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EDWARDS, Mary Ann
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EDWARDS, Mary Ann

Hazel BallanAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
b.c1851–d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry Very little has been found for the life of this lady other than a possible admission entry for a Mary Ann Edwards into the...
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VICKERY, John 
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VICKERY, John 

Shaun JonesAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
1866-1907 Early days John Vickery was born on 8 July 1866 at 3 Union Terrace, Limehouse in London’s dockland. This was the home of his parents George Vickery, a twine...
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TURNER, Harry 
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TURNER, Harry 

Shaun JonesAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
b.1864-d.1908 Birth Harry Turner was born in 1864 in the rural village of Belchamp Walter, near Sudbury in Suffolk. He was one of eight children born to Thomas Turner, an...
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MARTIN, James  
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MARTIN, James  

Shaun JonesAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
b.1874? –d.1924 Researching James's story There is a question mark against this man’s birth year, for reasons which I will explain.  The only background information we had to go on...
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BESTON/BESTIN, James
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BESTON/BESTIN, James

Hazel BallanAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
b.1880-d.1903 Background The Beston family were recorded as such on the censuses, but the children were recorded as Bestin when their births were registered with the General Register Office (GRO). ...
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AIRD, Mary 
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AIRD, Mary 

Alison CookAugust 7, 2026August 7, 2026
b.c1846-d.1915 Mary died at Manor Asylum and, so far, her case notes have not yet been located.  However, we do have evidence from the Visitors’ Book which was hugely valuable...
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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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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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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.
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