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JACOBI, Frank 
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JACOBI, Frank 

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1882-d.1914 Frank Jacobi was born on the 19th February 1882 at 36 Murray Buildings, Vauxhall. He was thirty two years old when he died at Horton Asylum on the 18th...
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EDGECOMBE, Henrietta
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EDGECOMBE, Henrietta

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025August 19, 2025
b.1886-d.1914 I found that there was little information on Henrietta Edgecombe but by looking at her parents and siblings we have a picture of what her life was like. I...
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MOORE, Albert George
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MOORE, Albert George

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1881-d.1914 Albert's birthplace According to Royal Navyrecords Albert George Moore was born on 20 September 1878 in Wells next Sea, Norfolk, commonly called just Wells. It is a fishing port...
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BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane
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BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane

Alison CookMay 8, 2025May 8, 2025
b.1838-d.1923 Emma’s parents   Emma Jane Addison was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport circa 1838 to John & Elizabeth Addison. Emma was the couple’s youngest child.  In fact, she was...
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise

Shaun JonesMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1857 - d.1923 We know very little about Johanna.  We know that she was a teacher or governess; that she was born in Germany in the 1850s; and that she...
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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
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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