1871 Look-up - J U R bc 1801

[brentor boy]

Could someone with access to original records please look up this entry for a resident of Fisherton House Lunatic Asylum, please?

I would like to know if this was a man or woman, confirmation of the middle initial, and any indication of place of birth or former residence.

Any help much appreciated.

[wendymac]

Hello brentor boy,

I'm sorry I'm finding the script difficult to read and there isn't really any info - all I can tell you is that J U R is a 70yr old male- pauper.
piece 1959 - folio 90 - page 13

hope this helps

[Thomasin]

JUR is also married and 'Rank, profession or occupation' - NK. (The piece should read 1952).

[wendymac]

Sorry about that. Thankyou Thomasin for pointing that out it's way past my bedtime and I think my brain has gone.

[brentor boy]

Thanks, Wendy and Thomasin. I am looking for a man with the initials JWR, married, aged 70. So far, so good, but in the absence of any other detail being recorded I am unable to determine if this is my man. I certainly would not have expected to find him in an asylum in Wiltshire, but I found his son-in-law in Broadmoor so anything is possible. Perhaps Wiltshire Record Office may be able to help.

[Peter Goodey]

The National Archives; RG 10/1952 f 90 p 13

Perhaps Wiltshire Record Office may be able to help.

Check the Hospital Records Database

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/

You'll see that known surviving records are at Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office including Admission and Discharge registers 1813-1970 which may be enough to identify your man. Unfortunately there are no clinical records covering 1871.

[brentor boy]

Thanks, Peter.

Since my earlier post I think I have now traced my man, mentioned in an 1872 newspaper report. I am just awaiting some confirmatory documentation but if my suspicions are correct, then this eliminates the person in Fisherton House.

[sueannbowen]

Perhaps Wiltshire Record Office may be able to help.

In my experience, WRO staff are amazingly helpful - give them a ring or email. They always respond promptly and for a reasonable charge will copy and send you anything you want.