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Author: Steve Johnson

Self-proclaimed expert on the archives of the Manor Asylum. Website editor and photoshop whizz. Geneaologist and Trustee for the Friends of Horton Cemetery.
Lendvai, Peter Erwin
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Asylum Males West Park Asylum

Lendvai, Peter Erwin

Steve JohnsonNovember 8, 2024November 8, 2024
Erwin (Peter) Lendvai (4 June 1882, in Budapest – 21 March 1949 in Epsom, Surrey) was a Hungarian composer and choral conductor. And he was an uncle of the composer...
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CHEESMAN, Annie
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

CHEESMAN, Annie

Steve JohnsonNovember 20, 2023November 20, 2023
b. ~1849 - d. 3 October 1911 Died 3rd October 1911 - Buried: 9 October 1911 - Grave 1295b Annie Cheesman was a mother, and grandmother, widowed in her 40s...
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ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males

ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton

Steve JohnsonMay 9, 2023May 11, 2023
b. 1855 - d. 1935 The life of Alfred Brereton ATKINSON could have been very different. The 6th of 7 children born to 'Gentleman' Hesilrige Atkinson and his wife Frances...
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MAPLE, Louisa
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

MAPLE, Louisa

Steve JohnsonApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023
b.1854 - d.1923 What do we know? The address book contains details of a son, Frederick Maple, son Henry & Edith Maple, daughter, E. Redsull with husband J.E. Redsull. A...
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AITKEN, William
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

AITKEN, William

Steve JohnsonFebruary 27, 2023March 18, 2023

5½ weeks after he had his head cut open by being knocked down by some roughs in the street, William Aitken suffered a life of Epilepsy in hospitals and asylums. His wife left the children to fend for themselves and it would appear he never saw any of them again.

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SWAN, Ernest Paul
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Asylum Males Manor Asylum Pending

SWAN, Ernest Paul

Steve JohnsonJanuary 10, 2023March 8, 2023
b.~1879 - d.1947 Placeholder Info This is a placeholder for a future story to be written. Here are the facts known about Ernest from his file. Ernest Paul Day, Grave...
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KING, Harriet
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Asylum Complete Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

KING, Harriet

Steve JohnsonJanuary 6, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1836 - d.1913 Introduction: I took on this story and at first thought it might be a nice easy one to complete, but how wrong I was. This took some...
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BARNET, Enid
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

BARNET, Enid

Steve JohnsonOctober 14, 2022March 8, 2023

Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.

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TURNER, Elizabeth
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

TURNER, Elizabeth

Steve JohnsonFebruary 28, 2022March 8, 2023
b. ~1866 - d.1910 Elizabeth TURNER is another common name to research. There are quite a few people in the workhouses and asylums with this name so we need to...
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JAMES, Annie
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum

JAMES, Annie

Steve JohnsonDecember 7, 2021November 1, 2022
b.1852 - d.1899 On 31st July the cemetery received its first burial – Annie JAMES, who had been at the Manor. Her shroud cost 8d, the gravediggers were paid 10/6d,...
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BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie

Steve JohnsonNovember 25, 2021October 27, 2022

The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant

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BELLAMY, Louisa
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

BELLAMY, Louisa

Steve JohnsonNovember 2, 2021October 24, 2022

Lost her twin brother, aged 4

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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
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Horton Asylum Males Photo

PFAFFENBACH, Augustus

Steve JohnsonOctober 26, 2021October 17, 2022

The German Tailor who came to London

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JAMES, Henry Walter
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males War dead

JAMES, Henry Walter

Steve JohnsonAugust 25, 2021April 4, 2022
b. 1887-d.1941 Intro Private Henry Walter JAMES is one of the confirmed war dead buried within Horton cemetery. He is one of the 'serviceman' referred to on the Horton Memorial....
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STASZEWICZ, Felicja
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

STASZEWICZ, Felicja

Steve JohnsonAugust 10, 2021October 30, 2023

How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility

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MUNDAY, Mary Ann
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Dead-End-Story Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

MUNDAY, Mary Ann

Steve JohnsonJuly 8, 2021October 3, 2021
b.~1840 - d.1910 The only thing we can be sure of with Mary Ann, is that her life came to an end at Long Grove Asylum on 13 March 1910,...
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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

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PEDLEY, Byron
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Asylum Complete Kids Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

PEDLEY, Byron

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021November 24, 2022

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

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GARCÍA, Félix
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

GARCÍA, Félix

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021October 17, 2022

Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse

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BATES, Beatrice Miriam
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Asylum Female Burials West Park Asylum

BATES, Beatrice Miriam

Steve JohnsonApril 22, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1881 - d.1933 - A Grieving Wife Intro Much of the story of Beatrice is a result of information given to us by a living relative; in which we discover...
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FRANCIS, Amelia
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Asylum Female Burials Kids Long Grove Asylum Photo

FRANCIS, Amelia

Steve JohnsonApril 21, 2021January 9, 2023

The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.

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ELLERTON, Edward
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

ELLERTON, Edward

Steve JohnsonMarch 24, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1871 - d.1910 - Hoxton Crew Gang Member - The story of Edward hit an obstacle very early on. The Find a Grave index assumes a birth in Ireland with...
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BROWN, Alfred Albert
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

BROWN, Alfred Albert

Steve JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021April 3, 2022
b.1875 - d. 1910 This is a story that will require revisiting once we can obtain more information from the non-digitised Asylum records which may name family members or previous...
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FELL, Sachinais Alicia
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Asylum Complete Dead-End-Story Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

FELL, Sachinais Alicia

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021November 5, 2022
b.1873 - d.1910 When I began my research into Sachinais, very little could be found. The only records showing such a name are the records from the workhouse and asylums....
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SADLER, Thomas
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Asylum

SADLER, Thomas

Steve JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021October 30, 2023
b. 1846 - d. 1910 All we know for sure is that Thomas Sadler, a patient at Long Grove, was buried on 31 March 1910, aged 64. There are many...
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DAVIS, Evan James
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

DAVIS, Evan James

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1870-d.1910 Evan James Davis was born in Hoxton in 1870, to father Evan James, and mother Margaret, both from Wales. The history of Evan paints a picture of a wealthy...
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COURTENAY, John MacArthur
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Asylum Complete Long Grove Asylum Males

COURTENAY, John MacArthur

Steve JohnsonJanuary 16, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1871-d.1910 John Macarthur Courtenay (Courtnay) was born into a military family on 10th July 1871, in Sheerness, Kent to John and Ann Caroline. His father was a Battery Sergeant Major...
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PELHAM, George
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

PELHAM, George

Steve JohnsonJanuary 15, 2021September 2, 2023

Survivor of The Titanic

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·
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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