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Category: Horton Asylum

Epsom Cluster #2

MOSS, Thomas
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MOSS, Thomas

Hazel BallanMarch 11, 2023March 15, 2023

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

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HOWE, Walter
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HOWE, Walter

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 12, 2023
b.1866-d.1902 The GRO Death Index records that Walter Howe was aged 39 (giving him 1863 as year of birth) when he died in 1902. Research has found that this was...
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EVANS, James William Montague
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EVANS, James William Montague

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 1, 2023
b.1873-d.1902 James William Montague Evans’ birth was recorded by the UK GRO as being in the September quarter of 1873 in the Shoreditch registration district. Despite his mother’s maiden surname...
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MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah
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MUNRO (née Saunders), Sarah

Hazel BallanMarch 1, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Sarah's parents Thomas and Sarah Sanders were the parents of seven known children of whom their daughter Sarah was the eldest. Thomas (1803-1860) had been born in Staffordshire and...
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NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann
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NOYE (née BRIMACOMBE), Harriet Ann

Hazel BallanFebruary 27, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1869-d.1902 Annie’s parents  Harriet Ann was the youngest child of Thomas and Harriet Brimacombe, née Ball. It would seem she was known as Annie so that is how she is...
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GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May
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GODBOLD, Florence Kezia May

Hazel BallanFebruary 27, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1883-d.1902 Florence's parents and siblings Florence Keziah May Godbold was born on 13 December 1883 to George Jennings and Fanny Godbold. Florence’s father had been born in 1849 in London...
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CARPENTER, George
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CARPENTER, George

Hazel BallanFebruary 26, 2023March 13, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Prologue  Hmm… Maybe… Possibly… Yes… But… The doubt was there even though everything pointed to having found the correct man who was assigned the grave marker number 42 when...
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DUNCOMBE, Caroline
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DUNCOMBE, Caroline

Hazel BallanFebruary 26, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1844-d.1902 Caroline’s parents and siblings Caroline, the youngest child of David and Martha Ann (nee Harley) Duncombe, was born in 1844 in Bethnal Green. Her parents had married on 29...
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SCAMBLER, Thomas William
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SCAMBLER, Thomas William

Hazel BallanFebruary 25, 2023March 13, 2023

This is the fascinating story or Thomas William Scambler where a detailed court case makes for a good read

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WOODCOTE, Mary
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WOODCOTE, Mary

Hazel BallanFebruary 25, 2023March 8, 2023

Mary Woodcote’s life is remembered because of her time spent in the workhouse or the asylum. Now, she will not be forgotten.

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MILTON, Maria
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MILTON, Maria

Sylvia BromileyFebruary 19, 2023March 8, 2023

Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.

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PENFOLD, Edward Charles
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PENFOLD, Edward Charles

Isabel KnightFebruary 19, 2023March 8, 2023
b. 1853-1908 Early Years 1850s to 1870s Edward Charles Penfold was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Holborn, Middlesex, registration district St Luke’s. His parents are Charles Penfold (1828-1902) and...
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BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
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BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada

Lesley LeeNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
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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LAMBERT, Fannie Ethel
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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.

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ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
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ALDRIDGE, Frederick William

Nari FairbanksNovember 7, 2022March 8, 2023

The Mechanical Engineer

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SKILLINGS, Samuel
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SKILLINGS, Samuel

Hazel BallanOctober 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1844-d.1902 Samuel’s parents and siblings Samuel’s parents, William Skillings and Elizabeth Nunn, had been married by banns in St Peter’s and St Paul’s, the parish church in Edgefield, Norfolk, on...
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DOW, Charles
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DOW, Charles

Isabel KnightOctober 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1850-d.1908 Early years Charles DOE was the second child of William DOE (b.1820) and Ann CLARK (b.1827). He was born on 20 February 1850 in the village of Stapleford Tawney...
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PAULSON, George Grant
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PAULSON, George Grant

Linda MartinOctober 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1847-d.1909 George’s family George was born into a family of Master Tailors, which included his father Charles, uncle William and grandfather Langley Paulson of Baumber, Lincolnshire.  His birth was registered...
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BISHOP, Charles Joseph
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BISHOP, Charles Joseph

Megan BakerSeptember 16, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1856-d.1909 Charles’ parents and siblings To research Charles’ story, I first found his birth register on the General Register Office website. This revealed that Charles' birth was registered in 1856...
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LARNER, Emily
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LARNER, Emily

Hazel BallanSeptember 16, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1838-d.1902 Emily’s parents and siblings Emily’s father, George Nurton, was aged 26 when he married her 19-year-old mother Harriet Pargiter on 9 June 1833 at St James Church in Paddington....
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MEIN, Alexander
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MEIN, Alexander

Hazel BallanSeptember 15, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1902 Alexander’s parents and siblings According to the certificate of his baptism which took place on 13 February 1874 in St Philip’s Church in Dalston, Hackney, Alexander was born on...
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CORBETT, John Francis
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CORBETT, John Francis

Isabel KnightSeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1858-d.1908 This story is probably typical of the majority of unfortunate people who passed through the asylum system during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John was born, baptised into the...
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SHREEVE, Lottie
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SHREEVE, Lottie

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 16, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1874 - d.1910 Parents and Norfolk background Predominantly the Shreeve surname originates from Norfolk and Lottie’s family is no exception. Her father Leonard was born in Norwich in 1841, the...
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GALLIANO, James Price
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GALLIANO, James Price

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 29, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1875-d.1910 A Mediterranean Background James Price Galliano was the youngest of seven children born to a Roman Catholic family in a well to do area of Clapham. His parents Victoria...
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BURFITT, Matilda Georgina
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BURFITT, Matilda Georgina

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1857-d.1910   A Word of Caution Burial records state Matilda was 42 years old at her death. I have been unable to find any records that correspond to that age...
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GILL, Jane
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GILL, Jane

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 2, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1875-d.1910 Jane’s parents Jane Gill’s parents married at Holy Trinity Church in Hull on 25 November 1868. Her father Thomas Gill originated from Manchester according to census returns and her...
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JOHNSON, William Arthur
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JOHNSON, William Arthur

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1867(?)-d.1910 William - a difficult subject to trace William has proved difficult to trace and, after twenty hits on a potential birth certificate, it has been narrowed down to one...
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WALL, John William
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WALL, John William

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 17, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1866-d.1910 John’s burial record incorrectly records his surname as Waller but there is no corresponding death certificate under that surname. There is however a death certificate for a John William...
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COLTMAN, Martha
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COLTMAN, Martha

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 3, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1860 -d.1910 I nearly did not find Martha Coltman as her age was incorrect but this, I later found, was a mistake made when she was institutionalised. There were no...
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KING, Ellen Mary
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KING, Ellen Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightMarch 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b. 1872-d.1910 Despite extensive searches I have not been able to trace Ellen’s background. There have been a number of leads but they led to dead ends and show who...
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DRINKWATER, John
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DRINKWATER, John

Tony McGarryMarch 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1877-d.1918 John Drinkwater - His Story John Drinkwater was really called Alexander John Sullivan. On 22 October 1906, John Alexander Sullivan, a dealer born in London in 1879, was found...
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BATTY, Jane
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BATTY, Jane

Linda Miles-CartwrightMarch 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1863-d.1910 No definite trace of Jane’s life prior to the 1901 census can be found at present despite extensive searches. We have only an intimation of her marital status and...
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WHITROD, Elizabeth
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WHITROD, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022October 17, 2022

Coping with 6 family deaths within 4 months

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HODD, Edgar Horace
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HODD, Edgar Horace

Linda MartinFebruary 15, 2022February 18, 2022
b.1869-d.1909 Edgar’s early life with his parents and siblings – 1860s Edgar Horace Hodd was born in 3rd Quarter, 1869 in Lambeth, Surrey. He was the 4th of five children...
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Harlock, Louisa
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Harlock, Louisa

Linda MartinFebruary 15, 2022February 15, 2022
b.1859c-d.1909c Sadly Louisa was a foundling, born circa 1859 -1860, most likely in the London area.Foundlings on admission to the hospital were baptised, renamed and given an admission number. The...
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PETERSON, Sophia
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PETERSON, Sophia

Brian CullenFebruary 15, 2022January 9, 2023
b.1858-d.1915 Buried Horton Estate Cemetery. Indicated age at death is shown as 56 years. Sophia Peterson was born in the 2nd Quarter of 1858 in the District of Lambeth and...
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HOPE, Julia
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HOPE, Julia

Brian CullenFebruary 6, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1867-d.1915 Julia was an Asylum Patient who died and was then buried in the Horton Estate Cemetery, on the 8th July 1915. Her age was stated as 41 years. There...
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WALTER, Mary Elizabeth
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WALTER, Mary Elizabeth

Brian CullenFebruary 6, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1886-d.1906 Mary was born in the Wandsworth District of London. The surname recorded is shown as Walters not Walter, although the mother’s maiden name confirms this is the correct birth....
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McCLOUD, David Drummond
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McCLOUD, David Drummond

Brian CullenFebruary 6, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1878-d.1906 PREAMBLE David is recorded in the Horton Estate Cemetery Record as having been buried on the 13th December 1906 in Grave 920. His death age is stated as 27....
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CHANDLER, Emma May
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CHANDLER, Emma May

Elizabeth AumeerJanuary 24, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1888-d.1919 Early Life Emma May Chandler was registered as May Emma Chandler at birth. She was born on 11th May 1888 in Westminster, London. Her parents were Henry John Chandler...
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MOUSLEY, Edward Lawford Girling
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MOUSLEY, Edward Lawford Girling

Linda MartinOctober 29, 2021November 9, 2021
b.1870 - d.1909 Early Life Edward was born on 8th July 1870 in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey, sometimes recorded as Cranley, registered under Hambledon near Godalming. He was the...
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DEVERILL, Minnie
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DEVERILL, Minnie

Linda Miles-CartwrightOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1876 - d.1910 Finding the correct Minnie The search for Minnie Deverill has proved difficult as there was limited information to link her to any family. With only a Grave...
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COLLINS, John
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COLLINS, John

Hazel BallanOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1876 - d.1902 Highly possible but not certain (yet) story for John Collins According to the GRO Death Index, John Collins was aged 25 when he died in Epsom, which...
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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus

Steve JohnsonOctober 26, 2021October 17, 2022

The German Tailor who came to London

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DOODY, Thomas
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DOODY, Thomas

Hazel BallanOctober 2, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1849-d.1902 Thomas’ parents Owen Doody and Caroline Amelia Wilson married on 3 August 1845 in St Nicholas Church in Deptford, Greenwich. Four months later, on 14 December, Thomas’ older brother,...
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SIMMONS, William
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SIMMONS, William

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 17, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1868-d.1910 Early life William Henry Simmons was born in the April to June quarter of 1868 in Rotherhithe. Although later evidence suggests his birth date may be 16 March 1868....
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JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann
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JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann

Brian CullenAugust 23, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1885 - d.1906 Minnie’s birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1885 in the District of Fulham. She was born on the 11th January at her parent’s home at...
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STASZEWICZ, Felicja
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STASZEWICZ, Felicja

Steve JohnsonAugust 10, 2021November 16, 2022

How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility

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MORRISH, Mary
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MORRISH, Mary

Hazel BallanAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1860 - d.1902 Mary’s age was recorded by the General Register Office as being 42 when she died unmarried on 21 September 1902. This would give her year of birth...
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LEVELL, Nellie Louisa
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LEVELL, Nellie Louisa

Elizabeth AumeerAugust 9, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1899 - d.1914 Nellie Louisa Levell was born on 17th November 1899 in Paddington, London. Her parents were Alfred Levell and Ellen Hodghton. Nellie was the fifth of six children....
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MCDONALD, Ethel
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MCDONALD, Ethel

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882-d.1910 1880s Ethel was born on 14th September 1882 and was the fifth child of John Hamilton McDonald and Augusta Mahala Annie, née Page. They had married on 31st May...
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LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph
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LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph

Tony McGarryAugust 9, 2021October 3, 2021
b.1873-d.1918 William’s parents and older siblings William’s parents were John James Lewis and Louisa Lewis, née Jenkins. John was born in the December quarter of 1844, reference Strand 1 377....
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas

Hazel BallanJuly 26, 2021October 2, 2021
b.1844-d.1902 The Find a Grave website states that Patrick Thomas Guilmartin was born in Toem, Tipperary, Ireland but this is incorrect. Patrick was the eldest child of Michael and Ellen...
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PASTEAU, Maurice
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PASTEAU, Maurice

Sylvia BromileyJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1881-d.1913 Early years Maurice’s parents were Louis Stanislav Pasteau and Mary Ann Thoumine. Louis was born in Sarthe, a region in the North West of France, in 1850 or 1851...
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline

Hazel BallanJuly 7, 2021October 27, 2022
b. 1849 - d.1902 Caroline Blomquist [Karoline Kirstine Blomquist, formally Jensen, nee Sørensen] Caroline was Danish, and although she and her family have been found in the 1850, 1860 and...
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WRIGHT, Eliza
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WRIGHT, Eliza

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1861-d.1910 1860s Eliza’s maiden name was Rhodes and her parents were Richard and Sarah Rhodes. I have been unable to accurately trace their marriage, although it could have been prior...
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TENNANT, Herbert John
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TENNANT, Herbert John

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1858-d.1910 1850s Herbert was born at Saham Toney in Norfolk in January 1858. He was the sixth child of Edward and Mary Ann Tennant. His parents were married on 18th...
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MURRELL, James
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MURRELL, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1864-d.1910 1860s James Murrell’s parents were married on 29th December 1862 at St Giles' Church in Camberwell. It was a second marriage for his father James Murrell senior, his first...
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EMBLEM, Henry
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EMBLEM, Henry

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1878-d.1910 Initial difficulties researching the Emblem family The surname of Emblem seems to have a number of variations such as Emblen/Emblin/Emblan/Embling/Emblow/ Embler. This has made tracing difficult. Variations are often...
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BLACKWELL, Charles
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BLACKWELL, Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1872-d.1910 Starting research Although the burial note describes Charles Blackwell as aged 28, no trace could be found including a Death Certificate. Searching under Blackwell in the relevant quarter, a...
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PAPE, William Edwin
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PAPE, William Edwin

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1880-d.1910 1880s His birth was registered in the December quarter of 1880 in Camberwell. He was the eldest child of William George Pape, an ironmonger, who had a business at...
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JONES, Archibald
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JONES, Archibald

Linda MartinJune 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1853 - d.1909 Early life Archibald was born in 1853 in Rotherhithe to Jenkin Jones, born 1819 of Cardiganshire, Wales, and Mary Watt, born 1818, Scotland. His parents registered him...
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DACOMBE, Amy
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DACOMBE, Amy

Julie JacksonMay 18, 2021October 4, 2021
b.1877 - d.1911 Amy Dacombe née Ludgate was born in the September quarter 1877, in the registration district of Pancras, London. She was the 3rd child of Edward Ludgate from...
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

Hazel BallanMay 18, 2021November 22, 2022

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

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STEBBINGS, Mahala
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STEBBINGS, Mahala

Sylvia BromileyMay 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887 - d.1913 Parents and Birth – 1850s to 1880s  Her parents were William Charles Stebbings and Emily Taylor who married on 29th March 1880 in St. Marks Church Southwark. ...
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SYKES, Gertrude
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SYKES, Gertrude

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882? - d.1910 A tragic story of a young girl all alone, who lived in institutions from the age of three until her death at a young age. Very little...
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FAY, Tottie
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FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

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PARKYNS, Ann
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PARKYNS, Ann

Elizabeth AumeerApril 16, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1874 - d.1914 Early Life Ann Parkyns was born Ann Rebecca Witherington, in the March Quarter of 1874. Her birth was registered in Bethnal Green. Ann was named after her...
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BELL, Herbert John
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BELL, Herbert John

Linda MartinMarch 9, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1855 - d.1909 Herbert John BELL was buried in Horton Cemetery on 18th June 1909. According to the Lunacy Patients Admission Register he had been admitted to Horton Asylum on...
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GEORGE, Frederica
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GEORGE, Frederica

Linda MartinFebruary 25, 2021October 8, 2021
b. 1862 - d. 1909 1860s Known as Frederica. Frederica was the first child of five found born to Frederick William Runyard George (b. 1816 the son of Joseph George...
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CASSIE, George William
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CASSIE, George William

Linda MartinFebruary 25, 2021October 26, 2022
b. 1856 - d. 1909 1850s George born in 2Q 1856 Kensington, was the second child of Christopher Cassie (b. 1822) and Harriett Bird (b. 1816). No Baptism found. His...
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BOARD, Elizabeth
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BOARD, Elizabeth

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 10, 2021October 27, 2022
b. 1878 - d.1910 Marriage The first glimpse we get of Elizabeth Board nee. Couse is in 1900 when she marries Arthur Edward Board (Bachelor) on the 3rd November at...
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MINCHER, Samuel
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MINCHER, Samuel

Isabel KnightJanuary 26, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1840 – d.1908 Between Sep-Oct 1840 Samuel John MINCHER was born in Northamptonshire to Thomas MINCHER (1816-1864) and Mary (1817-1887). His father Thomas was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and his...
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D’ARENBERG, Arthur William
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D’ARENBERG, Arthur William

Linda MartinJanuary 25, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1857 - d.1909 Arthur’s story starts with his Grandfather, Johann Georg Abeltshauser, a Classical Composer in Germany. Found on a classical music website, it states that a piece of music,...
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McGOVARIN, Laura
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McGOVARIN, Laura

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 20, 2021September 17, 2021
Story Version number = 1Friends of Horton Cemetery Researcher – Linda Miles-Cartwright Laura was born a long way from London in fact she was born in Fredericton in Canada to...
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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows
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HOWKINS, Ann Barrows

Kevin McDonnellJanuary 15, 2021October 25, 2022
Of the few remaining gravestones at Horton Cemetery, only four can just about be made out and Ann Barrows Howkins is one. ANN BARROWS HOWKINSDIED DEC 16TH 1912AGED 44INTO THY...
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  • CUTHBERT, Thomasine
    b.1845 - d.1915 Throughout her life, the names of Thomasine, Thomasina, and Thomasinie have been used. Thomasina Bridie was born ~1845 in Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland,…
    CUTHBERT, Thomasine
    CUTHBERT, Thomasine
  • BIGFORD, Emma
    b.1838 - d.1912 Early life – 1830s to 1840s Emma was born on 14th April 1838 in Paddington and lived to be nearly 74 years…
    BIGFORD, Emma
    BIGFORD, Emma
  • EVANS, Ida Ellen
    b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of…
    EVANS, Ida Ellen
    EVANS, Ida Ellen
  • CASSAN, John Sheffield
    The Hollywood film star's brother.
    CASSAN, John Sheffield
    CASSAN, John Sheffield
  • BELLAMY, Louisa
    Lost her twin brother, aged 4
    BELLAMY, Louisa
    BELLAMY, Louisa
  • BRYANT, Percy
    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,…
    BRYANT, Percy
    BRYANT, Percy
  • KING, Harriet
    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…
    KING, Harriet
    KING, Harriet
  • MILTON, Maria
    Maria MILTON gave birth to 11 children, a challenging life that ended in Horton Asylum.
    MILTON, Maria
    MILTON, Maria
  • BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
    The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant
    BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
    BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
  • RIDLEY, Valentine George
    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…
    RIDLEY, Valentine George
    RIDLEY, Valentine George
  • PEDLEY, Byron
    The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage
    PEDLEY, Byron
    PEDLEY, Byron
  • HOWARD, Frank
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    HOWARD, Frank
    HOWARD, Frank
  • STACE, Louisa
    The glove maker
    STACE, Louisa
    STACE, Louisa
  • FELL, Sachinais Alicia
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    FELL, Sachinais Alicia
    FELL, Sachinais Alicia
  • FLAXMAN, Elizabeth
    The tailoress suffering depression
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    FLAXMAN, Elizabeth
  • COLSON, Mary Ann
    The Lambeth Needlewoman
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    COLSON, Mary Ann
  • MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa
    Additional difficulty of not speaking English
    MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa
    MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa
  • CORBETT, John Francis
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    CORBETT, John Francis
    CORBETT, John Francis
  • WEEKES, Esther
    A mother of 10
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    WEEKES, Esther
  • REEVE, Jane Sarah
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    REEVE, Jane Sarah
    REEVE, Jane Sarah
  • SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
    The giggling tomboy
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    SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
  • BAILEY, Kate
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    BAILEY, Kate
    BAILEY, Kate
  • WATERER, Richard James
    A 20ft fall led to strange behaviour
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    WATERER, Richard James
  • AITKEN, William
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    AITKEN, William
    AITKEN, William
  • CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
    The Domestic Servant
    CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
    CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
  • ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
    The Mechanical Engineer
    ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
    ALDRIDGE, Frederick William
  • GILBERT, George
    Died aged just 22
    GILBERT, George
    GILBERT, George
  • HONEY, Joseph Thomas
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    HONEY, Joseph Thomas
    HONEY, Joseph Thomas
  • WILSON, Frederick Leon
    The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.
    WILSON, Frederick Leon
    WILSON, Frederick Leon
  • TIDYMAN, Samuel
    Escaped childhood murder!
    TIDYMAN, Samuel
    TIDYMAN, Samuel
  • FAY, Tottie
    The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London
    FAY, Tottie
    FAY, Tottie
  • GARCÍA, Félix
    Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso's muse
    GARCÍA, Félix
    GARCÍA, Félix
  • FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
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    FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
    FRESTON, Catherine Louisa
  • GARLAND, Percy Ernest
    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…
    GARLAND, Percy Ernest
    GARLAND, Percy Ernest
  • ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
    The Yale graduate and published author
    ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
    ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
  • SABEY, George David
    What happened to this Bootmaker?
    SABEY, George David
    SABEY, George David
  • YEO, Marian Elizabeth
    The silver polisher
    YEO, Marian Elizabeth
    YEO, Marian Elizabeth
  • DUNKINSON, Matilda
    b.1878 - d.1907 Dunkinson has been spelt in a variety of ways on the sources discovered, however I believe they are transcription errors and that…
    DUNKINSON, Matilda
    DUNKINSON, Matilda
  • WOOD, Mary Ann
    b.1837 - d.1911 Mary Ann Wood neé Pearce was born abt.1836 in Hackney, Middlesex, England. Her birth is too early to locate on the GRO…
    WOOD, Mary Ann
    WOOD, Mary Ann
  • LEWIS, James
    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…
    LEWIS, James
    LEWIS, James
  • FOLWELL, Dora
    The Dressmaker
    FOLWELL, Dora
    FOLWELL, Dora
  • FRANCIS, Amelia
    The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator - The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years…
    FRANCIS, Amelia
    FRANCIS, Amelia
  • TRIGGS, George
    The Railway Porter
    TRIGGS, George
    TRIGGS, George
  • BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
    b.1844-d.1914 Agnes Bessie Corke was born in the 4th Quarter of 1844 in the Registration District of Camberwell, London, although her actual birth place was…
    BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
    BOWDERY, Agnes Bessie
  • BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
    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…
    BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
    BUCKERIDGE, Lily Ada
  • KILMINSTER, George Thomas
    The Kensington Plumber
    KILMINSTER, George Thomas
    KILMINSTER, George Thomas
  • THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
    The Solicitor's Clerk
    THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
    THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
  • BARNET, Enid
    Daughter of famous colonial architect who built Sydney.
    BARNET, Enid
    BARNET, Enid
  • SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
    We are not sure why Ellen (Nellie) Simcock entered Manor Asylum but she was visited often by family members
    SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
    SIMCOCK, Ellen (Nellie)
  • PENFOLD, Edward Charles
    b. 1853-1908 Early Years 1850s to 1870s Edward Charles Penfold was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Holborn, Middlesex, registration district St Luke’s. His parents…
    PENFOLD, Edward Charles
    PENFOLD, Edward Charles

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For #InternationalWomensDay we are sharing 131 published #Female stories on burials within Horton Cemetery. The range of stories proves that not all asylum patients were poor. We even have a Polish ...aristocrat chased out by the Russian Revolution. https://hortoncemetery.org/category/females/

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exciting to see another project, like ours, seeking to uncover the lives and experiences of those buried in pauper graves in an asylum cemetery @fo_mhc ...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64759615

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