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BLACKSTONE, Alice Maud née Allen
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Long Grove Asylum

BLACKSTONE, Alice Maud née Allen

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 31, 2026August 1, 2026
b.1868-d.1911 Horizontal Tree View - Ancestry  When I started the search for Alice, I did not realise she would have a unique secret, an extraordinary and tragic incident in her...
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SAUNDERS, George
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SAUNDERS, George

Hazel BallanJuly 29, 2026August 5, 2026

‘I still have that shoe…I treasure it like gold.’ (George’s daughter-in-law).

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SMITH, Thomas
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Horton Asylum

SMITH, Thomas

Hazel BallanJuly 26, 2026July 26, 2026
b.1867-d.1902 Thomas’ year of birth has been calculated from his death certificate, but as he has not been identified, with any sense of accuracy in any census, nor has a...
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HASZELL, Elizabeth (née Mingay)
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Horton Asylum

HASZELL, Elizabeth (née Mingay)

Shaun JonesJuly 26, 2026July 26, 2026
b.1858-d.1914 A relative of Elizabeth’s contacted the Friends of Horton Cemetery for support with finding out more. A researcher had, by chance, already started to look into her life. We...
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RUSHMAN, William
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Asylum Horton Asylum

RUSHMAN, William

Alison CookJuly 25, 2026July 25, 2026
b.1863-d.1914 William Rushman was born in Shoreditch on 5th October 1863 to James & Isabella Rushman and baptised on the 25th of that month at St. Leonard’s Shoreditch.  The family address was...
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FINN, Baby Boy
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Horton Asylum

FINN, Baby Boy

Hazel BallanJuly 25, 2026July 26, 2026
b.1903-d.1903 Recorded simply on his death certificate as the ‘one-day-old male child of Jessie Finn, of no occupation, of Fulham Workhouse’, this story is one of questions and sadness. His...
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BARNES, Mary Ann
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Horton Asylum

BARNES, Mary Ann

Hazel BallanJuly 25, 2026July 26, 2026

Hackney Workhouse

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ELLIS, William
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

ELLIS, William

Shaun JonesJuly 24, 2026July 26, 2026

This is William’s wife, Edith Amelia Ellis. Her great grandson says, “Sitting in her somewhat uncomfortable chair on the top floor of 164 Central Street, dressed in the same ‘pinny’ every time we visited, with a lovely, warm smile and the longest fingers imaginable.”

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BATES, Kate
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Asylum Horton Asylum

BATES, Kate

Hazel BallanJuly 24, 2026July 24, 2026
b.1837-d.1902 Kate’s year of birth has been taken from her death certificate. Despite extensive searching, no census record has been found for her, so her place of birth and parentage...
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FREELAND, Hannah
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Manor Asylum

FREELAND, Hannah

Shaun JonesJuly 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Brightling, Sussex where Hannah was born and baptised.

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JOHNSON, Margaret, Leatoria
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Asylum Horton Asylum

JOHNSON, Margaret, Leatoria

Shaun JonesJuly 21, 2026July 21, 2026

This story may be a love story… William, in the picture, appeared to care for Margaret up until her death. Margaret refused to have her photograph taken.

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BURROWS, Charles
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Horton Asylum

BURROWS, Charles

Hazel BallanJuly 21, 2026July 22, 2026

Charles was buried in grave 41, one of the early burials.

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SYKES, Gertrude
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Asylum Horton Asylum

SYKES, Gertrude

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 21, 2026July 21, 2026
b.1882-d.1910 We cannot be sure where Gertrude was born and who her parents were. She herself did not seem to know much and whether she knew her parents is unknown....
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RODDON, Isedra
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Horton Asylum

RODDON, Isedra

Hazel BallanJuly 12, 2026July 26, 2026
b. 1877-d.1903  Isidra (pronounced ee-SEE-drah) is a female given name of Spanish origin. When the 1901 census was taken, it was recorded that Isidra Rondon (sic) had been born around...
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@horton_cemetery ·
9 Aug

After 17 years in Manor Asylum, Epsom, Mary Ann Hall was transferred to Ewell Epileptic Colony when the asylum was requisitioned as a war hospital in 1916.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hall-mary-ann/
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9 Aug

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@horton_cemetery ·
7 Aug

James Beston spent most of his life in workhouses, an orphanage and then Horton Asylum.

He died of TB in 1903, aged just 23 years.

Poverty - from which there was no escape - shaped his life.

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@horton_cemetery ·
6 Aug

Horton Cemetery - the 500th Life Story Published

A Discarded Headstone
Someone Cared Enough to Remember

Marjorie Ethel Young (1921-1948) buried in the cemetery.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/young-marjorie-ethel/

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    by Shaun Jones
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    by Shaun Jones
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