My Gx3 grandfather appears to be in the Haddington District Lunatic Asylum in 1891 - Joseph Henderson, age 43, occupation Groom, widower and born in Haddington.....all fits.
In 1901 he's aged 12 years in 10, still a widower, still in the asylum but has changed occupation to Labourer.
I'm wondering where I might find the records for this place??
k I'm trying to find out where he died, according to his son's marriage cert in 1913 he's dead by then. I've looked at the obvious suspects but none of them are him and my credit card is on the verge of melting! The Edinburgh candidates are no good, I've done a margin of error of 5 years on his DOB of 1847 and I'm wondering if these records may tell me more.
I'm hoping to get this info as I've been asked by my dad's Cardiac Club (the nurses who look into their aftercare) to look into the cause of death of direct ancestors as there appears to be a very obvious history of heart disease in the family and this elusive Joseph is my missing link! Although it's my Glasgow/Lanark side that are riddled with it from when death records began in 1855.
I'm now going to get that reply telling me that all Edinburgh area stuff went up in a puff of smoke, amn't I?
Many thanks for taking the time to read this.
Donna
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