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Author: Hazel Ballan

HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)
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Horton Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Long Grove Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

DOODY, Thomas

Hazel BallanOctober 2, 2021November 8, 2021
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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Horton Asylum Males

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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Female Burials Horton Asylum

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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Asylum Horton Asylum Males Photo

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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