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Included in my tree is an Elizabeth Taylor, wife of Josiah Pearson Taylor. Elizabeth was nee DAVIES born in Rhuddlan Flint c1831. She married Josiah Taylor at St Thomas Dudley on 11th Feb.1856.
In 1861 the couple were living in Hasbury. By 1871 Elizabeth was incarcerated in Broadmoor, and by 1881 she was in Woking Womens Prison for the criminally insane. I think that she spent the next 20 years there. I would like to know why she was committed. A researcher has been unable to find anything at Kew which I find strange. However, that being so, I wonder if it is possible to find anything relating to this in the records of the Worcester Assizes. Would it be likely that she could be committed purely on the say of a local doctor, or would her committal be the result of a court case ?
This really is my major brick wall

what did it say on her death cert or have you not found it that would be poss the first place to look

poss local archives might have newspaper micro film, broadmoor wasnt opened till 1863 and it look like it was for the crimanal insane so she must have done something?

Dudley archives are very helpful they may be able to advise.
They helped me with my William Rose and the newspaper articles etc.
They have court information not too sure at what level but worth asking them.

Well, to be honest, I have looked for possible death registrations, but Elizabeth Taylor seemed to be the favourite name in that period, and I suspect that I might have to buy perhaps a dozen certs before finding the right one

you wont have to buy them if you state that you only want it if woking womens prision was the place of death, if that where you think she died

tex woking comes under Guildford for deaths up to 1934 did a search for deaths elizabeth taylor 1881 to 1910 and these are the results

Deaths Mar 1885
Taylor Elizabeth 46 Guildford

Deaths Sep 1894
Taylor Elizabeth 59 Guildford

Deaths Jun 1905
Taylor Elizabeth 80 Guildford

Deaths Sep 1905
Taylor Elizabeth 76 Guildford

so if the prisoners were record with locals at guildford and she died in prison then one of these proberley her ?
guildford will proberly tell you if inmates that died in woking prison are included in there register and if not then they might able to tell you were to look here there email. registration.guildford@surreycc.gov.uk

and here the site

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/s ... endocument

Many thanks to all the kind folk for their suggestions.
I THINK that Elizabeth was still alive at the 1891 census located in Woking Prison, which of course by then had become Brookwood Asylum. It is possible that she was released after this, but I would think it highly unlikely. I think that perhaps the most likely death registration is the one in 1894. The certificate would show the reason for death, but I hardly think that it would explain the reason for her incarceration ?

Many thanks anyway, for your efforts and suggestions, they are much appreciated.

i agree it would proberly only show what she died off but you might get a dob out of it ?

on the 1861 census Elizabeth b 1834 so the 1894 death looks about right

Just flaggin this with those concerned to see if we can move it to archived enquries?

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