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MOODY, Mary Peters 
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MOODY, Mary Peters 

Alison CookAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.1844–d.1913 Mary’s family Mary Peters MOODY was born in Innpark, Cattistock, Dorset in May 1844 to John Austin & Amelia Moody (née Pope).  Mary’s parents had married on 5th April...
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STUBBINGS/STUBBINS, John
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STUBBINGS/STUBBINS, John

Hazel BallanAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.c1848-d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Background According to his death certificate, John was aged 61 when he died but further research found that he had been born around 1848...
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SMITH, William 
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SMITH, William 

Hazel BallanAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.c1853–d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Background With another Smith story to research, the starting point for this had to be the death certificate. It stated that William Smith was...
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HUGHES, Jennett/Janet/Jannett 
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HUGHES, Jennett/Janet/Jannett 

Shaun JonesAugust 1, 2026
b.c1842-d.1909 Research notes When we started to research Jennett’s life, we had very few facts to work on: She was admitted to Manor asylum in August 1901 but had been...
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DRISCOLL, Dennis
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DRISCOLL, Dennis

Hazel BallanAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.c1816-d.1903 Horizontal Tree View - Ancestry  Background Dennis, the son of Patrick and Mary Driscoll, was born c1819 in Cork, Ireland. A possible baptism for him was found in Skibbereen,...
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SARGENT/SERGEANT, James
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SARGENT/SERGEANT, James

Hazel BallanAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.1835–d.1902 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/206402948/family?invitetoken=oKwnrmVdd3jlOmKlMI3wMMzVcXD_0FE_ZSDYuxgy2JI= Background According to his death certificate, James was aged 71 when he died but, as research eventually showed, he was only 67 years old. Unfortunately, his death certificate...
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HOWARD, Charles (otherwise Robert Charles Howard, Charles Robert Howard) 
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HOWARD, Charles (otherwise Robert Charles Howard, Charles Robert Howard) 

Shaun JonesAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.1865-d.1908 Preface In researching these stories, we have to work backwards from whatever family information we can glean from the individual’s medical notes. Sometimes the information is very sparse and...
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CHALLIS, Henry
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CHALLIS, Henry

Alison CookAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.c1834 – d.1914  Trace document: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/invite-ui/accept?token=B1WjkWwObRaYPN7YKcpLu62xRERplPvMoLTerOcWzxM= Background Henry Challis was admitted to Manor Asylum on 1st September 1899 suffering from “dementia”. He was 65 years old, married and a labourer.  The...
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FLANNERY, Margaret 
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FLANNERY, Margaret 

Hazel BallanAugust 1, 2026August 1, 2026
b.c1828–d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Background Margaret was born c1828 in the St James Westminster area to Patrick Allen. No baptism record or 1841 Census return have been found...
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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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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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