Saturday 4 August 2012

Lily Raab


Born 1862, Kobenhavn, Denmark. Have been on the Danish archives to find her birth cert, but my Danish isn't too hot.

Married William Charles Whitehead 27th April 1886, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury. At the time a dressmaker living in Wombwell near Barnsley

Children
Arthur Whitehead Born Sep 1887, 22 Apr 1932
Eva Whitehead Born Sep 1888,
Osmond Whitehead Born 21 Aug 1892, Died 03 Jun 1968, Storthes Hall, Kirkburton

1891 Census @ North Road, Ravensthorpe
1901 Census -Caused me a lot of problems originally. She just disappeared. Eventually found her,
1911 Census @ West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Stanley Road, Wakefield. This lead me to the West Yorkshire archives where I managed to obtain her medical records from Stanley Royds and later Storthes Hall where she was transferred.

She was originally admitted as a patient 22 Jun 1895, transferring to Storthes Hall, Kirkburton on 4th January 1932.

Reading through her notes, by todays standards, not a great deal wrong with her, especcially for 51 years of being locked up.

The notes imply very little was done with her

Died at 11.40 pm 13th August 1946, at Storthes Hall, Kirkburton. (Burial unknown)



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