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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise

Shaun JonesMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1857 - d.1923 We know very little about Johanna.  We know that she was a teacher or governess; that she was born in Germany in the 1850s; and that she...
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BEECH, Thomas
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BEECH, Thomas

Shaun JonesSeptember 22, 2024
b.1863-d.1908 Beginnings Thomas was born on 10th July 1863 at Tubby’s Alley, Scotland Green, Tottenham. He was the third of eight children born to Thomas Beech, a labourer, and his...
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JONES, Thomas

Shaun JonesJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1878-d.1908 Early days Thomas was born on 25th January 1871 at 14 Verulam Street in Holborn. His parents were Henry Jones, a former cattle drover, and his wife Keziah Tadgell...
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BERRY, Henry

Shaun JonesMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A really interesting read, one of lost years and of a mysterious family death

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ALDER, Sarah

Shaun JonesMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1844-d.1912 (With thanks to family member Alan Stewart who produced the first draft of this story, to which I have added very little.) Sarah’s family Sarah was born Sarah Mary...
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George

Shaun JonesApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1861-d.1913 Alfred was born in London in 1861, to John William Klesendorf, a waiter, and his wife Mary Willgoose.  History of the Klesendorfs: Great-grandfather Joakim The origins of the Klesendorf...
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OLIVER, Caroline

Shaun JonesApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024
b. 1857-d.1909 Caroline was born Caroline Ann Harwood 0n 19 July 1857 at 11 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town, London, the daughter of Edward Reuben Harwood, a lithographic printer, and his...
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Video footage of our "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" event on #MentalHealthAwareness day, 10th Oct '23. We planted 1500+ ceramic flowers, painted by locals & school children. We had to hold it on ...the neighbouring farmland, as the cemetery is in private hands.

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We need a passionate historian to help save the graves of these mental health patients. From all walks of life, these patients were laid to rest in a patch abandoned by the health service & sold ...to a developer.

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
14 Nov 2023

A PLEA for HELP!
Please sign our petition to help us protect this cemetery from development by returning it to public hands.


Please include your city/postcode.
No obligation to donate, just
...please share.
#MentalHealthAwareness

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