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COLE, Jane Ann
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Long Grove Asylum

COLE, Jane Ann

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/201247488/family?cfpid=362626940999&invitetoken=ECvF3Jfxn3lU_5wA5mYLccWXtM7LXR9AwSOFXQb65_A%3D Introduction Jane was a long way from home when she died but details from her death certificate helped to identify her and where she came from. Jane was...
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WALKER, Frank
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WALKER, Frank

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry A mysterious young man from Argyle Street Frank Walker was only 32 years old when he died, and he had spent the last 9...
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

HOLDEN, Henry William

Lesley LeeJanuary 23, 2025September 6, 2025
b.1886-d.1914 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry Henry’s family Henry  was the third child of five born to George Holden and his wife, Florence Emily Traies.  His siblings were George Edward...
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DASSITER, Emma
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DASSITER, Emma

Alison CookJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1834-d.1917 Introduction  Emma Dassiter died at Long Grove Asylum on 28 January 1917 aged 83 having been admitted to Long Grove Asylum on 7 August 1907.  She is buried in...
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BRADY, James Ernest Quinland
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BRADY, James Ernest Quinland

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1872-d.1921 Although our subject was baptised and registered as Ernest James Quinland Brady, his name appears as James Ernest Brady in Lunacy Patients Admission Registers.  Ernest’s parents Ernest was the...
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ANDREWS, Mabel
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ANDREWS, Mabel

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Introduction Unfortunately, none of the definite records found for Mabel referred to her family. Not even her death certificate gave me any mention of a family. The 1911 census...
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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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