February 14, 2022 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

BROGAN, Mary

Anne DaviesFebruary 14, 2022February 14, 2022

b.1848-d.1910 To research Mary’s story I needed to start with her death certificate. This stated that she was a spinster aged 62, a domestic servant and had lived at 3...

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PAXTON, William Spencer

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022April 3, 2022

b.1859-d.1908 William was born in 1859 to Thomas Paxton (1826-1867) and his wife, Emma née Cotton (1827-1880). They married in 1848 at Woburn. Thomas was a land agent/ostler, son of...

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WATKINS, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022October 26, 2022

b.1864-d.1907 Caroline was born in the September quarter of 1864, in the St Pancras registration district, London, to George Daniel Watkins, born in 1837 and Lucy Elizabeth Watkins, born in...

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SEARS, Emma

Brian CullenFebruary 14, 2022May 18, 2023

b.1865-d.1914 Known Facts Emma Sears died at the age of about 49 whilst a patient at Manor Asylum, Epsom, Surrey. Her alleged age suggested a birth about 1865. Her death...