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b.1837-d.1902
Kate’s year of birth has been taken from her death certificate. Despite extensive searching, no census record has been found for her, so her place of birth and parentage has not been established.
Kate’s death certificate stated that she was a Domestic Servant of 46 Princes Road, Kilburn. This, I believe, should have been Princess Road which is in part of the Urban District of South Kilburn, which is in part of the Parliamentary Division of Harrow. This was the home of the Bolton family when the 1901 Census was taken, but Kate was not listed as living there.
Admission to Asylum
Kate was admitted to Grove Hall, a private asylum, in Fairfield Road, Bow, on 14th December 1901.
There is a removal order for Jan 16th 1902, with Kate being passed from the parish of Willesden and settled in the parish of St. John’s, Hampstead.
London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1922 – Ancestry.co.uk
On 21st March 1902, Kate was discharged from Grove Hall and admitted to Horton Asylum in Epsom, Surrey. Her stay there was short and on 8th October that year she died aged 60 from ulcerated colitis, a long-term condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed and ulcerated.
Kate was buried in grave 61 in the Horton Estate Cemetery on 14th October 1902.
Authors notes – A possible find
The only other workhouse record found for a Kate Bates, born 1840/1842, was in the Harrow Road Workhouse in Paddington, Westminster. This Kate was admitted on 11th November and discharged on 7th December 1892 and then readmitted three days later, before being discharged again on 12th December 1892. This lady was recorded as a widow.
When searching in the 1891 Census I found a William Bates, a coachman born in Tonbridge, living on his own as a “widower”, in Lancaster Yard, Paddington. Further searching found this William Bates, a coachman, as living in 1881 at 9 Clarendon St, Paddington, with his wife Kate Bates. Kate was recorded as being born in Casterton, Lancashire, in about 1841. Also living there were their sons William and Charles Bates.
Going back to the 1871 Census finds Kate, recorded as Katherine, living in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, with her husband William, a coachman, 3-year-old son William, and two daughters Kate and Anne, both aged 10.
The 1861 Census recorded Kate as Catherine, married to William, a coachman, and living in Gravesend, Kent, with their 8-month-old daughter Kate.
As said previously, this is only a possible match for ‘our’ Kate.
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