April 2024 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

KLESENDORF, Alfred George

Shaun JonesApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

b.1861-d.1913 Alfred was born in London in 1861, to John William Klesendorf, a waiter, and his wife Mary Willgoose. History of the Klesendorfs: Great-grandfather Joakim The origins of the Klesendorf...

Ewell Epileptic Colony

WHEELER, Ada Elizabeth

Stephen MundayApril 21, 2024April 22, 2024

b.1865-d.1917 Introduction Ada Elizabeth Wheeler was born in Fulham in the 3rd quarter of 1865 and baptised in Hammersmith on the 5th of November 1865. An epileptic, her health deteriorated...

MASSEY, Harriet

Sally NestorApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024

b.1832-d.1907 Death I have had to start at the end of Harriet Massey's life and try to work backwards in order to tell her story. The Horton Cemetery Records provided...

Long Grove Asylum

CURWOOD, Rose Hester

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

b.1881-d.1917 Rose’s parents Rose Hester Curwood was born 28th February 1881 to Thomas Curwood (1839 -1914) a House Painter and his wife Harriett, née Beckett, (1839 - 1909). They had...

Female Burials Horton Asylum

OLIVER, Caroline

Shaun JonesApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024

b. 1857-d.1909 Caroline was born Caroline Ann Harwood 0n 19 July 1857 at 11 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town, London, the daughter of Edward Reuben Harwood, a lithographic printer, and his...

Long Grove Asylum

HARLEY, Alice

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

b.1882-d.1911 A tale of poverty and illness Alice was born on 12 May 1882, but she was registered under the name of Alice Maud Lehan. Her parents were Timothy Lehan...

Horton Asylum

LEIGH, Jessie

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024

b.1867-d.1909 Jessie was a housewife and mother of a young family when she was admitted to Horton Asylum in 1905 aged 37. Without her case notes it is not possible...

Asylum Horton Asylum

STANDLY, Louisa

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024

b.1862–d.1909 A Tie Maker An illustration from Pearson's Weekly dated 21 November 1901 of Tie Makers. Courtesy of British Newspaper Archives. Louisa was a Victorian tie maker; we first find...