and his housekeeper, Sarah Ann Fleming lived together until they both died in Rugeley, Staffs in 1927/1930
Thank you, Keith Day

[dawnsh]

Hi Keith

I've created a new topic for you as the one you posted on has been dormant for many years and was on the Completed Board

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=365333.0

Dawn

[rosie99]

Just for information 1901 census gives Edith Brown as age 24 bn Old Ford (Husband Herbert was bn Bermondsey)  - Birth approx 1876

Have you considered this Fulham death 
Edith Brown
Mar qtr 1912
Age 36
Reg district Fulham

[dawnsh]

The Lunacy Admission registers for 1846-1912 are available to search and view on Ancestry.

Thre's no record for Edith Brown.

[4licks]

Thank you Rose and Dawn. I have added an Edith Brown, d1912 Fulham without knowing any more details. That still doesn't resolve where she was on 1911 census of Herbert Louis Brown. Is it possible to find out admission date for the "E. Brown" listed in 1911 Asylum census mentioned before. Thanks.

[rosie99]

I think that you can probably ignore the 1912 death - probate calendar says she was a spinster

[Ruskie]

Can anyone please tell me where "Old Ford" is?

I found the son Herbert Reginald Brown as a boarder with the Wilkinson family in Homerton. He has the same occupation as his father (Porter in Auction Rooms). The father Herbert Louis says he (and presumably Sarah Ann Flemming) had been married for 10 years.   :-\They have a 9 year old son with the surname Flemming. (Herbert and Edith married in 1894.)

There are a few Edith Browns around in the 1911 census so I'm not sure that that someone in Hanwell Asylum called "E Brown", should be considered until all the other Ediths on the 1911 census have been dismissed. I would have thought that an East London Asylum would have been more convenient for Edith anyway. 

Added: this E Brown is currently aged 39 years and was said to have been a Lunatic at 32 years. Isn't that too old to be your Edith? Birth place is Bermondsey though, which fits if that is where Old Ford is.

[Ruskie]

Probably a coincidence?
Marriage
Dec 1/4 1918
Aberwystwyth
Herbert L Brown and Sarah Ann Fleming ....

In the 1901 census Herbert and Edith have a couple of Welsh bank clerks boarding with them.

[rosie99]

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