September 2024 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

BEECH, Thomas

Shaun JonesSeptember 22, 2024

b.1863-d.1908 Beginnings Thomas was born on 10th July 1863 at Tubby’s Alley, Scotland Green, Tottenham. He was the third of eight children born to Thomas Beech, a labourer, and his...

CALFE, William

Alison CookSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 2024

b.1851-d.1933 Author’s note I was very lucky with my research on William. Several Horton team members gave me advice and help, and I was fortunate to find that William’s gt-gt-grandson...

Long Grove Asylum

REEVES, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024

b.1845-d.1918 Caroline’s parents Caroline was born on 5th February 1845 at 11 Moor Street, Marylebone to John EADE junior, a Waiter and Charlotte née BUNNEY his wife. John and Charlotte...

Males Manor Asylum

PICK, John

Alison CookSeptember 9, 2024September 10, 2024

b.1856-d.1915 Early Life and family John Pick was born in Bayswater, London on 30th March 1856 to John & Amelia Rebecca Pick (née Allen). He was baptised on 13th February...

Long Grove Asylum

LINSTEAD, Edward Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024

b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197837746/family?cfpid=182576820417&invitetoken=-kaa24ju61ETbuYNxFnn5DYmoTRb6lMyMLccv1zJass%3D “He had been strange in his manner for three months” There is no evidence that Edward Charles Linstead’s parents ever married. I can trace no marriage certificate for...

Horton Asylum

TAYLOR, Robert

Elizabeth AumeerSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024

b.1884-d.1914 Robert Taylor was born on 17 August 1884. His birth was registered in the Strand, London Family Robert’s parents were Robert (senior) and Jane Taylor (nee Northfield}. They had...

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SHEARMAN, Emma

Stephen MundaySeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024

b.1873-d.1922 It would appear, from the evidence provided by censuses and baptismal records, that our subject, Emma, grew up in a stable family environment with her parents and five siblings....

Horton Asylum Manor Asylum

WHITE, Emma

Julie JacksonSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024

1857-1911 née Emma Virginia Neale An initial search for Emma White, with the details given on the Horton Cemetery burial records, didn’t produce any results. From her Horton address book,...

Ewell Epileptic Colony Horton Asylum

HARTLEY, Richard Johnson (Robert)

Lesley LeeSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024

b.1860-d.1914 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197875114/family?cfpid=202577313805&invitetoken=fgPlO-Pn2BgyokqbXpD0mDZia2RI5hWNJ-sZJPN9GWw%3D Introduction This gentleman caused some confusion. In his Colony records he is always referred to as Robert Hartley but I could find nothing in any online records for...