Asylum Death.....

Jeans girl · Post by **Jeans girl** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:08 pm

Hello All,

Would someone be able to advise me as to where I could find out about Agnes Venters who died in the Fife kinross Asylum 1916 of melancholia 4yrs and a burning accident of 1 day. She was aged 60yrs.

Many Thanks
Margaret.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:31 pm

Hi Jeans girl

Just been talking about this elsewhere http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1732 on TS!

Have a look at:
http://www.fifenow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.a ... eID=819841

Visitors to the Open Day will also be able to see a selection of 19th century patient records for Stratheden Hospital at Springfield.
The hospital, originally known as Fife and Kinross District Asylum, opened in 1866. The case registers and other records provide a fascinating account of the patients' lives.
Anyone who can't make it to the Open Day can visit the archive centre, by appointment, from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
For more information contact Andrew Dowsey or Lisa Wood on 01592 413256.
09 July 2004

followed by:
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-236

for picture taken yesterday of hospital!

Best wishes
Lesley

TD

Jeans girl · Post by **Jeans girl** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:50 am

Hello Leslie,

Many thanks for the interesting information.I will most certainly follow it up.
Went to the site to check out the photo but could not find it ?

Regards
Margaret.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:01 am

Hi Jeans girl
The link to the picture will only work if you are logged in as a member. Maybe that was the problem? I checked it out and it works fine when I am logged in, but does not work if I've not yet logged in.

Best wishes
Lesley

Alison Plenderleith · Post by **Alison Plenderleith** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:48 pm

Hi Margaret,

Don't know where you are living so it may be cheaper to e-mail the Fife archivist at andrew.dowsey@fife.gov.uk
I saw my ggggrandfather's records from 1868 but Andrew will be able to tell you if they have the records from 1916.
You'll either need to visit yourself or get someone to go there for you as they don't have a transcription service.
Hope you find what you're lookin for.

All the best,

Alison

Jeans girl · Post by **Jeans girl** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:33 pm

Hello, Allison,

Thank you for the email address i was going to write to them as i live in New Zealand .

I dont have any trips planned so i might not get the info i want .

Thank you
Margaret.

Jeans girl · Post by **Jeans girl** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:36 pm

Hello lesley,

Thank you i have since visited the site and quite right I had not logged in.
I have the photo now thank you.

Many Thanks
Margaret.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:31 pm

Hi Margaret
Great!

Glad you were able to access the picture.

Best wishes
Lesley

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:43 pm

My mother told me that when she was wee, 'grown-ups' would threaten to send naughty children to Springfield if they were bad. This would have been during the 1950's, although I suspect the practice may have been going on for years!

Jeans girl · Post by **Jeans girl** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:39 pm

Hello All,
I now have a reply from Andrew Dowsey re the kinross asylum death.
Interesting as he tells me that Agnes Venters father Hung himself and a sister of her fathers was also in an asylum.

The Father bit is interesting as her birth cert says illigitimate??? but on closer look at Marriage cert a father is listed and mother as married .
On Agnes death cert her mother is listed as being married to presumed father but dec.Father is listed as William Wemyss ???

There is a note to see reg of corrected entries . Where and how do we get info from them.??

I can get get access to the full medical files if i get permission from Christine Logue, Acting Medical records Manager, Fife NHS Primary Care Trust, Whytemans Brae Hospital, Whytemans Brae Kirkcaldy.

Thank You All
Margaret.