Your welcome Michele... -----Original Message----- From: mafair [mailto:mafair@erols.com] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 6:17 AM To: Margie Campbell Subject: Re: San Joaquin DCT request Thanks a bunch, Marge! Although I can't claim him as a relative, I'll forward the info to several other Fair researchers who should be able to find a limb for him on the correct family tree. Best -- Michele Margie Campbell wrote: >No obit.. but not surprising.. as he did die at the Stockton State Hospital. >Also, does not show in city directories (include SJCo), cemetery books, etc. >Cremations done by the State Hospital were done at what is now Delta >College. Once cremated, the cremains were buried in mass graves. A small >possibility is the cremains being housed at San Joaquin County Hospital in >French Camp. I have a sneaking suspicion that many of these thousands of >cremains are of State Hospital inmates. One can call the pathology >department at San Joaquin County Hospital & if they have the cremains.. they >will tell you how you can claim them for burial. >-------------------------------------------------- > >place of death: district #3950 Registered # 538 > >Stockton State Hospital 23 ward. >Robert Fair >Male, White, Single born 1878 >was a messinger boy. >died June 5, 1926. > >born in California... no family information > >Was in state hospital 25 yrs, 7 mos, 4 days. > >was under doctors care from Jan 6, 1926-June 5, 1926. >Died of General Arteriosclerosis & Psychosis was a contributing factor... > >Fred Coyningham was the attending. > >All information on patient from hospital records. >Cremated at the State Hosp Crematory #1001 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >That's it.. about par for State Hospital.. so won't give you much. > >This guy was born in 1878, so would have been 2 years old in 1880. >He was put in the hospital at age 23... wow, so young! Would love to hear >the family story on this one. >Marge > >