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Jane's Illness: Home Life, Beginnings of Mania, and Mental Illness as a Cause of Death

Nähendes Mädchen by Hermann Lindenschmit, 1900 ( rawpixel.com )   In my last post about my great-great-grandmother Maria Jane Darragh and her acute mania diagnosis, I wrote about some theories I've formed about what happened to her. (Catch up on previous posts about Jane  here , here , and here .) In this post, I'll begin exploring my theories and discoveries. But first, let's set the stage.   Jane's Home Life in St. Catharines Jane and her husband Charles Francis Cassidy married in St. Catharines in 1883 and settled into married life there. 1 At the time, St. Catharines was the largest and most populous town on the Niagara Peninsula and a thriving port city located on the Welland Canal. During Jane's life in St. Catharines, the population hovered around 10,000 residents. The city drew manufacturing, milling, shipping, and supporting businesses. 2 St. Paul Street in downtown St. Catharines in 1877, a few years before Charles and Jane married. (Photo court...
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GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021 - FAMILY PHOTO

James, Anne and Jim Casey, Camping Trip. Photo by N. Gilbride Casey

GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021

Family Photo - January 3rd entry of a 31-day challenge to post a document, photo or artifact on social media every day in January.
 
by Nancy Gilbride Casey
 
Though it is not a very old photo, this one evokes fond memories of camping trips we made with Anne (here about 12), and James (about 6 years). We had a travel trailer when they were younger, and took lots of weekend trips, and wonderful several-week summer trips to the Grand Canyon, New Mexico, and one terrific trip from Texas to Ohio and back. 
 
Some of the best times while camping were the four of us all crowding onto our full-size bed in the evening to watch whatever TV station we could manage to get reception for, in whichever tucked-away town we were staying near. This looks like one of our winter trips, and it was probably raining and cold too. What better to do then snuggle up together, with neither chores nor obligations nagging, with your favorite people in the whole world? It was lovely.
 
COMING TOMORROW - Photo of family heirloom
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