Samuel Hayes Williams, born in England 1867? - 1940 Essondale hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.. On Christmas day 1939 Samuel shot his neighbour Edwin Simpson ( 1880 -1959 ); he was sent to Oakalla prison, a jury found him insane and Samuel was then sent to Essondale, where he spent the last four months of his life.
Samuel died of a coronary, complicated by artheriosclerosis, and artheriosclerotic dementia. http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/12/samuel-hayes-williams.html
Constance Moody was born on the 17th June 1917 Prince Rupert.
Her parents were Adam Moody, and Harriet unk. The family are primarily from the Kitkatla nation http://gitxaalanation.com/
Constance died of tuberculosis on the 11th of April 1944 at Essondale hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.
She left behind numerous family members to mourn her loss. http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/12/constance-moody.html
John Whiteside Cochran was born on October 4, 1872, in Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, his father, John Cornelius Cochran, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Gibson, was 27.
He married Martha J. Allen in 1897 at Alden, Hardin County, Iowa, and they had one child together in 1902.
He then married Emma Izola (Izora) Wilson in 1906 at Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, and they had two children together - Grace Irene in 1913 and Leonard Mervin in 1921. By 1911, John and Emma have moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta, where he is listed as a farmer in the 1911 census. The family then moves to Prince Rupert BC. before 1921.
He died on September 30, 1941, in Essondale, New Westminster, BC, at the age of 68. cause of death was exhaustion and senile dementia.
Arthur was at PHI from the 4th of March 1915, until his death on the 23rd of November 1915, General paralysis of the insane, cause of death. Dr. Steeves signed the Death certificate, he was a staff doctor. listed as buried in New Westminster, burial by the Bowell Company ( a long time funeral director in New Westminster ) b. 1884 England. Married in 1910 Gladys Violet Demmon, she remarried in 1920 to William Herbert Woodward
New Westminster Public Library has the Bowell funeral records for the date in question. which should tell you Where he is buried.
Good luck
Polly Antoniak (Pauline) was my grandmother on my father's side. My dad never really knew what she died of, he was only 21 when she died and had been on his own since he was 14. He said that she had broken her back and had a hump on her back. The death certificate said she died of Terminal bronchialpneumonia and she had heart disease arterialsclerosis, she was 48. I wonder why she was in Essondale as it was a mental hospital and it never mentioned anything about her mental condition, maybe they put people there who required extended care? I was happy to find her because we didn't even know her maiden name.
for access to his medical records I suggest you contact the Royal BC Museum at: http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bcarchives/
as family you are entitled to copies any medical records they might have. Call or email the archives and make a freedom of information request for those records. There is, as far as I know , no charge for this service.
My great grandfather died at New Westminster in November, 1915. Does anyone know how to locate records from 1915 or know where to find where patients at that time were buried? His name was Arthur Alderson. I have located a copy of his death certificate stating he died of "insane paralysis". I suspect he had received some sort of shock therapy which left him incapacitated. He was only in his thirties and left behind my grandmother who was only a few months old. My grandmother and one of her sons both suffered from the affects of Alzheimers and makes me wonder if this wasn't what happened to my great grandfather. My father was never told anything about his granddad other than his name. People were too ashamed to mention those with such afflictions. Let me know if anyone has any ideas! Thank you. Darlene
Samuel Hayes Williams, born in England 1867? - 1940 Essondale hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.. On Christmas day 1939 Samuel shot his neighbour Edwin Simpson ( 1880 -1959 ); he was sent to Oakalla prison, a jury found him insane and Samuel was then sent to Essondale, where he spent the last four months of his life.
Samuel died of a coronary, complicated by artheriosclerosis, and artheriosclerotic dementia.
http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/12/samuel-hayes-williams.html
Constance Moody was born on the 17th June 1917 Prince Rupert.
Her parents were Adam Moody, and Harriet unk. The family are primarily from the Kitkatla nation http://gitxaalanation.com/
Constance died of tuberculosis on the 11th of April 1944 at Essondale hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.
She left behind numerous family members to mourn her loss.
http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/12/constance-moody.html
Violet Mary Mulwain neé Violet Mary Hudson ( New Kitselas 1909 – 1944 Essondale hospital, Coquitlam, B.C. )
Violet used her middle name Mary Hudson / Mary Mulwain throughout her short life.
http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/12/violet-mary-mulwain.html
Some information about Phoebe and her husband Alfred here: http://essondale.blogspot.ca/2014/11/phoebe-fulthorp.html
Phoebe Teresa Fulthorp, nee Phoebe Teresa Hosking was born on the 27th of May 1849 (1846) in London, England.
NOTE: that Fulthorp is the correct spelling, not Fulthorpe
Pheobe died from a cerebral haemorrhage, after suffering for many years with terminal dementia
John Whiteside Cochran was born on October 4, 1872, in Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, his father, John Cornelius Cochran, was 26 and his mother, Louisa Gibson, was 27.
He married Martha J. Allen in 1897 at Alden, Hardin County, Iowa, and they had one child together in 1902.
He then married Emma Izola (Izora) Wilson in 1906 at Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, and they had two children together - Grace Irene in 1913 and Leonard Mervin in 1921. By 1911, John and Emma have moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta, where he is listed as a farmer in the 1911 census. The family then moves to Prince Rupert BC. before 1921.
He died on September 30, 1941, in Essondale, New Westminster, BC, at the age of 68. cause of death was exhaustion and senile dementia.
Shock therapy not in use at that time.
Arthur was at PHI from the 4th of March 1915, until his death on the 23rd of November 1915, General paralysis of the insane, cause of death. Dr. Steeves signed the Death certificate, he was a staff doctor. listed as buried in New Westminster, burial by the Bowell Company ( a long time funeral director in New Westminster ) b. 1884 England. Married in 1910 Gladys Violet Demmon, she remarried in 1920 to William Herbert Woodward
New Westminster Public Library has the Bowell funeral records for the date in question. which should tell you Where he is buried.
Good luck
Polly Antoniak (Pauline) was my grandmother on my father's side. My dad never really knew what she died of, he was only 21 when she died and had been on his own since he was 14. He said that she had broken her back and had a hump on her back. The death certificate said she died of Terminal bronchialpneumonia and she had heart disease arterialsclerosis, she was 48. I wonder why she was in Essondale as it was a mental hospital and it never mentioned anything about her mental condition, maybe they put people there who required extended care? I was happy to find her because we didn't even know her maiden name.
Hello Darlene,
might you be looking for Arthur Anderson who died in 1930 and is buried in the former Woodlands Cemetery in New Westminster:
https://www.michaeldecourcy.com/dead_and_buried/node/795
for access to his medical records I suggest you contact the Royal BC Museum at: http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bcarchives/
as family you are entitled to copies any medical records they might have. Call or email the archives and make a freedom of information request for those records. There is, as far as I know , no charge for this service.
Michael de Courcy
My great grandfather died at New Westminster in November, 1915. Does anyone know how to locate records from 1915 or know where to find where patients at that time were buried? His name was Arthur Alderson. I have located a copy of his death certificate stating he died of "insane paralysis". I suspect he had received some sort of shock therapy which left him incapacitated. He was only in his thirties and left behind my grandmother who was only a few months old. My grandmother and one of her sons both suffered from the affects of Alzheimers and makes me wonder if this wasn't what happened to my great grandfather. My father was never told anything about his granddad other than his name. People were too ashamed to mention those with such afflictions. Let me know if anyone has any ideas! Thank you. Darlene
My long gone relative. After all these years, she is not forgotten.
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