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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 ·
24 Jan

Infant Baby Hellicar. One of the first stories written about those buried in the cemetery. Read the story here http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hellicar-male/

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

On 6th  July 1983, Kirkwoods sent a list of the tombstones and memorials that had been removed from the cemetery to the Registrar General of Miscellaneous Records in St Catherine House.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
24 Jan

Cemetery Clearance
In 1983, Epsom solicitors, Kirkwoods issued notice of “the intention to remove remaining tombstones, monuments and other memorials” from Horton “for the purpose of reducing
...the maintenance costs”. This was carried out on 26th May 1983.
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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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