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David Jeremiah (b. Abt. 1864, d. 2 May 1943)

David Jeremiah (son of George Jeremiah and Rachel Jenkins)⁴⁶² was born Abt. 1864^{463, 464}, and died 2 May 1943 in Barnwood House Hospital, Barnwood, Glos⁴⁶⁵.

Notes for David Jeremiah:
Family tradition is that David was confined to a private mental instiution in Gloucestershire, where he lived to a ripe old age. His father George in his Will (probate granted 16 April 1912) appointed his second wife Mary Althea "to visit my son David Jeremiah from time to time and to see that he has all things reasonably necessary for his comfort and maintenance".

Barnwood House Hospital, where David died, is now called The Manor Nursing Home, run by the Barnwood Hospital Trust. Its records are in the Gloucestershire Record Office. They include Agreements and orders for receipt of patients (inc doctors' certificates) from 1860-1965; case files c. 1920s-1965.