December 16, 2021 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

DUNKINSON, Matilda

Sally NestorDecember 16, 2021April 26, 2023

b.1878 - d.1907 Dunkinson has been spelt in a variety of ways on the sources discovered, however I believe they are transcription errors and that the documents found all refer...

GILCHRIST, Jane

b.1893-d.1918 Jane’s parents and siblings Jane Gilchrist was born in the Holborn registration district to Charles Edward Gilchrist 1854 1895 and his wife Mary née…

GILCHRIST, Jane
ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

The Yale graduate and published author

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
CLAYTON, Ada

Ada proved a little elusive to find at first.Thanks to the visitor book, the author then found her husband and more of her short life…

CLAYTON, Ada
TIDYMAN, Samuel

Escaped childhood murder!

TIDYMAN, Samuel
STACE, Louisa

The glove maker

STACE, Louisa
CARR, Arthur

b. 1874 - d. 1915 Arthur Henry Carr, a twin, was born on the 14th of July 1874 at 10.30 am in Mile End Old…

CARR, Arthur
JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

b.1899-d.1918 Grace Ethel Primrose Jones was born on 19th April 1899. She was the eldest child of Frederick Albert Jones (1874 - 1927), a stationer's packer,…

JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose
SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

The giggling tomboy

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
HAYCOCK, Hannah

b.1868-d.1908 Hannah’s parents and siblings Hannah Haycock was born in 1868 in Rochford, Essex to parents Thomas and Caroline (née Thompson). Hannah was the eldest…

HAYCOCK, Hannah
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland

b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born…

UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada

b.1873-d.1914 Lily Ada Buckeridge was born on 8th Sept 1873 in Deptford Kent. Her parents were John Thomas Buckeridge (1848 –1924) born in Newbury, Berkshire…

BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
BOLTON, Thomas

b.1862 – d.1912. Thomas's family Thomas’s birth is recorded in records variously between 1859 (1891 Census) and 1862 (admission records)and no baptism has been found,…

BOLTON, Thomas
EVANS, Ida Ellen

b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of…

EVANS, Ida Ellen
DE JONG, John

b.1873-d.1912 Let us start this story at the point in time when John de Jong, a ship’s steward who had travelled extensively, exhibited signs that…

DE JONG, John
THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth

b.1858-d.1911 Note: The unusual name has several different spellings throughout the archived documents. Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth Thredgill is the name on the burial record.…

THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
HONEY, Joseph Thomas

b.1843 – d.1912 Early Life Joseph Thomas was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph Honey (1804-81) andMargery Couch (1811-66) who were both born…

HONEY, Joseph Thomas
YOUNG, Kate

b.1862-d.1920 Kate’s parents Catherine – or Kate as she would later be known – was the seventh of the eight children born to Joseph Young…

YOUNG, Kate
BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie

The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant

BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
GARLAND, Percy Ernest

b.1882-d.1916 Percy's parents and siblings Percy Ernest Garland was born in Blackheath, Kent in the 4th Q of 1882, the fourth of six children. No…

GARLAND, Percy Ernest
KILMINSTER, George Thomas

The Kensington Plumber

KILMINSTER, George Thomas
HIRONS, Matilda Lucy

b.1861-d.1909 Matilda's parents In 1858, Henry Franklin Hiron, an engineer, married Matilda Fell in Stepney. Matilda was the daughter of another engineer and plumber, Richard…

HIRONS, Matilda Lucy
HOLTON, Emma

The sad story of Emma of whom we know very little. She was born without speech and spent most of her life away from her…

HOLTON, Emma
CASSAN, John Sheffield

The Hollywood film star's brother.

CASSAN, John Sheffield
VAHID, Henrietta

b.1873-d.1915 A story full of mysteries and unanswered questions Henrietta Vahid was buried in Horton Estate Cemetery at Epsom in Grave number 1789b on the…

VAHID, Henrietta
KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
BIGFORD, Emma

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…

BIGFORD, Emma
GARCÍA, Félix

Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso's muse

GARCÍA, Félix
PELHAM, George

Survivor of The Titanic

PELHAM, George
CORKE, Henrietta

The author says, "This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours…

CORKE, Henrietta
SULLIVAN, Agnes

b.1877 – d.1927 Intro Had it not been for the Manor address book, we would never have unravelled this story. The addresses gave us the…

SULLIVAN, Agnes
CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth

The Domestic Servant

CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
ROADS, Francis Elliot

Many people will not know what a coprolite merchant is. This story will make all clear.

ROADS, Francis Elliot
HOWARD, Frank

b. 1876 - d. 1912 Frank’s appearance in the Lunacy Register and his hospital admission form do not record his DOB but according to the…

HOWARD, Frank
FELL, Sachinais Alicia

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…

FELL, Sachinais Alicia
WILSON, Frederick Leon

The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.

WILSON, Frederick Leon
SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)

We are not sure why Ellen (Nellie) Simcock entered Manor Asylum but she was visited often by family members

SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
FAY, Tottie

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

FAY, Tottie
GILBERT, George Frederick

Died aged just 22

GILBERT, George Frederick
ROBERTS, Benjamin

Benjamin said he had made a harp with 1,000 strings and could play any tune and instrument! He worked as a musician.

ROBERTS, Benjamin
BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

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…

BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
ALDRIDGE, Frederick William

The Mechanical Engineer

ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
GORSUCH, Joseph

b.1846 - d.1916 Joseph Francis Gorsuch was born on the 7th of May 1846 at City Road, St Luke, Shoreditch, London, England to parents William…

GORSUCH, Joseph
STREET, John

It is not clear why John entered Manor hospital. His family were interesting. John's brother George, a builder, left £6m in his will. His son…

STREET, John
BURTON, Susan

She ordered extravagant luncheons both at Stafford and Northampton stations and had no money to pay for them. The delusion that she is a duchess…

BURTON, Susan
MASSEY, Harriet

b.1832-d.1907 Death I have had to start at the end of Harriet Massey's life and try to work backwards in order to tell her story. …

MASSEY, Harriet
WEEKES, Esther

A mother of 10

WEEKES, Esther
ALLEN, Mary Ann

b.1849-d.1913 I was unable to find Mary’s birth on the General Register Office website but her baptism certificate gives her date of birth as 3…

ALLEN, Mary Ann
EFFEMEY, John

b.1851-d.1909 John’s family The Effemey name has been quite a challenge to research due to its change of spellings when transcribed. Effamy, Effemy, Efeny, Evamy,…

EFFEMEY, John
YEO, Marian Elizabeth

The silver polisher

YEO, Marian Elizabeth
SABEY, George David

What happened to this Bootmaker?

SABEY, George David