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Epsom Cluster #3

Now known as St. Ebba’s hospital

HONEY, Joseph Thomas
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Photo

HONEY, Joseph Thomas

Lesley LeeJanuary 13, 2023January 13, 2023
b.1843 – d.1912 Early Life Joseph Thomas was the fifth of seven children born to Joseph Honey (1804-81) andMargery Couch (1811-66) who were both born in Cornwall and married in...
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GARLAND, Percy Ernest
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GARLAND, Percy Ernest

Lesley LeeJanuary 4, 2023January 6, 2023
b.1882-d.1916 Percy's parents and siblings Percy Ernest Garland was born in Blackheath, Kent in the 4th Q of 1882, the fourth of six children. No baptism has been found for...
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LEWIS, James
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LEWIS, James

Lesley LeeJanuary 4, 2023January 6, 2023
b.1859-d.1912 James's parents and siblings James was born on 30 September 1859 in the Camden Union workhouse and at his baptism on 19 Oct 1859 his mother is shown as...
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HOWARD, Frank
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HOWARD, Frank

Lesley LeeDecember 5, 2022January 9, 2023
b. 1876 - d. 1912 Frank’s appearance in the Lunacy Register and his hospital admission form do not record his DOB but according to the 1881c Frank was born in...
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BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Horton Asylum Photo

BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada

Lesley LeeNovember 20, 2022November 22, 2022
b.1873-d.1914 Lily Ada Buckeridge was born on 8th Sept 1873 in Deptford Kent. Her parents were John Thomas Buckeridge (1848 –1924) born in Newbury, Berkshire and Elizabeth Jane Pharaoh née...
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FLETCHER, George
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FLETCHER, George

Linda Miles-CartwrightOctober 17, 2022October 17, 2022

Was an unfortunate accident responsible for this man’s epilepsy?

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MOORE, Henry
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MOORE, Henry

Lesley LeeOctober 13, 2022October 17, 2022
b.1859-d.1912 Henry’s parents Henry Rose Moore was born in the June quarter of 1859 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex. He takes his unusual second name from his grandfather, Thomas Rose Moore.  Henry...
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FOLWELL, Dora
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FOLWELL, Dora

Lesley LeeOctober 12, 2022January 6, 2023

The Dressmaker

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RIDLEY, Valentine George
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

RIDLEY, Valentine George

Lesley LeeSeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022
b.1892-d.1916 Valentine's family Valentine’s birth was registered in the 1st Q of 1892 in Greenwich, Kent. No baptism certificate has been found to confirm his DOB or mother’s name but...
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BRYANT, Percy Henry
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

BRYANT, Percy Henry

Lesley LeeSeptember 16, 2022September 16, 2022
b.1890-d.1914 Percy's childhood Percy was born, the eldest of seven children, on 2nd December 1890 and baptised on 22nd February at St John the Divine, Richmond, Surrey. The family are...
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GARDNER, Thomas George
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

GARDNER, Thomas George

Sylvia BromileySeptember 14, 2022September 14, 2022
b.1878-d.1913 Thomas’s parents Thomas was born on 15th March 1878 in Fulham.  His parents were Thomas Gardner and Jane Miller Crook and they married in St Saviour’s church Southwark on...
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BLACKMORE, Arthur John
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

BLACKMORE, Arthur John

Sylvia BromileySeptember 14, 2022October 27, 2022
b.1880-d.1913 Arthur was born in the last quarter of 1880 in Greenwich, South East London (shown as Kent in the records).  He was christened in Christ Church, Greenwich on 20th...
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TRIGGS, George
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TRIGGS, George

Sylvia BromileySeptember 13, 2022October 17, 2022

The Railway Porter

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GILBERT, George
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GILBERT, George

Lesley LeeSeptember 12, 2022November 18, 2022

Died aged just 22

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Ewell Epileptic Colony

HAMILTON, Charles Frederick

Bethany TurnerMay 20, 2022May 22, 2022
b.1891-d.1915 1890s - Charles’s early life in Bermondsey The 1891 Census tell us that Charles Frederick Hamilton was born in 1891 to Arthur Ainslie Hamilton, aged 26, born in Brighton, and Ada J Rodgers...
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MORGAN, Alfred
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MORGAN, Alfred

Bethany TurnerMay 2, 2022October 17, 2022

Orphaned at 13

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ABER, James William
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Ewell Epileptic Colony St. Ebba's

ABER, James William

Bethany TurnerMay 2, 2022October 24, 2022
b.1886-d.1915 James’s birth and early life - a taste of the tragedies ahead James William Aber was born on the 27th of September 1886 in Camberwell, London to Henry and...
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GERHARD, Marie
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony

GERHARD, Marie

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1860-d.1918 According to the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses Marie was born in France. I have not been able to confirm this. On each of these censuses Marie is described...
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CARTER, George James (James George)
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CARTER, George James (James George)

Stephen MundayMarch 27, 2022October 17, 2022

Christ’s brother or King of England?

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MASON, Benjamin Albert
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Long Grove Asylum

MASON, Benjamin Albert

Tony McGarryMarch 20, 2022March 20, 2022
b.1874-d.1918 Benjamin was born on 9 April 1874 in Bethnal Green. His parents were George Mason and Elizabeth (née McTaggart). They were married on 30 June 1867 at St. James...
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WHITROD, Elizabeth
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Horton Asylum Photo

WHITROD, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022October 17, 2022

Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months

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WEEKES, Esther
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WEEKES, Esther

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 15, 2022October 17, 2022

A mother of 10

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SABEY, George David
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SABEY, George David

Lesley LeeJanuary 28, 2022October 17, 2022

What happened to this Bootmaker?

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BRANSGROVE, Louisa
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BRANSGROVE, Louisa

Jenni LlewellynOctober 31, 2021November 9, 2021
Louisa was born in the Fulham registration district during the December quarter of 1889. The daughter of James Bransgrove and Ellen his wife nee Plumridge. They had married on 6th...
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WATERER, Richard James
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WATERER, Richard James

Lesley LeeOctober 30, 2021January 6, 2023

A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour

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PENN, William George Joseph
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

PENN, William George Joseph

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 17, 2021October 28, 2021
b.1884-d.1910 The early death of the bread winner causes his wife and children great hardship. And subsequently great sadness with the subject, William, and his sister Rose both being admitted...
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LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

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...
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PYATT, Sidney
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

PYATT, Sidney

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1886-d.1910 1870s to 1880s Sidney Pyatt’s parents were William and Charlotte, they were married at St. John’s Church in Hoxton on 25th December 1871. A note from history: In 19th...
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PRESTRIDGE, Frederick
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Ewell Epileptic Colony

PRESTRIDGE, Frederick

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 5, 2021
b.1882-d.1910 1880s & 1890s Frederick (born Edward Fred) Prestridge’s parents were George Prestridge and Mary Ann Lewis who were married at Holy Trinity Church on the edge of Clapham Common...
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TIDYMAN, Samuel
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Photo

TIDYMAN, Samuel

Lesley LeeMay 28, 2021October 17, 2022

Escaped childhood murder!

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DODD, George
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DODD, George

Sylvia BromileyApril 22, 2021October 17, 2022

The French Polisher

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CASSAN, John Sheffield
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CASSAN, John Sheffield

Lesley LeeApril 15, 2021November 16, 2022

The Hollywood film star’s brother.

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YEO, Marian Elizabeth
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YEO, Marian Elizabeth

Lesley LeeMarch 11, 2021October 17, 2022

The silver polisher

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WILSON, Frederick Leon
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WILSON, Frederick Leon

Lesley LeeMarch 8, 2021November 18, 2022
b.1892 - d.1911 Intro Frederick was born on 4th May 1892 at 30, St Albans Street, Lambeth. According to the 1911 census, he was the sixth of fifteen children born...
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COPPING, Ada
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COPPING, Ada

Sheila CummingMarch 3, 2021October 17, 2022

An epileptic since birth

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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam
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MARHAM, Adeline Miriam

Bethany TurnerJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887-d.1915 Adeline Miriam Marham was born on the 19th of August 1887 in the Union Workhouse, Docking Norfolk. She was born to an unmarried 22-year-old mother named Harriet, a domestic...
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