September 2022 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

Long Grove Asylum Males

RAYSON, Walter Sydney

Tony McGarrySeptember 21, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1873-d.1918 Walter’s parents Walter was born in the March quarter of 1873 in Southwark (reference St. Olave Southwark 1d 305). His parents, Philip Rayson and Agnes Amelia , née Ashby, ...

GLENISTER, Arthur

A CSeptember 21, 2022May 14, 2023

b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered in the General Record Office...

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CURWOOD, Thomas Edward

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 21, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1870-d.1908 Thomas’s parents Thomas Edward Curwood was born in the Kensington registration district in the December quarter of 1870 to Thomas Curwood and his wife Harriet née Beckett. Thomas senior...

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RIDLEY, Valentine George

Lesley LeeSeptember 21, 2022March 24, 2023

b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his DOB or mother’s name but...

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BISHOP, Charles Joseph

Megan BakerSeptember 16, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1856-d.1909 Charles’ parents and siblings To research Charles’ story, I first found his birth register on the General Register Office website. This revealed that Charles' birth was registered in 1856...

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BRYANT, Percy Henry

Lesley LeeSeptember 16, 2022September 6, 2025

b.1890-d.1914 Percy’s family and early life Percy was born, the eldest of seven children, on 2nd December 1890 and baptised on 22nd February at St John the Divine, Richmond, Surrey. ...

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LARNER, Emily

Hazel BallanSeptember 16, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1838-d.1902 Emily’s parents and siblings Emily’s father, George Nurton, was aged 26 when he married her 19-year-old mother Harriet Pargiter on 9 June 1833 at St James Church in Paddington....

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MEIN, Alexander

Hazel BallanSeptember 15, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1873-d.1902 Alexander’s parents and siblings According to the certificate of his baptism which took place on 13 February 1874 in St Philip’s Church in Dalston, Hackney, Alexander was born on...

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GARDNER, Thomas George

Sylvia BromileySeptember 14, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1878-d.1913 Thomas’s parents Thomas was born on 15th March 1878 in Fulham. His parents were Thomas Gardner and Jane Miller Crook and they married in St Saviour’s church Southwark on...

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BLACKMORE, Arthur John

Sylvia BromileySeptember 14, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1880-d.1913 Arthur was born in the last quarter of 1880 in Greenwich, South East London (shown as Kent in the records). He was christened in Christ Church, Greenwich on 20th...

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CHESTERMAN, Henry

A CSeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1870-d.1917 A challenging subject Henry was recorded as being 47 years of age when he died in Long Grove in March 1917, and buried in grave number 1178a, so he...

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TRIGGS, George

Sylvia BromileySeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023

The Railway Porter

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FRIZELL, Frederick Robert

Tony McGarrySeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1874-d.1912 Frederick's parents Frederick’s father, Frederick Fenton Frizell, was born in Dublin about 1841. Frederick’s mother was Harriet Frizell née Butress. Frederick Fenton Frizell’s parents were Robert Nicolls Frizell and...

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GILBERT, George Frederick

Lesley LeeSeptember 12, 2022May 31, 2023

Died aged just 22

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CORBETT, John Francis

Isabel KnightSeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John was born, baptised into the...

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GILLAM (GILLAN), Ellen

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1891-d.1911 Ellen was only 20 years old when she died and has sadly left little trace of her existence but we can glimpse at her short life from the few...

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REEVE, Jane Sarah

Sylvia BromileySeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1840-d.1912 Jane’s family Jane Sarah Reeve was born on 10th January 1840 and was baptised on 9th February 1840 in St Mary’s Church Marylebone. Her parents were Thomas Blythe Reeve...

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HACKETT, Edward

Isabella StefaniSeptember 11, 2022March 8, 2023

b.1861-d.1917 Childhood: 1861-1878 Edward Hackett was born Robert Edward Hackett on 23 October 1861 in Newington, Surrey (now part of the London Borough of Southwark). His parents were Richard (né...