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Day: 18 February 2022

BOULTON, Alfred William
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BOULTON, Alfred William

Stephen MundayFebruary 18, 2022October 27, 2022
b.1860 - d.1910 Alfred William Boulton was born in Lambeth on the 18th of June 1860, the first child of William Boulton and his wife Elizabeth Ann (née Ennor). The...
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SMITH, Emily Clara
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SMITH, Emily Clara

A CFebruary 18, 2022October 28, 2022
b.1879 - d.1917 This lady seems to have spent much of her life needing support. 1870s Emily was born on 6th August 1879 in Bethnal Green, to William James Smith,...
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HORWOOD, William
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HORWOOD, William

Roger MillerFebruary 18, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1872-d.1915 William Horwood was buried in Horton Cemetery on 20th April 1915. Workhouse records document his admission to Mile End Workhouse, Bancroft Road, Bethnal Green on 23rd March 1912 and...
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TREVAIL, Gertrude
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TREVAIL, Gertrude

Anne DaviesFebruary 18, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1845 - d.1910 Childhood Gertrude Augusta Shepherd was born in the June quarter of 1845, in the south Devon village of Colaton Raleigh. Her unmarried mother, Eliza Shepherd, worked as...
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SYMES, David
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SYMES, David

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022
b.1865-d.1908 There is a birth for David B. Symes in the September quarter in 1866, in Greenwich, with a mother who had the surname of Lawrence. I have not found...
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WHITROD, Elizabeth
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WHITROD, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022October 17, 2022

Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Infant Baby Hellicar. One of the first stories written about those buried in the cemetery. Read the story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hellicar-male/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

On 6th  July 1983, Kirkwoods sent a list of the tombstones and memorials that had been removed from the cemetery to the Registrar General of Miscellaneous Records in St Catherine House.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Cemetery Clearance
In 1983, Epsom solicitors, Kirkwoods issued notice of “the intention to remove remaining tombstones, monuments and other memorials” from Horton “for the purpose of reducing
...the maintenance costs”. This was carried out on 26th May 1983.
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

John Victor Smith was an underage recruit, a drummer then bandsman with 1st Battalion 17th foot Leicestershire Regiment.

He served in many scenes of war...and that took its toll. It is a really
...interesting read.

https://hortoncemetery.org/smith-john-victor/

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