July 2021 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

HILLIER, Emily

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1857-d.1910 Introduction Tracing Emily back in time from her death in 1910 reveals that she was institutionalised from as early as 1881, when she would have been no more than...

Long Grove Asylum Males

HENNESSEY, Charles

A CJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1870 - d.1917 Long Grove records show Charles as being buried on 27th November 1917 age 45 – giving a birth date about 1872. 1870s The only Charles Hennessey I...

Horton Asylum Males

GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas

Hazel BallanJuly 26, 2021October 2, 2021

b.1844-d.1902 The Find a Grave website states that Patrick Thomas Guilmartin was born in Toem, Tipperary, Ireland but this is incorrect. Patrick was the eldest child of Michael and Ellen...

Long Grove Asylum Males

CUTHBERT, Alfred

Stephen MundayJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1861-d.1918 Alfred Cuthbert was born in Ipswich in the third quarter of 1861, the third child and second son of Richard Fleetwood Cuthbert, a coach painter, and his wife, Ann...

Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

ASHWELL, Amy

Stephen MundayJuly 9, 2021October 24, 2022

b.1861-d.1918 Amy Ashwell was born in the 2nd quarter of 1861 to William Ashwell and his wife Amy (née Heath). At the time of Amy’s birth the couple were living...

Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

DUNCAN, Maud

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1862-d.1908 1860s Maud was born Mary Bridget in 1862 in the Westminster registration district to Thomas GANLEY, 1826-1877, and Mary, née MEANY, 1828-1896 - the seventh of ten children. Both...

Long Grove Asylum Males

JERVIS, Arthur

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021October 4, 2021

b.1863-d.1908 Early life Arthur was born in the December Quarter of 1863 in the Lambeth registration district. His parents Henry William Bury Jervis (1824-1876) and Caroline, née Burnett (1827-1913), had...

Long Grove Asylum Males

KELLY, Henry

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1867-d.1908 Early life Born in 1867 in the December Quarter in Camberwell registration district. He was baptised at St Mary, Newington on February 9th, 1869, along with siblings George William,...

Long Grove Asylum Males

DAVIS, Charles Augustus

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1863-d.1908 1850s-1860s Charles was born on 29 January 1863 at 27 Hemsworth Street, Shoreditch, Hoxton Old Town registration district to Alfred Davis, a Master Cabinet Maker, and Jane, née Hunt....

Horton Asylum Males

PASTEAU, Maurice

Sylvia BromileyJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1881-d.1913 Early years Maurice’s parents were Louis Stanislav Pasteau and Mary Ann Thoumine. Louis was born in Sarthe, a region in the North West of France, in 1850 or 1851...

Long Grove Asylum Males

RUMBOLD, Bertram

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1877-d.1918 Bertram Rumbold was born Bertie Frederick Rowter in Epsom in the March quarter of 1877. He was baptised on the 4th of February 1877 at St. Mary’s Church Ewell....

Long Grove Asylum Males

MANNOCK, Walter

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1876-d.1918 Introduction This is a sad story of a child born in a poor area of London. Throughout his life he was in and out of various institutions and spent...

Long Grove Asylum Males

LIDDIARD, William Bromley

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021October 25, 2022

b.1874-d.1919 Introduction William was admitted to three institutions during his life. The causes of his mental health problems are unknown, but they started when he was only 13. 1860s William...

Dead-End-Story Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

MUNDAY, Mary Ann

Steve JohnsonJuly 8, 2021October 3, 2021

b.~1840 - d.1910 The only thing we can be sure of with Mary Ann, is that her life came to an end at Long Grove Asylum on 13 March 1910,...

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HALLÉN, Hjalmar

Roger MillerJuly 8, 2021December 8, 2021

b.1847 - d.1908 Hjalmar Hallén died on 19th April 1908 in Long Grove Asylum and was buried in Horton Cemetery on 25th April in grave 133a. The 1881 census The...

Female Burials Horton Asylum

BLOMQUIST, Caroline

Hazel BallanJuly 7, 2021October 27, 2022

b. 1849 - d.1902 Caroline Blomquist [Karoline Kirstine Blomquist, formally Jensen, nee Sørensen] Caroline was Danish, and although she and her family have been found in the 1850, 1860 and...

Long Grove Asylum Males

CATHERWOOD, William Pearson

Tony McGarryJuly 6, 2021October 25, 2022

b.1875-d.1919 Introduction This is the story of an American who moved to Ireland and from there to London. 1870s William Pearson Catherwood was an American. In the Irish Census of...

Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick

Laura BrownJuly 6, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1884-d.1909 Introduction Frederick Lefevre died at the young age of 24 years, having suffered epilepsy for 16 years. It is possible that he suffered with status epilepticus, a condition where...

Female Burials Horton Asylum

WRIGHT, Eliza

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021

b.1861-d.1910 1860s Eliza’s maiden name was Rhodes and her parents were Richard and Sarah Rhodes. I have been unable to accurately trace their marriage, although it could have been prior...

Horton Asylum Males

TENNANT, Herbert John

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021

b.1858-d.1910 1850s Herbert was born at Saham Toney in Norfolk in January 1858. He was the sixth child of Edward and Mary Ann Tennant. His parents were married on 18th...

Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PYATT, Sidney

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021November 8, 2021

b.1886-d.1910 1870s to 1880s Sidney Pyatt’s parents were William and Charlotte, they were married at St. John’s Church in Hoxton on 25th December 1871. A note from history: In 19th...

Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PRESTRIDGE, Frederick

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 5, 2021

b.1882-d.1910 1880s & 1890s Frederick (born Edward Fred) Prestridge’s parents were George Prestridge and Mary Ann Lewis who were married at Holy Trinity Church on the edge of Clapham Common...

Horton Asylum Males

MURRELL, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1864-d.1910 1860s James Murrell’s parents were married on 29th December 1862 at St Giles' Church in Camberwell. It was a second marriage for his father James Murrell senior, his first...

Long Grove Asylum Males

LAIT, Alfred Benjamin

Louise TaylorJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1866-d.1909 Alfred’s birth – 1866 Alfred was born in 1866, in the small village of Weeley in Essex. The village is approximately 7 miles from Clacton-on-Sea, it is part of...

Horton Asylum Males

EMBLEM, Henry

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1878-d.1910 Initial difficulties researching the Emblem family The surname of Emblem seems to have a number of variations such as Emblen/Emblin/Emblan/Embling/Emblow/ Embler. This has made tracing difficult. Variations are often...

Horton Asylum Males

BLACKWELL, Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 27, 2022

b.1872-d.1910 Starting research Although the burial note describes Charles Blackwell as aged 28, no trace could be found including a Death Certificate. Searching under Blackwell in the relevant quarter, a...