January 2021 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

BAHRUTH, Arnold

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJanuary 27, 2021October 24, 2022

b.1858-d.1910 A summary of the evidence it has been possible to locate for Arnold is a sad story. Arnold was born Conrad Arnold August Bahruth in 1858 in Germany. The...

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MINCHER, Samuel

Isabel KnightJanuary 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1840 – d.1908 Between Sep-Oct 1840 Samuel John MINCHER was born in Northamptonshire to Thomas MINCHER (1816-1864) and Mary (1817-1887). His father Thomas was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and his...

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BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

Brian CullenJanuary 26, 2021January 9, 2023

b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was probably Peckham. The parents of...

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D’ARENBERG, Arthur William

Linda MartinJanuary 25, 2021October 25, 2022

b.1857 - d.1909 Arthur’s story starts with his Grandfather, Johann Georg Abeltshauser, a Classical Composer in Germany. Found on a classical music website, it states that a piece of music,...

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McGOVARIN, Laura

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021

Story Version number = 1Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Linda Miles-Cartwright Laura was born a long way from London in fact she was born in Fredericton in Canada to...

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KELLAND, Henry Philip Chambers

Jenni LlewellynJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021

Story Version number = 2Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Jennifer Llewellyn Born: 1st April 1867 at 03.45. 20 Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh. His parents were Professor Philip Kelland 1809 -...

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WILSON, Eleanor Lydia Kate

Brian CullenJanuary 20, 2021May 18, 2023

b.1865 - d.1914 Eleanor Emily Lydia Kate Maule was born on the 11th October 1865 at Westminster, London. She was the daughter of William and Susan Maule. Eleanor was baptised...

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LUSK, George Alfred

Tony McGarryJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021

b. 1869 - d.1918 - Son of The Ripper's Nemesis - George Alfred Lusk was born in the March quarter of 1869 and his birth was registered in Mile End...

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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam

Bethany TurnerJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1887-d.1915 Adeline Miriam Marham was born on the 19th of August 1887 in the Union Workhouse, Docking Norfolk. She was born to an unmarried 22-year-old mother named Harriet, a domestic...

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FELL, Sachinais Alicia

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021November 5, 2022

b.1873 - d.1910 When I began my research into Sachinais, very little could be found. The only records showing such a name are the records from the workhouse and asylums....

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SADLER, Thomas

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021October 30, 2023

b. 1846 - d. 1910 All we know for sure is that Thomas Sadler, a patient at Long Grove, was buried on 31 March 1910, aged 64. There are many...

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DAVIS, Evan James

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1870-d.1910 Evan James Davis was born in Hoxton in 1870, to father Evan James, and mother Margaret, both from Wales. The history of Evan paints a picture of a wealthy...

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COURTENAY, John MacArthur

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021November 8, 2021

b.1871-d.1910 John Macarthur Courtenay (Courtnay) was born into a military family on 10th July 1871, in Sheerness, Kent to John and Ann Caroline. His father was a Battery Sergeant Major...

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PELHAM, George

Steve JohnsonJanuary 15, 2021September 2, 2023

Survivor of The Titanic

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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows

Hazel BallanJanuary 15, 2021November 9, 2024

Of the few remaining gravestones at Horton Cemetery, only four can just about be made out and Ann Barrows Howkins is one. ANN BARROWS HOWKINSDIED DEC 16TH 1912AGED 44INTO THY...

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HOLLIMAN, Emma

Louise TaylorJanuary 13, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1858 - d.1909 Early life 1858 to 1871 Emma Holliman’s birth was registered in the March Q of 1858. The transcription of a Baptism Record for Emma Holliman has been...