October 2021 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

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FORMAN, Thomas

Stephen MundayOctober 31, 2021November 9, 2021

b.1866- d.1918 Introduction Thomas Forman may well have ended his days in Long Grove Hospital as a direct result of his experiences of serving with the Royal Artillery in India...

BRANSGROVE, Louisa

Jenni LlewellynOctober 31, 2021November 9, 2021

Louisa was born in the Fulham registration district during the December quarter of 1889. The daughter of James Bransgrove and Ellen his wife nee Plumridge. They had married on 6th...

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WATERER, Richard James

Lesley LeeOctober 30, 2021January 6, 2023

A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour

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MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa

Roger MillerOctober 30, 2021October 25, 2022

Additional difficulty of not speaking English

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HALEY, Samuel Thomas

Roger MillerOctober 30, 2021November 9, 2021

b.1846 - d.1908 Samuel Thomas Haley died on 17th September 1908 and was buried in grave 201b of Horton Cemetery on the 24th September. The Lunacy Patients Admission Register records...

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FRYER, Edward

Louise TaylorOctober 30, 2021November 5, 2021

b.1865 - d.1909 Early Life Historians believe that Shoreditch got its name from water that ran across the area's marshland. It was originally known as Soersditch, or Sewer's Ditch. Edward...

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MOUSLEY, Edward Lawford Girling

Linda MartinOctober 29, 2021November 9, 2021

b.1870 - d.1909 Early Life Edward was born on 8th July 1870 in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey, sometimes recorded as Cranley, registered under Hambledon near Godalming. He was the...

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RUDKIN, Elizabeth Jane

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayOctober 29, 2021November 5, 2021

b.1849 - d.1910 Introduction Sometimes the loose ends of family history research do not tie up neatly and that can leave doubt in mind. As a research subject, Elizabeth leaves...

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DEVERILL, Minnie

Linda Miles-CartwrightOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021

b.1876 - d.1910 Finding the correct Minnie The search for Minnie Deverill has proved difficult as there was limited information to link her to any family. With only a Grave...

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CROTTY, Susan

Jane AllenOctober 28, 2021October 25, 2022

b.1869 - d.1909 Early years Susan Elizabeth Smith was born in the autumn of 1869, the daughter of George Smith, a cab driver, and his wife Susan. On the 1871...

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COLLINS, John

Hazel BallanOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021

b.1876 - d.1902 Highly possible but not certain (yet) story for John Collins According to the GRO Death Index, John Collins was aged 25 when he died in Epsom, which...

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DICK, Andrea Elder

Brian CullenOctober 28, 2021February 2, 2026

b.1874 - d.1915 Andrea was born in the 4th quarter of 1874 in the Registration District of Prescot, which is near Liverpool.In 1881 she was living with her parents and...

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ALAIS, Sarah Elizabeth

Brian CullenOctober 28, 2021January 9, 2023

b. 1874 - d.1914 Early Years Sarah Elizabeth Norris was born in the 4th Quarter of 1874 in the District of Eastry in Kent. Eastry is a town slightly inland...

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BIGFORD, Emma

Sylvia BromileyOctober 28, 2021November 16, 2022

b.1838 - d.1912 Early life – 1830s to 1840s Emma was born on 14th April 1838 in Paddington and lived to be nearly 74 years old, dying on 20th January...

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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus

Steve JohnsonOctober 26, 2021October 17, 2022

The German Tailor who came to London

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THEO, Walter

Tony McGarryOctober 4, 2021April 4, 2022

b.1871 - d.1918 Walter's Father John Theodoridi, Walter’s father was born in 1833 in Constantinople Turkey. He was a Greek gentleman, former Captain in the Russian army, a freemason of...

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WHITAKER, Isabella

A COctober 4, 2021October 25, 2022

b.1876 - d.1917 Isabella was quite hard to find – was she married or single? Once I found a record, I worked around it and found her birth registered in...

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DOODY, Thomas

Hazel BallanOctober 2, 2021July 2, 2025

b.1849-d.1902 Thomas’ parents Owen Doody and Caroline Amelia Wilson married on 3 August 1845 in St Nicholas Church in Deptford, Greenwich. Four months later, on 14 December, Thomas’ older brother,...

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BYFORD, Walter

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayOctober 2, 2021April 7, 2022

b.1859-d.1910 A summary of the evidence it has been possible to locate for Walter suggests an ordinary life. Walter was born on January 11th 1859 in Hoxton, London. His parents...