Alice Wallis ?1817-1874

'A short, rather stoutly built woman with a well-developed and tolerably well-nourished frame - brown eyes and grizzled black hair'.

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Date   Event   Source
1816-1817   Alice Wallis was born in Hathern, a village 2.6 miles from Loughborough, Leicestershire.   Censuses + christening
30 Mar 1817   She was christened at Hathern. She was the fourth of seven known children of George and Mary Wallis (née Hickling) who married in Hathern on 11 Jun 1810.   IGI
1 Jun 1823   There was a double christening of her sisters, Mary and Sarah, at Hathern.   IGI
22 Jun 1826   A Samuel Wallis, possibly her brother, was christened at Hathern.   IGI
24 Nov 1836   At 19 or 20, she married Charles Collins at Loughborough. The witnesses were Sarah Wallis (probably her sister) and James Collins (probably his brother).   Parish register - All Saints, Loughborough
14 Nov 1837   A year after the wedding, her first son, James, was christened at All Saints', Loughborough.   Parish register
7 Mar 1840   Her next child, Joseph, was born in Loughborough.   1881 census; Gravestone (online)
6 Jun 1841   The family were living at Wood Gate, Loughborough.   Census
17 Nov 1844   Her third child, William, was christened in Loughborough.   Parish register
Apr-Jun 1847   Her fourth child, Mary Ann, was born in Loughborough.   1861 census: BMD
1851   The family were living at 176 Regent Street, Loughborough.   Census
17 Sep 1853   Her fifth child, Lucy, was born in Loughborough and died 3 days later.   BMD
Jan-Mar 1855   Her sixth child, Charles, was born in Loughborough   1861 census: BMD
Jul-Sep 1858   Her seventh child, George Henry, was born in Loughborough.   1861 census; BMD
(7 Apr 1861   An Edward Collins was buried on census day in Loughborough aged 2, possibly her son.)   NBI
7 Apr 1861   The family's address was now Till's Yard, Asby Road, Loughborough. Her husband was working as a bricklayer's labourer. The children still at home were William (16), Mary A (14), Charles (5) and George H (3). Also in the house was Mary Wallis, her mother, a widow aged 75 born in Hathern.   Census
1861-63   Her mother moved to Loughborough workhouse.   See 1863, below
15 Apr 1862   Her eighth known child, Lydia, was born. The family address was Dog and Gun Yard, Loughborough.   Birth certificate
7 Jan 1863   Her mother died of 'decay of nature' aged 82 in Loughborough workhouse, and was buried 2 days later at All Saints', Loughborough.   Death certificate
Jul-Sep 1863   Her son Joseph (23) married Lydia Randall (24) in Loughborough.   BMD
Jan-Mar 1867   Her daughter Mary Ann (19) married Charles Lester (23) in Loughborough.   BMD
5 Jul 1869   When she was 52, she attempted suicide and was admitted to the County Lunatic Asylum as a pauper patient detained under care and treatment.
'Alice Collins is a short rather stoutly built woman with a well-developed and tolerably well-nourished frame - brown eyes and grizzled black hair... This is a case of melancholia of a very severe character - and the suicidal propensity is very strong... This patient's manner gives evidence of a very great mental depression. She can with great difficulty be prevailed on to answer a question and when she does her conversation is usual[ly] incoherent and foreign to the purpose - she is very restless at night and much difficulty is experienced in getting her to take food...'		   Patient notes - Borough Asylum
10 Jul 1869   ATTEMPTED SUICIDE - A married woman named Collins, residing at the Ward's End, Loughborough, attempted suicide on Monday by cutting her throat. The poor woman being in a low way, the parish authorities have removed her to the asylum.   Loughborough Advertiser
14 Aug 1869   'Alice Collins has improved much since her admission, both bodily and mentally:- she takes her food better and sleeps tolerably well though restless from time to time.   Borough Asylum Patient notes
27 Sep 1873   (4 years later) 'The state of this patient varies much. She has lately taken to answering questions and at times conversing. She has many delusions such as thinking the Warden Building is her property and the other patients her servants. At times she refuses her food. Health is tolerably good...'   BMD
14 Jan 1874   'Alice Collins fell down & received fracture of fibula this morning & she was at once placed on Water Bed.'   Medical register - County Asylum
28 Jan 1874   'The case has done very well & has received great attention from the nurses.'   Medical register
15 May 1874   'Alice Collins was this morning abruptly & [illegible adverb] seized with symptoms of apoplexy and paralysis - for which remedies were applied, but she gradually became more paralysed and collapsed in the morning of 19th May. Nurse Sarah Nutting being present. Duration of illness 4 days.'   Medical register
19 May 1874   'Deaths and Violent Injuries, May 1874  - On Sunday 17th Cath Barlow jumped out of a window of the Chapel and fell in the kitchen gateway and thereby sustained several severe injuries. Alice Collins died on the 19th of paralysis from apoplexy.'

   Medical register