Alan, The institution was Sheffield Union Workhouse. Cedric On Sunday 30 May 2010 01:06:49 A&M Brown wrote: > After years of searching for my great grandmother's death between 1885 and > 1889 I have found medical records from her son's death in 1915 in Canada > which indicate she died in an asylum in Yorkshire. It would seem the > family story was a cover-up. A friend sent me a page from the 1891 census > on which she appears as Mary Ann Ball, widow, 41 years of age, lunatic, in > an institution in Sheffield. The name and dates fit exactly. But still no > death matches on the Free BMD. My first question is; what institution? > My second question relates to the possibility that there was a cemetery > used for the asylum where records might still be available? I would > appreciate any help or suggestions as I try to locate her death. > > Her married name was Mary Ann Ball. She was born Mary Ann Holland in > Sheffield, September 19, 1849. She was living in Hunslet, Leeds, with > husband and children and the last record of her there was in 1883 on the > birth of a child. Her husband, James Ball, died there in 1889. The record > I located in Canada gives her death age at 42 (if it's reliable). Her > parents, Peter and Mary Holland were living in Sheffield - Ecclesall > Bierlow - at the time she would have been in an institution there. > > Thanks for any comments, > Alan > Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SHEFFIELD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >