May 2022 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

PENZA, Peter

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1856-d.1917 Peter Pensa (or Penza in some documents) was born in Clerkenwell on the 3rd of March, 1856. He was the second child of Peter John Pensa and his wife...

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AUDAIN, Cyril Bannatyne

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1861 -d.1916 During his early life Cyril Audain must have enjoyed advantages and privileges most of the patients in Long Grove could only dream about. The son of a prominent...

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THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022March 8, 2023

The Solicitor’s Clerk

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HARDING, Harriet Emma

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1864-d.1918 From the few documents we have that refer to Harriet Emma Harding it would appear that she led a very uneventful life due, perhaps, to the mental health problems...

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JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

Jenni LlewellynMay 22, 2022September 9, 2023

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, and Ada Rebecca née Byford...

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HOWARD, Emma

Roger MillerMay 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1843-d.1908 Emma’s birth in Dedham, Essex Emma Howard nee Joslin was baptised on 18th December 1843 at St Mary’s Church, Dedham in Essex, a village about 8 miles north-east of...

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JOHNSON, William Arthur

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1867(?)-d.1910 William - a difficult subject to trace William has proved difficult to trace and, after twenty hits on a potential birth certificate, it has been narrowed down to one...

Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

b.1891-d.1915 1890s - Charles’s early life in Bermondsey The 1891 Census tell us that Charles Frederick Hamilton was born in 1891 to Arthur Ainslie Hamilton, aged 26, born in Brighton, and Ada J Rodgers...

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WALL, John William

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 17, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1866-d.1910 John’s burial record incorrectly records his surname as Waller but there is no corresponding death certificate under that surname. There is however a death certificate for a John William...

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SPRING, Elizabeth

Stephen MundayMay 17, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1855-d.1917 Elizabeth’s parents Born in the 4th quarter of 1855, Elizabeth Spring was the eldest child of John William Spring and his first wife, Margaret (née Brick). Both parents were...

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MORGAN, Alfred

Bethany TurnerMay 2, 2022March 8, 2023

Orphaned at 13

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ABER, James William

Bethany TurnerMay 2, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1886-d.1915 James’s birth and early life - a taste of the tragedies ahead James William Aber was born on the 27th of September 1886 in Camberwell, London to Henry and...

Long Grove Asylum Males

ROLFE, Thomas Philip

Stephen MundayMay 2, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1851 - d.1910 Thomas’s parents and siblings Although he appears in Long Grove records as Thomas Philip Rolfe, our subject was actually registered at birth as Philip Thomas Rolfe. He...