Hi Jan, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil & Jan Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> > Hello, > Thanks for all the helpful replies. The 1914 death certificate > states she died at "Essex Colchester Asylum" but gives her cause of death as > Mitral Disease with no reference to any mental illness. > > Jan Death certificates only gave the immediate cause of death. Mental illness is unlikely, AFAIK, to cause death unless, sadly, self-inflicted. Regards John