Royal Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Poor (later The Royal School for the Deaf), Margate, Kent and The West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Exeter, Devon
Please be aware that this page and the associated stories may contain historical terms related to disability that are not now considered to be appropriate. They are reproduced in context here to maintain the historical integrity of the period.
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There is plenty of background information about the Schools for the Deaf here.
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Elizabeth Allen 1830-1903 from Stourpaine Dorset - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 3 minute read.
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Jane Maria Barrott, later Jane Maria McCarthy 1873-1948 from Clapton, Middlesex - Disability, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 8 minute read.
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Elizabeth May Barrows, later Elizabeth May Ing, afterwards Elizabeth May Barlow 1889-1959 from Denver, Norfolk and Sarah Jane Barrows, later Sarah Jane Southwood 1891-1961 from Edmonton, Middlesex – Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.​
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Winifred Mary Bell 1889-1964 from Crayford, Kent - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 4 minute read.
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Sarah Jane Birch 1882-1966 and Elizabeth Annie Birch, later Elizabeth Annie Buckley 1886-? from Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire Emily Maud Birch, later Emily Maud George 1891-1961 from Chesham, Buckinghamshire - Disability, No Descendants (Sarah), Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 5 minute read.
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Alice Maria Bourn 1891-? from Stockwell, Surrey - Disability, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 4 minute read.
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Patience Bray 1832-1849 from Liskeard, Cornwall – Accident, Disability, No Descendants, Sickness, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 8 minute read.
Esther Mary Cluer 1889-1966 from Forest Hill, Surrey - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 8 minute read.
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Eliza Crouch 1888-? from Boscombe, Wiltshire - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
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Lydia Dorothy Deag 1889-1966 from Walthamstow, Essex - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
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Mary Priscilla Douglas, later Mary Priscilla Dean 1890-1978 and Ellen Susan Douglas 1894-1946 Walthamstow, Essex - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 4 minute read.
Alice Mary Gentle 1891-1961 from Trumpington, Cambridgeshire – Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
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Sarah Henley c.1829-1904 from Newton Abbot, Devon - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 2 minute read.
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Lillie Robinson Hodgson, later Lillie Robinson Gundry 1888-1942 and Hilda Hodgson 1894-? from Easingwold, Yorkshire - Disability, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 13 minute read.
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Maud Louisa Holley, later Maud Louia Marson 1890-1960 from Hammersmith, Middlesex - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 8 minute read.
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Mary Humphrey 1890-? from Bronnington, Flintshire - Disability, Illegitimacy, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 5 minute read
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Ida Muriel Elizabeth Johnstone 1890-1964 from India - Disability, Women at War, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 10 minutes read.
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Mary Ann Lewis 1828-? from Carhampton, Somerset - Disability, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 9 minute read.
Gertrude Frances Lincoln 1885-1966 from Mileham, Norfolk - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 14 minute read.
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Daisy Caroline Louise Maton, later Daisy Caroline Louise Wheeler 1891-1959 from Alderbury, Wiltshire – Alcoholism, Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Essex). 4 minute read.
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Henrietta Maunder c.1832-1903 from Salcombe Regis, Devon – Disability, No Descendants, Poverty, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 5 minute read.
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Catharine Oliver 1829-1855 from Charlton Marshall, Dorset - Disability, No Descendants, Poverty, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 6 minute read.
Elizabeth Palmer 1830-1917 from Okehampton, Devon - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 3 minute read.
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Anna Peach 1831-1890 from Yeovil, Somerset - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 8 minute read.
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Edith Elizabeth Peacock 1892-1977 from Bedford, Bedfordshire - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 9 minute read.
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Alma Sophie Pooley, later Alma Sophie Hersee 1889-1981 and Hilda Mary Pooley, later Hilda Mary Childs 1887-1941 from Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire - Disability, Lawbreaking, No Descendants (Alma), Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 5 minute read.
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Rose Punnett 1888-1930 from Townsville, Australia - Disability, Illegitimacy, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 11 minute read.
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Winifred Redgrave 1892-1962 from Chertsey, Surrey – Accident, Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 5 minute read.
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Minnie Slingo, later Minnie Hunt 1892-1974 from Crookham, Hampshire - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 6 minute read.
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Elizabeth Jane Emmeline Smith, later Elizabeth Jane Emmeline Bolt 1888-1964 from Bermondsey, Surrey - Disability, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
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Jessie Hannah Smith, later Jessie Hannah Willmott 1886-1971 from Hayes, Middlesex - Disability, No Descendants. 10 minute read.
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Emily Ann Smither, later Emily Ann Southby 1886-1955 from Lewisham, Kent - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 6 minute read.
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Annie Emma Spratt, later Annie Emma Shapcott 1892-1978 from Walworth, Surrey - Disability, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 10 minutes read.
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Nellie Florence Terry, later Nellie Florence Campbell 1891-1964 from Sutton, Surrey - Disability, No Descendants, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
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Ethel Maud Thorp 1890-1901 from Milstead, Kent – Disability, No Descendants, Sickness, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 3 minute read.
Elizabeth Udey c.1826-1868 from Menheniot Cornwall – Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter). 2 minute read.
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Sarah Mildred Vernall 1889-1954 from Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex - Disability, No Descendants, Women at Work, Schools for the Deaf (Margate). 5 minute read.​