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GLENISTER, Arthur
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Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

GLENISTER, Arthur

A CSeptember 21, 2022May 14, 2023
b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered in the General Record Office...
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CHESTERMAN, Henry
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Long Grove Asylum Males

CHESTERMAN, Henry

A CSeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1870-d.1917 A challenging subject Henry was recorded as being 47 years of age when he died in Long Grove in March 1917, and buried in grave number 1178a, so he...
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SMITH, Emily Clara
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Manor Asylum

SMITH, Emily Clara

A CFebruary 18, 2022October 28, 2022
b.1879 - d.1917 This lady seems to have spent much of her life needing support. 1870s Emily was born on 6th August 1879 in Bethnal Green, to William James Smith,...
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LANDROS, Peter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

LANDROS, Peter

A CDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021
b.1870 - d.1917 Calculated from his age of 47 when he died in 1917, he was born about 1870. The GRO has no birth registered under this name – perhaps...
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WHITAKER, Isabella
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

WHITAKER, Isabella

A COctober 4, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1876 - d.1917 Isabella was quite hard to find – was she married or single? Once I found a record, I worked around it and found her birth registered in...
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HENNESSEY, Charles
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Long Grove Asylum Males

HENNESSEY, Charles

A CJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1870 - d.1917 Long Grove records show Charles as being buried on 27th November 1917 age 45 – giving a birth date about 1872. 1870s The only Charles Hennessey I...
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JORDAN, Edward George
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Long Grove Asylum Males

JORDAN, Edward George

A CMay 10, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1877 - d.1917 Taking his year of birth from his age at death, only two children with his name were born in 1877 according to the GRO. One died in...
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VOLCKMAN, Henry
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Asylum Males

VOLCKMAN, Henry

A CMay 9, 2021November 12, 2021
b.1872 - d.1917 Intro Long Grove records say Henry died in 1917 age 44 meaning a birth year of about 1873. I found his birth registered in June quarter 1872...
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FLYNN, James David
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

FLYNN, James David

A CApril 12, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1873 - d.1917 Intro The burial register has James' burial as 7th April 1917 age 44. This gives an approximate year of birth as 1873. 1870s I found and confirmed...
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KENT, Edward John
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

KENT, Edward John

A CFebruary 25, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1875 - d. 1917 Working from the Long Grove record of Edward’s death in 1917, we found his birth in the March quarter of 1875 and his mother’s maiden...
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KEARNEY, Alfred
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Asylum Complete Long Grove Asylum Males

KEARNEY, Alfred

A CFebruary 3, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1878 - d.1917 Alfred Kearney was born in 1878, his birth was registered in the March Q in Camberwell registration district. His mother’s maiden name was WEBB, which I discovered...
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17 Nov

Hendrik B Koekkoek - youngest son of Dutch painter Hermanus Koekkoek (1815-1882).

His grandfather was Dutch painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek.

Hendrik’s paintings can be found in museums,
...including the museum Paul Tetar van Elven in Delft, Holland.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/koekkoek-hendrick-b/

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17 Nov

Sylvester first appears in the workhouse in 1866. He was found wandering, aged 5 years and is taken to the workhouse. He is discharged the same day to his mother. There starts his institutional life.... Sylvester spent his whole life in institutions.
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14 Nov

Félix Garcia was a famed Spanish dancer, and art subject of Picasso. He was confined at the Long Grove asylum, in Epsom, after he started acting peculiar, soon after being possibly deceived by The ...Ballet Russes director, Sergei Diaghilev.
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14 Nov

Tottie Fay - The Worst and Wickedest woman in London! I challenge you, upon reading her story, not to feel admiration for her courage, in the overwhelming face of adversity, and to feel compassion... in droves for her life-story and eventual fate.

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