How very sad, Kate. I think it would be a rare family tree that doesn't have at least one suicide or attempted suicide. My gt gt grandfather suffered from "Melancholy" (we would say depression) periodically and attempted suicide several times and was confined to an asylum at least once in his youth.
His final attempt was down the pit where he tried to cut his throat and was taken from there to Abergavenny asylum where he died some years later.
OH's grandmother attempted suicide after the tragic drowning of her husband and she spent her last years in Abergavenny asylum as well.
Small world.
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Gwynne
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