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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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,...

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HARTLEY, Richard Johnson (Robert)

Lesley LeeSeptember 8, 2024May 8, 2025

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...

Month: September 2024

BEECH, Thomas

CALFE, William

REEVES, Caroline

PICK, John

LINSTEAD, Edward Charles

TAYLOR, Robert

SHEARMAN, Emma

WHITE, Emma

HARTLEY, Richard Johnson (Robert)

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