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PELHAM, George

Kevin McDonnellJanuary 15, 2021November 16, 2022

Survivor of The Titanic

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29 Nov

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Elizabeth Flaxman - A tailoress with depression.
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Marian Elizabeth YEO, her problems attributed to “the change of life” a ‘cover all’ term for the problems of the menopause which were not understood in the late 1800s. ...#Menopause #MentalHealthAwareness
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24 Nov

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George Dodd, the story of how someone once described as a French polisher, a skilled tradesman and a step up from his father became an inmate at the Epileptic Colony. ...https://hortoncemetery.org/dodd-george/
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22 Nov

Story of the Day! > Hendrick Barend KoekKoek
A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?
@doublekoek ...@NationalGallery @SimonisBuunk
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