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From: "John Henley" <>
Subject: Re: Essex Lunatic Asylum
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 14:16:52 +0100


Hi Jim,
Here are all the Matthew GILLETTs in the UK in 1881, which may help you with
elimination. The one in the workhouse appears to have his wife there too! I
have not done a wildcard search of the REgional CDs for variations, which
may be worth it - you need a very wide imagination. There are rather more
Margaret GILLETTs around, including one I've put below. If you could give
the names of your gfather and his uncle, it would help.
Dwelling: Whitegate Road
Census Place: Chard, Somerset, England
Source: FHL Film 1341574 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2386 Folio 115
Page 7
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Mathew GILLETT M 70 M Forton Chard, Somerset, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Farmer Of 12 Acres
Maria GILLETT M 70 F Winsham, Somerset, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Farmers Wife
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Institution: "Bristol City Workhouse"
Census Place: Stapleton, Gloucester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341605 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2508 Folio 124
Page 18
Marr Age Sex Birthplace

Matthew GILLETT M 22 M Bristol
Rel: Inmate
Occ: Masons Labr
>snip<
Annie GILLETT M 23 F Chard, Somerset, England
Rel: Inmate
Occ: Domestic Servant
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There is also one in Yorkshire.
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Dwelling: 33 Richmond Terrace
Census Place: Clifton, Gloucester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341597 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2480 Folio 47 Page
35
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
William T. HAMMONDS M 80 M Westbury, Gloucester, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Lands Houses Dividends Etc
Julia E. HAMMONDS M 82 F Bristol ((Huntsham))
Rel: Wife
Occ: ((General Sers))
Jane COBLEY U 24 F Huntsham ((Frome)), Devon, England
Rel: Serv
Occ: General Serv
Rose SUTTON U 25 F Frome ((Bristol)), Somerset, England
Rel: Serv
Occ: General Serv
Margaret GILLETT W 30 F Bristol
Rel: Serv
Occ: General Serv
William HAMMONDS U 43 M Westbury, Gloucester, England
Rel: Son
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Cheers

John Henley
researching
HENLEY, PARKER, PRENTICE, SECKER, RAPER, DURDEN
[London/Middx./Essex/Suffolk]
ROLFE, (O)RAFFERTY, EVANS, PARSONS, SYMONDS [Berks/Hants/Wilts]
HILL [Staffs/Cambs/Berks]

-----Original Message-----
From: <: 28 April 2000 14:30Subject:
Essex Lunatic Asylum>
> I am attempting to discover my grandfather's background. The story
goes,
>his father died shortly after he was born, his mother a short time later,
>after which he was raised by an uncle in Bristol. I have obrained his
birth
>certificate, confirming his birth in Bristol the child of Matthew Gillett,
>Gas Fitter and Margaret Savage Gillett.
> > On searching death certificates at the Registy office, I obtained
a death
>certificate for one Matthew Gillett, Gas Fitter of 'Grays' (sp?) dying of
>general paralysis at Essex Lunatic Asylum South 'hiald (sp?) (document is
>hand written) on 6th September 1889, some twelve years after my
grandfathers
>birth. Registration district is Billericay, sub-district of Brentwood,
>County of Essex.>
> Would a person from Bristol be sent to a lunatic asylum on the other
side
>of the country? I know there is another Matthew Gillett, born in London
who
>was a twin, born around the same time. I am wondering if this is a
>coincidence that both would be gas fitters.
>> I am interested in any information that relates to the institution in
>order to determine if this is one and the same person. One more avenue to
>check out to discover something about a family that stops with my grand
>father.
>>thank you.>>Jim Gillett>A Canadian, working in the US
>
>

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