Jacqueline Spokane County had a TB Sanitarium from about 1910 into the 1950s, today it is a apartment house, It was called Edgecliff, and the records for Edgecliff are at the Eastern Regional Archives of the State of Washington http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/archives_eastern.aspx The Hospital was for the insane, and they had a poor farm at Espanola also. I had checked the Spokesman Review newspaper for the obit for Frances and did not find her, but ran out of time before I could check the Chronicle. If she was at the poor farm there may not be an obit for her as our papers charged by the word for obits, and a lot of people did not have the money in 1930. Eastern State Hospital has a cemetery, and until recently they would not let anyone see those graves, but the state cemetery board got them to open up the records for those buried there. Each grave just has a numbered stone on it, and now you can add a tombstone with the name of the person buried there. She is not listed in either of her parents obits, so I assume this is the correct Frances. Will get the other obits in the mail tomorrow, Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [WASPOKAN] Obit lookup: COL. WILLIAM RALPH ABERCROMBIE,d. Spokane, 7 November 1943 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: ABERCROMBIE > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5416.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have sent you two e-mails but am not sure you received them so wonder if > you could see if there was an obit or death notice on FRANCES ABERCROMBIE. > I found FRANCES (correct birth info & birthplaces for parents) in the 1930 > census. Perhaps she had TB. I have recently learned that many TB > patients went to available state hospitals. Perhaps she d. of TB? > > Frances Abercrombie that died 8/13/1930 in Spokane County > ========================================================= > 1930 United States Federal Census > Name: Frances Abercrombie > Espanola, Spokane, Washington > Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 > Birthplace: Nebraska > Relation to Head of House: Inmate > Race: White > HOUSEHOLD: Eastern State Hospital > ABERCROMBIE, FRANCES age 40 b. NE father b. NE mother b. MD > =============================================== > Wonder if you found the obit for her if you could include it with her > parents obits. Thank you! > > Eastern Washington Genealogical Society programs > http://www.rootsweb.com/~waewgs/ > > January 6 Annual Luncheon Meeting Knights of Columbus 302 E Boone Area > Railroading Charles Mutschler > > January 20 Internet Education Class Top 10 Websites Donna Potter > Phillips > > February 3 The Rest of the Library by the Library Staff other collections > of interest to genealogists > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.2/613 - Release Date: 1/1/2007 > 2:50 PM > >