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Subject: Re: [ALL] Woodville Hospital
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:00:29 -0400
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Pat,

I never understood why mental disease or incarceration induced such a
stigma upon a family. Almost every family that I've researched had
somebody in a mental hospital or jail. I have one relative, don'[t
ask me how but we share the same last name, that was in the 1860
census on the SS and then disappeared. 50 years later, what I
presume to be his son shows up in the Mission St area and then he
disappeared. One of the two, I forget which, reportedly killed the
warden of a jail in Indiana Co. I've yet to make the trip to get the
whole story.

A cousin of one of my ancestors killed his own wife and also spent
some time at Woodville. Go figure. It happens.

A firefighter that worked for me came from a large family but one of
his brother's killed his wife (his, not the firefighter's). It
didn't change how I felt about this firefighter. He was one helluva
good worker and a good man to boot.

Al



At 09:51 PM 7/15/2007, you wrote:
>Thanks for the tips ... had been to the archives. Looks like they may have
>some records for time period I'm interested it. In any case, took a run at
>it and sent them an e-mail. Will let everyone know if I get a response and
>what it says! This is a family skeleton in the closet I'm looking for.
>It's my great-grandfather and from what I've been able to glean so far,
>looks like all the scary family tales are true!
>
>Pat
>Boise
>
>
> >From:
> >Reply-To:
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [ALL] Woodville Hospital
> >Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:55:39 -0400
> >
> >Larry,
> >
> >I'm sure Pat will appreciate that URL.
> >
> >Al
> >
> >
> >At 05:52 PM 7/13/2007, you wrote:
> > >Al:
> > >Here is a link to what the archives have. Scroll down until you find
> > >Woodville;
> > >
> > >http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=space&name=Co
> mmunityPage&id=2&cached=true&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&PageID=259980&CommunityID=1593&&LinkPath=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/rg23.htm
> > >
> > >The line will probably split so you'll have to piece the two together.
> > >
> > >Larry
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Pat,
> > > >
> > > >Supposedly the records for Woodville and Dixmont are in the PA State
> > > >Archives. I say supposedly because I've never seen them but I recall
> > > >others in the past discussing them. They are supposed to be tough to
> > > >get and don't disclose much because it was a medical facility (or at
> > > >least that's the rational).
> > > >
> > > >Al
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >At 04:42 PM 7/13/2007, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>I think I may have found a 'lost' relative in the 1920 and 1930 census
> >in
> > > >>Woodville (referred to on census as Allegheny Co. Hopsital for
> >Criminally
> > > >>Insane). Does anyone know how to find, if possible, records for the
> > > >>hospital for those years. His death date was 1933, so assume he was
> >there
> > > >>for a long time.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks!
> > > >>Pat
> > > >>Boise
> > > >>
> > > >>
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