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BERRY, Henry
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Horton Asylum

BERRY, Henry

Shaun JonesMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A really interesting read, one of lost years and of a mysterious family death

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WALKER, George
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St. Ebba's

WALKER, George

Stephen MundayMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A fascinating story of a young man whose struggle with epilepsy shaped his short life.

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BARRETT, Edward Dillon
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Long Grove Asylum

BARRETT, Edward Dillon

Stephen MundayMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

Edward spent half if his life in institutions.

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DAWES, Jane Eliza
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Horton Asylum

DAWES, Jane Eliza

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024March 21, 2025
b.1856-d.1914 Jane Eliza Dawes was 58 years old when she died in Horton on 12th September 1914. This would give a birth year of c1856. The Findagrave website gives her...
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TYSON, John

Linda MartinMay 5, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1867-d.1909 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry We are fortunate to have a photograph of John and his Reception Order and medical notes from the London Metropolitan Actives.  John’s parents -...
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JOYCE, Bertha
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Long Grove Asylum

JOYCE, Bertha

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1878-d.1911 Introduction It was difficult to trace Bertha at first. The age recorded on her burial record was misleading. This led me to trawl a wider date range for her...
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COLEMAN, Mark
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Horton Asylum

COLEMAN, Mark

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024May 28, 2024
b.1846-d.1923 Introduction When Mark went into Horton Hospital in early 1902 he was 56 years old and described as melancholic. His notes over the years show a fairly constant pattern...
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ALDER, Sarah
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Horton Asylum

ALDER, Sarah

Shaun JonesMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1844-d.1912 (With thanks to family member Alan Stewart who produced the first draft of this story, to which I have added very little.) Sarah’s family Sarah was born Sarah Mary...
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HYATT, Daisy Lilian

Lesley LeeMay 5, 2024July 14, 2025
b.1887-d.1916 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/196396435/family/familyview?cfpid=352568745569 Daisy's parents and siblings According to the baptism register of St Clement Danes Church Daisy was born on18 May 1887, and baptised on the 12th June. Her parents...
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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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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
6 Jan

Henry ALLEN - an interesting character; ambitious, a one time painter turned bootmaker who fell into debt and became bankrupt.

Sadly and tragically, one of his children died in a house fire and a
...few years later his wife, Alice died.

Read his story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/allen-henry/
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
5 Jan

John MABON (1878-1914), a Royal Marine. Invalided out after 11 years with fatigue, headaches and irritability. He was not awarded a pension, having suffered from syphilis in his early days. The ...image is HMS Swiftsure - one he served on.

https://hortoncemetery.org/mabon-john/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
4 Jan

James Christopher COLEMAN (1891-1916) suffered badly with epilepsy.

When he entered the Epileptic Colony in Epsom, he settled well initially and was said to be working on the land.

The remainder
...of his short life in the Colony was sadly difficult. http://www.hortoncemetery.org/coleman-james-christopher/

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