Re: George Greaves, Middlewood Hospital, Missing Burial
James, back in 2004 I had a similar case with my grandmother who died in 1917. Because I could not find a burial for her I believed at that stage that perhaps she had been sold for research. Some documents for her were found at SFA, including an autopsy report, and a nurse report of her moment of death. That autopsy was a legal requirement for someone who died in the asylum. But there was no indication of what happened to her remains.
Eventually I found her buried by her mother in Stannington
From all this I learned that the SFA patients were paid for by the workhouse from which they came, and when they died that originating workhouse sorted out what happened next.
Your theory is possible, but the final decision on that would be made by the Barnsley Workhouse. Are there any records extant?
Hope that helps.
Dave