Laura Brown, Author at Friends of Horton Cemetery

OLIVER, Louisa Sarah Fox

Laura BrownNovember 10, 2025November 10, 2025

b. 1846-d.1908 With many stories, it is a case of perseverance, gleaning records for cross-matching details. That was the case with Louisa Sarah Fox Oliver, for whom many details remain...

HAYCOCK, Hannah

Laura BrownJune 27, 2023July 28, 2023

b.1868-d.1908 Hannah’s parents and siblings Hannah Haycock was born in 1868 in Rochford, Essex to parents Thomas and Caroline (née Thompson). Hannah was the eldest of five children. She was...

Female Burials Horton Asylum

LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel

Laura BrownNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023

The story of Fannie Ethel Lambert, described as ‘a useful help’ to the household of a professor of music.

Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick

Laura BrownJuly 6, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1884-d.1909 Introduction Frederick Lefevre died at the young age of 24 years, having suffered epilepsy for 16 years. It is possible that he suffered with status epilepticus, a condition where...