July 25, 2026 - Friends of Horton Cemetery

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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...

Horton Asylum

FINN, Baby Boy

Hazel BallanJuly 25, 2026July 25, 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...

Horton Asylum

BARNES, Mary Ann

Hazel BallanJuly 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Hackney Workhouse