Fanny Staughton nee Farey - when did she die?

[mirl]

Hi All,

Fanny Farey/Fairey had her birth registered 12/1837 at St Neots being the daughter of William Farey and Eliza Parkins.  She is with her paternal Farey grandparents in Eynesbury for the 1841 Census.

She had a younger brother George Farey registered 12/1839 St Neots and he is with his parents, also in Eynesbury, for the 1841 Census.

The father William Farey dies 3/1841 at St Neots and the mother Eliza Farey dies 3/1845 also at St Neots.  This leaves the 8yo Fanny and 6yo George as orphans.

For the 1851 Census Fanny is with a paternal aunt Elizabeth Irons (nee Farey) in St Neots while George using a supposed middle name of Charles is at the Eaton Socon Workhouse.  He eventually becomes a shoe maker, gets married, has children and lives in Kettering.

Fanny marries Samuel Staughton in 3/1853 at St Neots seemingly at the age of 15y 9m with Samuel being just about 21.  I can't find either of these on the 1861 census.

I found references to a couple of newspaper articles, which I can't download until I get to the library next week, that indicate Fanny Staughton was being transferred to or from Eaton Socon and St Mary Islington as a pauper lunatic.  I am in the same position with the 15 entries in 1857 for Workhouse admissions in Islington.  Hereafter I lose all trace of her. 

When did she die; where did she die?  You would assume either near Eaton Socon or near Islington at a time between 1856 and 1865.

Samuel Staughton marries again 12/1865 at St Neots to Sarah Annie Lee and they have several children and are living in Kimbolton for the 1871 census.  This marriage is 7+ years after Fanny was probably declared insane so is that when you could re-marry without a death or divorce?  If so then did Fanny die much later?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Colin

[Kay99]

Hopefully this is the newspaper report 1856

Kay

[mirl]

Yes, that was one of them.  The other was in the Cambridge Independent of the same date but i assume it would have the same facts.

Thank you for this.

[Kay99]

The Cambridge report is shorter - Tried looking for Fanny in 1861 using just her intials

[Kay99]

This transcription on Anc links to an image actually links to the admission of Fanny Staughton age 32 to Cotney Hatch Asylum

Fanny Staughton
Record Type    Admission
Admission Date    11 Mar 1857
Admission Place    Islington, London, London, England
Admission Poor Law Union    Islington

[Kay99]

I wonder if this could be Fanny at the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum Colney Hatch in 1861?
F S age 32 Patient b Huntingdonshire
   

[mirl]

Ah, Colney Hatch, I have managed to get patient records from there before.

Her age is off quite a bit as she should only be about 20 on admission and 23 for 1861.

[Kay99]

Staughton is such an unusual surname maybe an error was made re her age - I searched on Fanny Staughton with no age and her birth date varies on admission records from 1825 and 1832.   

[Kay99]

Possibly unrelated but the Fanny Staughton age 83 who died in 1913 in Watford Reg District was a patient of the Leavesden Ayslum Watford and listed as from the parish of Islington - based on death cert