Missing death record

[Megan Roberts]

All the names, dates, and occupations match. How do I go about getting more info on this, if there is any available?

As per my post #5:
The records for these are held by Sheffield Archives and the contact is [email protected]

[Jomot1]

An Elizabeth Barnes of about the right age was admitted to Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield and discharged / died (its not clear which) 11 Dec 1914.

According to the Lunacy Patients Admission Registers on Anc. she was discharged not improved 11 Dec 1914.

[Jomot1]

If 'discharged not improved' meant she was sent elsewhere, then there is a possible burial for her at St Thomas, Thurstonland, (Nr Huddersfield), Yorkshire

16 Feb 1916 Elizabeth Barnes [of] Storthes Hall Asylum aged 45.

Storthes Hall Asylum was the West Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum, and annoyingly the patient records used to be online on the History to Herstory website, but that's now long gone.

https://historic-hospitals.com/2016/...unatic-asylum/

[Pam Downes]

If 'discharged not improved' meant she was sent elsewhere, then there is a possible burial for her at St Thomas, Thurstonland, (Nr Huddersfield), Yorkshire

16 Feb 1916 Elizabeth Barnes [of] Storthes Hall Asylum aged 45.

Storthes Hall Asylum was the West Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum, and annoyingly the patient records used to be online on the History to Herstory website, but that's now long gone.

Any chance it could be accessed via The Wayback Machine? https://archive.org/

[Jomot1]

Unlikely, as there were c80,000 documents and images. It was an absolutely brilliant resource, but then one day poof... it was gone! If you can find it hidden in some deep, dark corner of the internet then I'll buy you the biggest bottle of wine you've ever seen!

https://womenshistorynetwork.org/his...is-relaunched/

[Lesley Robertson]

If you go to the internet archive and feed "History to Herstory" to the Wayback machine, you get an enormous number of hits - picking the correct one will be time consuming.

[Pam Downes]

If you go to the internet archive and feed "History to Herstory" to the Wayback machine, you get an enormous number of hits - picking the correct one will be time consuming.

You can only get so far via the Wayback Machine, Lesley. I don't think you can actually search.
After clicking on a different date to the ones I tried earlier I managed to find this page, which leads on to several others about the West Riding Pauper lunatic Asylum, but it's just general information about life in the ayslum.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060416...8a2a2a2255add3

[Kate P]

If 'discharged not improved' meant she was sent elsewhere, then there is a possible burial for her at St Thomas, Thurstonland, (Nr Huddersfield), Yorkshire

16 Feb 1916 Elizabeth Barnes [of] Storthes Hall Asylum aged 45.

Storthes Hall Asylum was the West Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum, and annoyingly the patient records used to be online on the History to Herstory website, but that's now long gone.

https://historic-hospitals.com/2016/...unatic-asylum/

That makes sense. Research tells me that at the beginning of WWI, the South Yorkshire Asylum became Wharncliffe War Hospital for wounded soldiers, and all their psychiatric patients were sent to other hospitals across northern England by March 1915.

I believe I've found the GRO reference for the Elizabeth Barnes of Storthes Hall Asylum. Reckon that ordering the death certificate would be beneficial? It should at least name a spouse or marital status, right? That should help me confirm whether she is my Elizabeth.

Name: BARNES, ELIZABETH
Age at Death (in years): 45
GRO Reference: 1916 M Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 407

[Megan Roberts]

Storthes Hall Asylum was the West Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum, and annoyingly the patient records used to be online on the History to Herstory website, but that's now long gone.

https://historic-hospitals.com/2016/...unatic-asylum/

Storthes Hall Asylum records are held at the West Yorkshire Archives in Wakefield. I've used them in the past and found them very helpful.

https://www.wyjs.org.uk/archive-serv...d-information/

[Kate P]

I've just heard back from Wakefield Archives via email. They confirmed they found a patient card for Elizabeth Barnes, who was a patient at Storthes Hall Asylum from 11 Dec 1914 to 13 Feb 1916. I need to provide proof of her death to see the records they have on her time at the hospital. So, I'm going to order a copy of the Huddersfield death certificate.

I think we may have finally solved this family mystery. Thanks again to everyone who helped!