Janet - could they have been living in the staff accommodation at Sunnyside? George George Brander Torre de la Horadada España On 28 August 2013 17:07, Janet <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate the address is Montrose 1901 but I wonder if someone can > advise me. > I find a father in law whose address has been transcribed as being at > Sunnyside Lunatic > Asylum. I understand that he may not necessarily have been lacking any > capacity to be at > the address, in circumstances where he needed not to be living alone or > for health reasons > (?) > The entry in the census includes father in law who is a Plumber, with > daughter, husband > and 4 children of their marriage, all living at Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, > Montrose. I > could blame the transcription if justified, but surely who ever is > responsible wouldnt > have clutched the address out of thin air. Does this sound right for the > social > circumstances in 1901? > > > Janet > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That was my first thought too on reading the latter part - that he was some sort of live-in maintenance person. Louise On 29 August 2013 21:51, George Brander <[email protected]> wrote: > Janet - could they have been living in the staff accommodation at > Sunnyside? > George > > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > España > > > On 28 August 2013 17:07, Janet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I appreciate the address is Montrose 1901 but I wonder if someone can > > advise me. > > I find a father in law whose address has been transcribed as being at > > Sunnyside Lunatic > > Asylum. I understand that he may not necessarily have been lacking any > > capacity to be at > > the address, in circumstances where he needed not to be living alone or > > for health reasons > > (?) > > The entry in the census includes father in law who is a Plumber, with > > daughter, husband > > and 4 children of their marriage, all living at Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum, > > Montrose. I > > could blame the transcription if justified, but surely who ever is > > responsible wouldnt > > have clutched the address out of thin air. Does this sound right for > the > > social > > circumstances in 1901? > > > > > > Janet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >