March 21, 2025 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

BELCHER, Peter

Alison CookMarch 21, 2025

b.1865-d.1913 When and where was Peter born? The asylum case notes for Peter Belcher indicated that he was born circa 1875 and gave us his occupation as ‘groom’ but sadly...

Horton Asylum

BECKETT, Annie

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025

b.1882-d.1914 Annie’s Parents Annie Harriet Becket (nee Rolfe) was born on 12th November 1882 at 3 Union Street, Kennington Road, Lambeth. She was the daughter of William Rolfe and Elizabeth...

Horton Asylum

GILHAM (or GILLING), Stephen

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

b.1880-d.1914 Stephen's parents and siblings Stephen was born on 24 December 1880 at 9 Rope Yard Rails, Woolwich. He was registered as Stephen Henry Emery-Gilliam and was the son of...

Horton Asylum Long Grove Asylum

McCOUBREY, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

b.1886-d.1918 Elizabeth's parents and siblings Elizabeth was born on 17th March 1886 at 16 New Fenwick Street, Woolwich. Her father James, who had been born about 1857 in Northern Ireland,...

Long Grove Asylum

b.1869-d.1910 Introduction Walter Bannell died in Long Grove in 1910 aged just 40. Sadly, research has revealed that his mother also suffered from mental health problems. Walter’s parents Walter was...

Long Grove Asylum

THURSTON, Ernest Alfred

Stephen MundayMarch 21, 2025

The silversmith at work

BURTON, Susan

She ordered extravagant luncheons both at Stafford and Northampton stations and had no money to pay for them. The delusion that she is a duchess…

BURTON, Susan
SULLIVAN, Agnes

b.1877 – d.1927 Intro Had it not been for the Manor address book, we would never have unravelled this story. The addresses gave us the…

SULLIVAN, Agnes
HOLTON, Emma

The sad story of Emma of whom we know very little. She was born without speech and spent most of her life away from her…

HOLTON, Emma
PELHAM, George

Survivor of The Titanic

PELHAM, George
ALLEN, Mary Ann

b.1849-d.1913 I was unable to find Mary’s birth on the General Register Office website but her baptism certificate gives her date of birth as 3…

ALLEN, Mary Ann
CASSAN, John Sheffield

The Hollywood film star's brother.

CASSAN, John Sheffield
WATERER, Richard James

A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour

WATERER, Richard James
SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

The giggling tomboy

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

The Yale graduate and published author

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
STASZEWICZ, Felicja

How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility

STASZEWICZ, Felicja
FLETCHER, George

Was an unfortunate accident responsible for this man's epilepsy?

FLETCHER, George
SABEY, George David

What happened to this Bootmaker?

SABEY, George David
JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

b.1899-d.1918 Grace Ethel Primrose Jones was born on 19th April 1899. She was the eldest child of Frederick Albert Jones (1874 - 1927), a stationer's packer,…

JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose
KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
RIDLEY, Valentine George

b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his…

RIDLEY, Valentine George
COPPING, Ada

An epileptic since birth

COPPING, Ada
WILSON, Frederick Leon

The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.

WILSON, Frederick Leon
VAHID, Henrietta

b.1873-d.1915 A story full of mysteries and unanswered questions Henrietta Vahid was buried in Horton Estate Cemetery at Epsom in Grave number 1789b on the…

VAHID, Henrietta
STREET, John

It is not clear why John entered Manor hospital. His family were interesting. John's brother George, a builder, left £6m in his will. His son…

STREET, John
MASSEY, Harriet

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. …

MASSEY, Harriet
FRESTON, Catherine Louisa

b. 1829 - d. 1914 Intro Catherine Louisa Edward’s precise date of birth is not known but she was baptised on the 24th August 1829…

FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
CORKE, Henrietta

The author says, "This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours…

CORKE, Henrietta
STACE, Louisa

The glove maker

STACE, Louisa
PENFOLD, Edward Charles

b. 1853-1908 Early Years 1850s to 1870s Edward Charles Penfold was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Holborn, Middlesex, registration district St Luke’s. His parents…

PENFOLD, Edward Charles
GLENISTER, Arthur

b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered…

GLENISTER, Arthur
EVANS, Ida Ellen

b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of…

EVANS, Ida Ellen
WOOD, Mary Ann

b.1837 - d.1911 Mary Ann Wood neé Pearce was born abt.1836 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. Her birth is too early to locate on the GRO…

WOOD, Mary Ann
BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was…

BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
DE JONG, John

b.1873-d.1912 Let us start this story at the point in time when John de Jong, a ship’s steward who had travelled extensively, exhibited signs that…

DE JONG, John
CORBETT, John Francis

b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John…

CORBETT, John Francis
EFFEMEY, John

b.1851-d.1909 John’s family The Effemey name has been quite a challenge to research due to its change of spellings when transcribed. Effamy, Effemy, Efeny, Evamy,…

EFFEMEY, John
BARNET, Enid

Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.

BARNET, Enid
WEEKES, Esther

A mother of 10

WEEKES, Esther
HONEY, Joseph Thomas

b.1843 – d.1912 Early Life Joseph Thomas was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph Honey (1804-81) andMargery Couch (1811-66) who were both born…

HONEY, Joseph Thomas
KING, Harriet

b.1836 - d.1913 Introduction: I took on this story and at first thought it might be a nice easy one to complete, but how wrong…

KING, Harriet
PEDLEY, Byron

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

PEDLEY, Byron
AITKEN, William

5½ weeks after he had his head cut open by being knocked down by some roughs in the street, William Aitken suffered a life of…

AITKEN, William
APPLETON, Caroline Sophia

b.1831-d.1911 Caroline’s parents Caroline Sophia Appleton was born Caroline Sophia Barnaschina in the 1st quarter of 1831 in Gravesend, Kent. Her parents were upholsterer Anthony…

APPLETON, Caroline Sophia
CARTER, George James (James George)

Christ's brother or King of England?

CARTER, George James (James George)
COLSON, Mary Ann

The Lambeth Needlewoman

COLSON, Mary Ann
CARTWRIGHT, Walter

A story revisited by the author when invaluable case notes came to light at the London Metropolitan Archives. What followed resulted in a thorough family…

CARTWRIGHT, Walter
KILMINSTER, George Thomas

The Kensington Plumber

KILMINSTER, George Thomas
FRANCIS, Amelia

The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator - The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years…

FRANCIS, Amelia
DODD, George

The French Polisher

DODD, George
HODGES, Annie Harriet

b.1831 - d.1911 Annie Harriet Conway was born on the 16th August 1831 in Holborn, Camden, England to parents Charles Conway and Ann Thiselton, she…

HODGES, Annie Harriet
BELLAMY, Louisa

Lost her twin brother, aged 4

BELLAMY, Louisa
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland

b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born…

UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
YOUNG, Kate

b.1862-d.1920 Kate’s parents Catherine – or Kate as she would later be known – was the seventh of the eight children born to Joseph Young…

YOUNG, Kate
THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth

b.1858-d.1911 Note: The unusual name has several different spellings throughout the archived documents. Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth Thredgill is the name on the burial record.…

THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd

b.1846-d.1930 Sarah’s story was brought to us by her family and they are happy for it to go on our website. They kindly provided the…

HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd
BURTON, Susan

She ordered extravagant luncheons both at Stafford and Northampton stations and had no money to pay for them. The delusion that she is a duchess…

BURTON, Susan
SULLIVAN, Agnes

b.1877 – d.1927 Intro Had it not been for the Manor address book, we would never have unravelled this story. The addresses gave us the…

SULLIVAN, Agnes
HOLTON, Emma

The sad story of Emma of whom we know very little. She was born without speech and spent most of her life away from her…

HOLTON, Emma
PELHAM, George

Survivor of The Titanic

PELHAM, George
ALLEN, Mary Ann

b.1849-d.1913 I was unable to find Mary’s birth on the General Register Office website but her baptism certificate gives her date of birth as 3…

ALLEN, Mary Ann
CASSAN, John Sheffield

The Hollywood film star's brother.

CASSAN, John Sheffield
WATERER, Richard James

A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour

WATERER, Richard James
SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

The giggling tomboy

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

The Yale graduate and published author

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
STASZEWICZ, Felicja

How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility

STASZEWICZ, Felicja
FLETCHER, George

Was an unfortunate accident responsible for this man's epilepsy?

FLETCHER, George
SABEY, George David

What happened to this Bootmaker?

SABEY, George David
JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

b.1899-d.1918 Grace Ethel Primrose Jones was born on 19th April 1899. She was the eldest child of Frederick Albert Jones (1874 - 1927), a stationer's packer,…

JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose
KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
RIDLEY, Valentine George

b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his…

RIDLEY, Valentine George
COPPING, Ada

An epileptic since birth

COPPING, Ada
WILSON, Frederick Leon

The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.

WILSON, Frederick Leon
VAHID, Henrietta

b.1873-d.1915 A story full of mysteries and unanswered questions Henrietta Vahid was buried in Horton Estate Cemetery at Epsom in Grave number 1789b on the…

VAHID, Henrietta
STREET, John

It is not clear why John entered Manor hospital. His family were interesting. John's brother George, a builder, left £6m in his will. His son…

STREET, John
MASSEY, Harriet

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. …

MASSEY, Harriet
FRESTON, Catherine Louisa

b. 1829 - d. 1914 Intro Catherine Louisa Edward’s precise date of birth is not known but she was baptised on the 24th August 1829…

FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
CORKE, Henrietta

The author says, "This has been such an interesting case to try to unravel and kept a couple of us up to the early hours…

CORKE, Henrietta
STACE, Louisa

The glove maker

STACE, Louisa
PENFOLD, Edward Charles

b. 1853-1908 Early Years 1850s to 1870s Edward Charles Penfold was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Holborn, Middlesex, registration district St Luke’s. His parents…

PENFOLD, Edward Charles
GLENISTER, Arthur

b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered…

GLENISTER, Arthur
EVANS, Ida Ellen

b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of…

EVANS, Ida Ellen
WOOD, Mary Ann

b.1837 - d.1911 Mary Ann Wood neé Pearce was born abt.1836 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. Her birth is too early to locate on the GRO…

WOOD, Mary Ann
BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie

b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was…

BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
DE JONG, John

b.1873-d.1912 Let us start this story at the point in time when John de Jong, a ship’s steward who had travelled extensively, exhibited signs that…

DE JONG, John
CORBETT, John Francis

b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John…

CORBETT, John Francis
EFFEMEY, John

b.1851-d.1909 John’s family The Effemey name has been quite a challenge to research due to its change of spellings when transcribed. Effamy, Effemy, Efeny, Evamy,…

EFFEMEY, John
BARNET, Enid

Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.

BARNET, Enid
WEEKES, Esther

A mother of 10

WEEKES, Esther
HONEY, Joseph Thomas

b.1843 – d.1912 Early Life Joseph Thomas was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph Honey (1804-81) andMargery Couch (1811-66) who were both born…

HONEY, Joseph Thomas
KING, Harriet

b.1836 - d.1913 Introduction: I took on this story and at first thought it might be a nice easy one to complete, but how wrong…

KING, Harriet
PEDLEY, Byron

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

PEDLEY, Byron
AITKEN, William

5½ weeks after he had his head cut open by being knocked down by some roughs in the street, William Aitken suffered a life of…

AITKEN, William
APPLETON, Caroline Sophia

b.1831-d.1911 Caroline’s parents Caroline Sophia Appleton was born Caroline Sophia Barnaschina in the 1st quarter of 1831 in Gravesend, Kent. Her parents were upholsterer Anthony…

APPLETON, Caroline Sophia
CARTER, George James (James George)

Christ's brother or King of England?

CARTER, George James (James George)
COLSON, Mary Ann

The Lambeth Needlewoman

COLSON, Mary Ann
CARTWRIGHT, Walter

A story revisited by the author when invaluable case notes came to light at the London Metropolitan Archives. What followed resulted in a thorough family…

CARTWRIGHT, Walter
KILMINSTER, George Thomas

The Kensington Plumber

KILMINSTER, George Thomas
FRANCIS, Amelia

The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator - The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years…

FRANCIS, Amelia
DODD, George

The French Polisher

DODD, George
HODGES, Annie Harriet

b.1831 - d.1911 Annie Harriet Conway was born on the 16th August 1831 in Holborn, Camden, England to parents Charles Conway and Ann Thiselton, she…

HODGES, Annie Harriet
BELLAMY, Louisa

Lost her twin brother, aged 4

BELLAMY, Louisa
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland

b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born…

UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
YOUNG, Kate

b.1862-d.1920 Kate’s parents Catherine – or Kate as she would later be known – was the seventh of the eight children born to Joseph Young…

YOUNG, Kate
THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth

b.1858-d.1911 Note: The unusual name has several different spellings throughout the archived documents. Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth Thredgill is the name on the burial record.…

THREDGILL, Lavinia pply. Nevilla Elizabeth
HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd

b.1846-d.1930 Sarah’s story was brought to us by her family and they are happy for it to go on our website. They kindly provided the…

HAMILTON, Sarah Lloyd

Day: 21 March 2025

BELCHER, Peter

BECKETT, Annie

GILHAM (or GILLING), Stephen

McCOUBREY, Elizabeth

BANNELL, Walter

THURSTON, Ernest Alfred