The short life of a buttonhole maker from Lambeth.
VOWLES, Thomas John Milton
Thomas’s story is not a typical one of poverty in London. In fact, Thomas and his wife were descendants of Yeoman Farmers from the West Country.
BAKER, Richard Joseph
The hazard of working with lead paint might well have a bearing on Richard’s declining mental health, since he worked as a house painter for over thirty years.
HORRIGAN, William
Little is known about William, except that he seems to have been acquainted with the Police on more than one occasion.
VENN, William
Epilepsy ultimately was the reason why William ended his life in Horton Hospital.
GALLIANO, James Price
HUNT, John James
HAYCOCK, Hannah
ROBERTS, Benjamin
Benjamin said he had made a harp with 1,000 strings and could play any tune and instrument! He worked as a musician.
KROMBACH, Edward
YOUNG, Kate
BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle
MAUER, Charles
ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton
GOLDER, Edward
ALLIBON, Sarah Emma
EFFEMEY, John
BAKER, Cassidy (née Trull)
HELLICAR, Infant Child
CARTWRIGHT, Walter
A story revisited by the author when invaluable case notes came to light at the London Metropolitan Archives. What followed resulted in a thorough family history for Walter Cartwright and his family.
MAPLE, Louisa
LEVERETT, John Henry
Appearing twice in the 1911 Census was an interesting find for this man, John Henry Leverett.
UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
MOSS, Thomas
Sometimes we just have to wait for more information to come to light to write their full story. Such is the case with Thomas Moss
HOWE, Walter
EVANS, James William Montague
MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah
NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann
GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May
CARPENTER, George
DUNCOMBE, Caroline
SCAMBLER, Thomas William
This is the fascinating story or Thomas William Scambler where a detailed court case makes for a good read
WOODCOTE, Mary
Mary Woodcote’s life is remembered because of her time spent in the workhouse or the asylum. Now, she will not be forgotten.
MILTON, Maria
Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.
PENFOLD, Edward Charles
BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel
The story of Fannie Ethel Lambert, described as ‘a useful help’ to the household of a professor of music.
ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
The Mechanical Engineer
SKILLINGS, Samuel
DOW, Charles
PAULSON, George Grant
BISHOP, Charles Joseph
LARNER, Emily
MEIN, Alexander
CORBETT, John Francis
SHREEVE, Lottie
BURFITT, Matilda Georgina
GILL, Jane
JOHNSON, William Arthur
WALL, John William
COLTMAN, Martha
KING, Ellen Mary
DRINKWATER, John
BATTY, Jane
WHITROD, Elizabeth
Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months
HODD, Edgar Horace
Harlock, Louisa
PETERSON, Sophia
HOPE, Julia
WALTER, Mary Elizabeth
McCLOUD, David Drummond
CHANDLER, Emma May
MOUSLEY, Edward Lawford Girling
DEVERILL, Minnie
COLLINS, John
PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
The German Tailor who came to London
DOODY, Thomas
SIMMONS, William
JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann
STASZEWICZ, Felicja
How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility
MORRISH, Mary
LEVELL, Nellie Louisa
MCDONALD, Ethel
LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph
GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas
PASTEAU, Maurice
BLOMQUIST, Caroline
WRIGHT, Eliza
TENNANT, Herbert John
MURRELL, James
EMBLEM, Henry
BLACKWELL, Charles
PAPE, William Edwin
JONES, Archibald
DACOMBE, Amy
KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?
SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
The giggling tomboy
STEBBINGS, Mahala
SYKES, Gertrude
FAY, Tottie
The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London
PARKYNS, Ann
BELL, Herbert John
GEORGE, Frederica
CASSIE, George William
BOARD, Elizabeth
Poor Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter in Horton Hospital – baptised Elizabeth Lilian Board. We do not know what happened to the baby.