FRANCES EVE BENJAMIN 1860-1910

[phillip]

This new thread is a response to a researcher who contacted me regarding Frances Eve Benjamin 1860-1910. Frances was the daughter of Abraham Benjamin and Rebecca Simmonds. I have previously posted on the Simmonds, Benjamin and associated lines in earlier threads.

I was unaware of details regarding Frances but have seen various Ancestry public family trees which contain details on her including marriage and daughter. However, I was unaware of the mental issues which severely impacted her life including admission to Bethlem and another mental institute.

Importantly, the online site Bethlem Museum of the Mind has a wide range of patient records for the period and these include Frances. There is a photograph of Frances age 28 admitted to the hospital in 1888 with her patient notes. These medial notes and treatment reveal the medical understanding at the time for patients requiring support.

The notes also refer to insanity within Frances relatives including an aunt and paternal uncle.
In this thread I will post data on Frances including her parents, siblings, relatives and later marriage and a daughter.
Frances was to be committed to another institute where she died in 1910. Her only child a daughter was 10 when her mother died.

This thread is intended for my Jacobs,Simmonds, Benjamin distant cousins some of whom are unaware about Frances and her life.

Further posts to follow.

[phillip]

Here are a range of records relating to Frances Eve/Eva Benjamin including her marriage:
GRO Marriage Index April qtr.1897 Lambeth 1d 942- William John GARRETT

Probate
Frances Eva Garrett 194 Dunstans Road East Dulwih Surrey ( wife of William John Garrett) died 19 March 1910 at Long Grove Asylum Epsom.Administration to William John Garrett compositor Effects £85

Burial Frances Eva Garrett 23 March 1910 Southwark London

1901 Census ( Copyright TNA) RG13 554 58 23 40
17 Brockley Grove, Lewisham London
William GARRETT H M 30 Printer b Kent Greenwich
Eva wife 35 b London Strand
Annie dau 3 b London Brockley

1911 Census ( Copyright TNA)
194 Dunstans Road East Dulwich Surrey
William John Garrett H widower 38 married 12 years 1 child 1 alive Printer,compositor b Sittingbourne
Annie Frances daughter 13 school b ? Park Kent
+1 servant

Probate
William John Garrett 194 Dunstans Road East Dulwich Surrey
died 9 October 1930 Probate to Annie Frances Garrett spinster Effects £600.13s 4d

GRO Death Index
Annie Frances GARRETT Age 86 b 31 December 1897 Croydon 11 1769-1984

1939 Register (Copyright TNA)
Annie F Garrett
194 Dunstans Road Camberwell London born 31 December 1897 Daily Domestic Duties

Further data to follow

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The 1911 Census ( Copyright TNA) shows William Bax Garrett Patient 59 widower Press Reader Tooting Bec Asylum,Tooting Common London SW. The 1911 Census suggests he was already an inmate -(Copyright TNA)because his wife Emma is living with her son Leonard and his wife:
20 Tregarvon Road,Clapham SW ( 2 rooms)
Leopold Bax Garrett H 27 Married Linotype Operator-Printer b Tottenham
Margaret wife 21 marrie 1 year 0 children b Edinburgh
Emma Garrett Mother 60 married 40 years 15 children 9 alive 6 dead b Brighton Sussex

1901 Census RG 13 457 100 42 16 (Crown Copyright TNA)
99 Allenburg Gardens Battersea London
William B Garrett H M 51 Printers Reader b Kent Sittingbourne
Emma B wife 58 b Brighton Sussex
Marge dau s 25 b Hornsey
Leopold B son s 16 Compositor b Tottenham
Florence M dua s 14 b Denmark Hill
Oswald son 13 b Denmark Hill
Harold son 12 b Denmark Hill
Dorothy dau 10 b Denmark Hill
Herbert son 8 b Denmark Hill

GRO Death Index William B Garrett June qtr 1915 Wandsworth 1d 742 Age 63

An earlier census 1891 (Copyright TNA) RG12 465 116 27 15
William Bax Garrett H M 41 Newspaper Manager b Kent Sittingbourne
Emma A W wife 40 b Sussex Brighton
William John son s 19 b Kent Milton
Reginald so s 17 b Kent Milton
Marge dau 15 b Middx South Hornsey
Leopold Bax son 6 b Tottenham
Florence Mabel dau 4 b Surrey Camberwell
Oswald son 3 b Surrey Camberwell
Harold son 2 b Surrey Camberwell
Dorothy dau 9 mths b Surrey Camberwell
+1 servant

[phillip]

The following data relates to the parents of Frances Eve aka Eva Benjamin and her siblings:
The Jacobs Family Tree website has data on Rebecca Simmonds and Abraham Benjamin the parents of Frances- see also JewisGen 1851 Anglo Jewry Data base Rebecca Simmonds ID 31985 1817-1890 ( her parents Wolfe (Benjamin) Simmonds b abt 1776-1844 and Eve Jacobs b abt 1781-1869)
Abraham Benjamin is ID 9684 1814-1860 ( parents Nathan Benjamin, Catherine Moses).He is also Cemetery Scribes ID 322.
The Marriage of Abraham and Rebecca was in 1855 -see JewishGen 1851 Anglo Jewry Data base. He is likely to be GRO Death Index September qtr.1860 Strand 1b 240.
He appears with his mother and siblings in the 1851 Census:
HO 107 1511 187 2 (Copyright TNA)
128 Strand Savoy Middlesex
Catherine Benjamin H widow 57 tailor and draper b Middx Westminster
Abraham son u 36 Tailor and draper b Leigh Essex
Josh son u 32
Phoebe dau u 26
Matilda dau u 21
Miriam dau u 19
Louisa dau 16
All children born Leigh Essex

The Jewish Chronicle August 8 1890 recorded the death of Rebecca... On 2nd August at 35 Mostyn Road Brixton in her 74th year, Rebecca relict of the late Abraham Benjamin formerly of 128 Strand

Frances siblings were: Nathan aka Nathaniel b 1856; Benjamin Woolf b 1858. She appears in the 1891 Census:
(Copyright TNA)
RG12 467 24 20
18 Grace's Road Camberwell London
Fanny Benjamin H widow 61 b Sussex Brighton
Henry son s 39 Brewers travellers b Middx London
Francis dau single 40
Walter son clerk s 36 Clerk
Children all born Middx London

20 Grace's Road
Edward Benjamin H single 63 retired tailor b Essex Leigh
Phoebe sister s 67 b Leigh Essex
FRANCIS E Benjamin niece 32 single London
Louisa SIMMONS visitor widow 56 supported by family b Essex Leigh

1881 Census (Copyright TNA)RG11 674 112 33 19
30 Grace's Road Camberwell London
Henry Benjamin H unmarried 29 Traveller brewers b Middx Hanover Square
Fanny Benjamin Mother widow 51 b Sussex Leigh
Fanny sister u 30 b Middx Hanover Square
Nathan brother u 26 Brewers clerk b Middx Hanover Square

The data suggests that Frances Eve was newly born when her father died. The Bethlem Record in 1888 for Frances indicated 'Domestic Conflict' as one cause of her mental health issues but there is no indication for the basis of this statement.

[phillip]

In #1 of this thread reference was made to the Bethlem Asylum records for Frances Eve aka Eva Benjamin in 1888. These records referred to a paternal uncle who was also placed in Haywards Heath Asylum. See thread Abraham Benjamin-Rebecca Simmonds started 26.1.2017 and #4 of the thread. In #4 I provided data on Henry Benjamin who was Frances paternal uncle. He died in Haywards Heath Asylum in 1879 - see his probate and other records.

[phillip]

The Constance Road Workhouse,Camberwell Admission Record shows that Francis Eva GARRETT was admitted as Destitute on Monday November 20,1908 classified as Temporary Disabled and later transferred to Long Grove Asylum Epsom. Her dob is recorded as 1859. There are only 16 surviving case files for Long Grove but there are medical registers 1907-1948 and other records.

There is insufficient data to indicate why Francis was recorded as destitute unless she had left her home and was found 'wandering'. What the cause of her condition is not known but she did not live long at Long Grove until her death in 1910 at the age of 50. A Death certificate may provide further data.