HYATT, Daisy Lilian
WHEELER, Ada Elizabeth
COLLIER, Isaac James
When Isaac is transferred to The Colony in Ewell he is said to be quite aware of what is going on and where he is.
His speech is good and coherent apart from a slight stammer at times. He complains that his memory is not good and ‘if told to do a thing he forgets unless he does it immediately.’
COOPER, Frederick
This is a story of a tormented soul, a deep turmoil created by untreated epilepsy.
CARR, Arthur
BOLTON, Thomas
ENDERSON, Gertrude
GILCHRIST, Jane
VENNELL, Martha Ellen
We know little about Martha except that she was epileptic.
AITKEN, William
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.
MILTON, Maria
Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.
HONEY, Joseph Thomas
GARLAND, Percy Ernest
LEWIS, James
HOWARD, Frank
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
FLETCHER, George
Was an unfortunate accident responsible for this man’s epilepsy?
MOORE, Henry
FOLWELL, Dora
The Dressmaker
RIDLEY, Valentine George
BRYANT, Percy Henry
GARDNER, Thomas George
BLACKMORE, Arthur John
TRIGGS, George
The Railway Porter
GILBERT, George Frederick
Died aged just 22
HAMILTON, Charles Frederick
MORGAN, Alfred
Orphaned at 13
ABER, James William
GERHARD, Marie
CARTER, George James (James George)
Christ’s brother or King of England?
MASON, Benjamin Albert
WHITROD, Elizabeth
Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months
WEEKES, Esther
A mother of 10
SABEY, George David
What happened to this Bootmaker?
BRANSGROVE, Louisa
WATERER, Richard James
A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour
PENN, William George Joseph
LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick
PYATT, Sidney
PRESTRIDGE, Frederick
TIDYMAN, Samuel
Escaped childhood murder!
DODD, George
The French Polisher
CASSAN, John Sheffield
The Hollywood film star’s brother.
YEO, Marian Elizabeth
The silver polisher
WILSON, Frederick Leon
The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.
COPPING, Ada
An epileptic since birth