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SULLIVAN, Jeremiah
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SULLIVAN, Jeremiah

Hazel BallanNovember 11, 2025November 11, 2025

The story of a Victorian Paviour. Do we still walk on an area Jeremiah once laid?

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Zanone, Pietro
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Zanone, Pietro

Hazel BallanNovember 10, 2025November 12, 2025
b.1844-d.1902 The spelling of Pietro’s name changes between Zanone, Zanoni and Zanori in the few records we have. Including the images below will demonstrate this. When the author searched for...
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SMITH, Emily
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SMITH, Emily

Hazel BallanOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025
b.1856-d.1902 When I saw the name Emily Smith was next on my list, my heart sank, but after sending off for her death certificate my hopes were raised, well, just...
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CAMERON, Marjory
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Horton Asylum

CAMERON, Marjory

Hazel BallanOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025
b.1828 -d.1902 Marjory Cameron was aged 74 when she died in the Horton Asylum in Epsom, Surrey, on 21st June 1902. Her death certificate records that she was the widow...
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TOU, Chou
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TOU, Chou

Hazel BallanOctober 15, 2025October 17, 2025

Limehouse Causeway

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ANDREWS, Adeline Harriet
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ANDREWS, Adeline Harriet

Hazel BallanOctober 8, 2025October 13, 2025
1843-1902 Adeline Harriet, the first child and daughter of William Henry Andrew [1819-1872], was born at home on 22nd May 1843 in Hammersmith.  Her father had married her mother, Harriet...
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HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)
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HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)

Hazel BallanMarch 22, 2025
b.1848-d.1923 Introduction Back in 2008 I was shown the photograph above of some of the remaining headstones in the Horton Estate Cemetery that had been photographed on 28 February 1971...
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MUNK, William 
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MUNK, William 

Hazel BallanJanuary 27, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1905 Introduction Back in 2008 I was shown the photograph above of some of the remaining headstones in the Horton Estate Cemetery that had been photographed on 28 February 1971...
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DEAN, George
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DEAN, George

Hazel BallanNovember 19, 2023November 19, 2023
b.1850-d.1902 Like many of our stories, there was little to go on for George Dean when searching in the available online records. So little in fact, that a copy of...
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HORRIGAN, William
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HORRIGAN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Little is known about William, except that he seems to have been acquainted with the Police on more than one occasion.

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VENN, William
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VENN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Epilepsy ultimately was the reason why William ended his life in Horton Hospital.

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BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle
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BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle

Hazel BallanMay 28, 2023May 31, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Frederick’s parents and siblings On 22 January 1834, William Henry Branscombe married 19 -year-old Grace Cholwich Neyle in St Andrews Church, Plymouth.  Their daughter Elizabeth Eunice was baptised on...
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CLAYTON, Ada
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CLAYTON, Ada

Hazel BallanMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Ada proved a little elusive to find at first.Thanks to the visitor book, the author then found her husband and more of her short life was uncovered.

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WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick
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WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick

Hazel BallanMay 3, 2023May 3, 2023
b.1850-d.1902 Walliss or Wallace The General Register Office recorded that Frederick WALLISS was aged 52 [born 1850] when he died in the June quarter of 1902 in the registration district...
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MOSS, Thomas
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MOSS, Thomas

Hazel BallanMarch 11, 2023January 27, 2025

Sometimes we just have to wait for more information to come to light to write their full story. Such is the case with Thomas Moss

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HOWE, Walter
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HOWE, Walter

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 12, 2023
b.1866-d.1902 The GRO Death Index records that Walter Howe was aged 39 (giving him 1863 as year of birth) when he died in 1902. Research has found that this was...
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EVANS, James William Montague
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EVANS, James William Montague

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 1, 2023
b.1873-d.1902 James William Montague Evans’ birth was recorded by the UK GRO as being in the September quarter of 1873 in the Shoreditch registration district. Despite his mother’s maiden surname...
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MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah
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MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Sarah's parents Thomas and Sarah Sanders were the parents of seven known children of whom their daughter Sarah was the eldest. Thomas (1803-1860) had been born in Staffordshire and...
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NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann
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NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann

Hazel BallanFebruary 27, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1869-d.1902 Annie’s parents  Harriet Ann was the youngest child of Thomas and Harriet Brimacombe, née Ball. It would seem she was known as Annie so that is how she is...
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GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May
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GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May

Hazel BallanFebruary 27, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1883-d.1902 Florence's parents and siblings Florence Keziah May Godbold was born on 13 December 1883 to George Jennings and Fanny Godbold. Florence’s father had been born in 1849 in London...
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CARPENTER, George
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CARPENTER, George

Hazel BallanFebruary 26, 2023March 13, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Prologue  Hmm… Maybe… Possibly… Yes… But… The doubt was there even though everything pointed to having found the correct man who was assigned the grave marker number 42 when...
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DUNCOMBE, Caroline
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DUNCOMBE, Caroline

Hazel BallanFebruary 26, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1844-d.1902 Caroline’s parents and siblings Caroline, the youngest child of David and Martha Ann (nee Harley) Duncombe, was born in 1844 in Bethnal Green. Her parents had married on 29...
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SCAMBLER, Thomas William
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SCAMBLER, Thomas William

Hazel BallanFebruary 25, 2023March 13, 2023

This is the fascinating story or Thomas William Scambler where a detailed court case makes for a good read

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WOODCOTE, Mary
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

WOODCOTE, Mary

Hazel BallanFebruary 25, 2023March 8, 2023

Mary Woodcote’s life is remembered because of her time spent in the workhouse or the asylum. Now, she will not be forgotten.

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SKILLINGS, Samuel
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SKILLINGS, Samuel

Hazel BallanOctober 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1844-d.1902 Samuel’s parents and siblings Samuel’s parents, William Skillings and Elizabeth Nunn, had been married by banns in St Peter’s and St Paul’s, the parish church in Edgefield, Norfolk, on...
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LARNER, Emily
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LARNER, Emily

Hazel BallanSeptember 16, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1838-d.1902 Emily’s parents and siblings Emily’s father, George Nurton, was aged 26 when he married her 19-year-old mother Harriet Pargiter on 9 June 1833 at St James Church in Paddington....
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MEIN, Alexander
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MEIN, Alexander

Hazel BallanSeptember 15, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1902 Alexander’s parents and siblings According to the certificate of his baptism which took place on 13 February 1874 in St Philip’s Church in Dalston, Hackney, Alexander was born on...
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COLLINS, John
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COLLINS, John

Hazel BallanOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1876 - d.1902 Highly possible but not certain (yet) story for John Collins According to the GRO Death Index, John Collins was aged 25 when he died in Epsom, which...
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DOODY, Thomas
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DOODY, Thomas

Hazel BallanOctober 2, 2021July 2, 2025
b.1849-d.1902 Thomas’ parents Owen Doody and Caroline Amelia Wilson married on 3 August 1845 in St Nicholas Church in Deptford, Greenwich. Four months later, on 14 December, Thomas’ older brother,...
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MORRISH, Mary
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MORRISH, Mary

Hazel BallanAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1860 - d.1902 Mary’s age was recorded by the General Register Office as being 42 when she died unmarried on 21 September 1902. This would give her year of birth...
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas

Hazel BallanJuly 26, 2021October 2, 2021
b.1844-d.1902 The Find a Grave website states that Patrick Thomas Guilmartin was born in Toem, Tipperary, Ireland but this is incorrect. Patrick was the eldest child of Michael and Ellen...
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline

Hazel BallanJuly 7, 2021October 30, 2023
b. 1849 - d.1902 Caroline Blomquist [Karoline Kirstine Blomquist, formally Jensen, nee Sørensen] Caroline was Danish, and although she and her family have been found in the 1850, 1860 and...
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

Hazel BallanMay 18, 2021November 22, 2022

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows
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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows

Hazel BallanJanuary 15, 2021November 9, 2024
Of the few remaining gravestones at Horton Cemetery, only four can just about be made out and Ann Barrows Howkins is one. ANN BARROWS HOWKINSDIED DEC 16TH 1912AGED 44INTO THY...
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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.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/fury-sylvester/

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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.
http://www.hortoncemetery.org/garcia-felix/

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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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