Hi Jon, Apologies if this sounds obvious but have you tried searching on the title of your post? I copied and pasted into ask.com and found the following (amongst others). http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHCOL_6239 http://www.redhill-reigate-history.co.uk/St%20Anne's.htm http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45284 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43037 http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications/terriblesights-4.htm I haven't looked in detail at these links so you may already have found them and they do not answer your queries. I'm afraid that I have no further knowledge of the asylum but I hope this helps. Anne > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:06:02 +0100 > Subject: [SRY] The Royal Asylum of the St Ann's Society, Streatham > > Hi listers, > > Is there anyone out there with a knowledge of this institution please? > > I have a 9 year old child in my family who is there in 1851, recorded as a Scholar. > I would have guessed by being in there that he had some sort of mental problem, or as I know was the case back then, maybe a physical problem like blindness. but in the next census, 1861, he is in Devon, and is a gunner in the Royal Artillery. I have been unable to find him in the 1871 census, but in the Scottish 1881 census he is in Argyll, recorded as a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery. He dies in the Holborn area of London in 1884. > > If anyone could shed any light as to how this channel of events could have taken place in his life, I’d really appreciate knowing, as it seems a bit weird to me? > > Thanks in advance, Jon > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > 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