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1843-1902
Adeline Harriet, the first child and daughter of William Henry Andrew [1819-1872], was born at home on 22nd May 1843 in Hammersmith.
Her father had married her mother, Harriet Cooper [1819-1891], on 22nd August 1841 in St James Church, Westminster. Their marriage entry states that both William and Harriet lived at Castle Street, and that William was a Police Clerk.
The couple went on to have eleven known children, including Adeline.
| Name | Details |
| Adeline Harriet 1843-1902 | |
| Fanny Elizabeth 1844-1923 | Fanny Elizabeth born June 4th 1844 and was baptised on 10th Jul 1844. Registered in 1844 (JAS).Married George Garnham c1866. |
| Frederick William Madden 1845-1883 | Married Marian Keep on 9th November 1867 |
| Charles Edward 1847-? | Born 1847. Birth registered 1847 (JAS). |
| Laura Louisa 1849-1857 | |
| Henry James 1851-1906 | Married Augusta Child Land on 4th November 187 |
| Kate Marian 1852-1857 | Born 2nd December 1852; baptised 20th February 1853, Birth Reg 1853 (JFM).Burial 29th October 1857, Death Reg 1857(OND) aged 4. |
| Alfred Cooper 1854-1912 | Married Maria Syms on 25th September 1886 |
| Arthur Martin 1856-1927 | Married Mary Ann Collis 23rd February 1893 |
| Annie Augusta 1856-1929 | Born 8th February 1856; her birth certificate can be seen on a public tree. Married Edwin Quinn on 25th September 1880 |
| Florence Mary 1860- ? | Born 1860. Birth Reg 1860 (JAS). Married Henry R Porter 1879 |
Adeline was baptised on 5th July 1843 in St Mary Abbott Church in Kensington. At the time, her parents were living at 4 Chapel Place, Hammersmith, and her father was described as an officer of the Police Court.
Censuses give us just a snapshot in time, and the 1851 census recorded that the family was living in the Police Court House, Hammersmith, Middlesex, where Adeline’s father worked as the chief usher.
1860s
On 5th March 1860 the Daily News newspaper reported that Adeline’s father had “past his examination and had been appointed as a second clerk”.
When the 1861 Census was taken a year later, the family was recorded as living in a large, terraced house at 13 Vernon Street, Fulham, Middlesex.
1870s
The 1871 Census records the family as living back in the Police Court House, Brook Green, Hammersmith.
The following year Adeline’s 53-year-old father died and was buried on 5th February 1872. Following the death of her husband, Harriet opened a drapers’ shop, and in 1881 was living and working with her two sons Alfred and Arthur in her shop at Archway Street in Barnes, Richmond.
Adeline’s Admission to the Asylum
The whereabouts of Adeline in 1881 is not known, but it would seem that she was not living with any of her family. Ten years later when the 1891 census was taken, she appears to be a patient in the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum in Lancashire. She was recorded as being aged 50 (but was actually 48), single and had previously been working as a servant.
Adeline’s mother Harriet died in 1891 and was buried in the Brompton Cemetery on 21st July.
On 15th March 1892 Adeline was admitted to Cane Hill Asylum in Coulsdon, Surrey. She was later discharged to Warwick Asylum on 1st December 1897.
When the next census was taken on 31st March 1901, 57-year-old Adeline was recorded as being a lunatic patient in the Hatton Asylum, Hatton, Warwickshire.
According to the admissions register that covers 14th June 1900-22 Jan 1904, Adeline Andrews was admitted to Graylingwell, West Sussex on 7th October 1901. She is also recorded in the female case book that covers Aug 1900-Oct 1901. There appears to be a photograph of her. This evidence will be located and copied at the earliest opportunity. Details will then be added here to her story.
Her final discharge on 19th June 1902 was to the Horton Mental Asylum in Epsom, Surrey.
Adeline was aged 59 when she died in Horton Asylum on 20th November 1902. Her remains were buried two days later in grave 72 in the Horton Estate Cemetery, Epsom, Surrey.
