August 2022 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

DOLDING, Annie

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1861-d.1917 When Annie Kelland married Robert Dolding in 1884 she could not have imagined that within ten years she would be widowed, destitute and that she and her children would...

Long Grove Asylum Males

WESLEY, James

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1857-d.1917 James’s parents James Wesley was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the 4th quarter of 1857. He was the fourth child of agricultural labourer Thomas Wesley (though in two censuses...

Long Grove Asylum Males

HEDINGER, Otto John

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1854-d.1917 Born in Zurich, married in London All we know of Otto John Hedinger’s early life is that he was born in Zurich, Switzerland in about 1854, the son of...

Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

BLAZDELL, Mary Jane

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1847-d.1917 A quiet and comfortable life Throughout her life Mary Jane’s surname was written variously as Blasdell, Blazedell, Blaisdell and Blayzdell but she was registered at birth as Blazdell. From...

Female Burials Horton Asylum

SHREEVE, Lottie

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 16, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1874 - d.1910 Parents and Norfolk background Predominantly the Shreeve surname originates from Norfolk and Lottie’s family is no exception. Her father Leonard was born in Norwich in 1841, the...