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Category: Horton Asylum

Epsom Cluster #2

EDGECOMBE, Henrietta
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EDGECOMBE, Henrietta

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1886-d.1914 I found that there was little information on Henrietta Edgecombe but by looking at her parents and siblings we have a picture of what her life was like. I...
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MOORE, Albert George
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MOORE, Albert George

Elizabeth AumeerMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1881-d.1914 Albert's birthplace According to Royal Navyrecords Albert George Moore was born on 20 September 1878 in Wells next Sea, Norfolk, commonly called just Wells. It is a fishing port...
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BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane
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BURNISTON (née Addison) Emma Jane

Alison CookMay 8, 2025May 8, 2025
b.1838-d.1923 Emma’s parents   Emma Jane Addison was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport circa 1838 to John & Elizabeth Addison. Emma was the couple’s youngest child.  In fact, she was...
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise
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BAUERMEISTER, Johanna Amanda Louise

Shaun JonesMay 8, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1857 - d.1923 We know very little about Johanna.  We know that she was a teacher or governess; that she was born in Germany in the 1850s; and that she...
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HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)
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HODGSON, Fanny (née Kemp)

Hazel BallanMarch 22, 2025
b.1848-d.1923 Introduction Back in 2008 I was shown the photograph above of some of the remaining headstones in the Horton Estate Cemetery that had been photographed on 28 February 1971...
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CLOUD, James 
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CLOUD, James 

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 22, 2025May 9, 2025
b.1882-d.1914 James Cloud was born on 1 June 1882 in Lambeth, then part of Surrey. His parents were William Cloud and Mary Ann (née Newman). William and Mary had at...
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BURNS,  John
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BURNS,  John

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 22, 2025
b. c1881-d.1914 Introduction There must be many patients buried in the Horton Estate Cemetery who died alone, without family or friends. Not only was there the stigma of mental illness,...
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BELCHER, Peter
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BELCHER, Peter

Alison CookMarch 21, 2025
b.1865-d.1913 When and where was Peter born? The asylum case notes for Peter Belcher indicated that he was born circa 1875 and gave us his occupation as ‘groom’ but sadly...
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BECKETT, Annie
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BECKETT, Annie

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025
b.1882-d.1914 Annie’s Parents Annie Harriet Becket (nee Rolfe) was born on 12th November 1882 at 3 Union Street, Kennington Road, Lambeth. She was the daughter of William Rolfe and Elizabeth...
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GILHAM (or GILLING), Stephen
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GILHAM (or GILLING), Stephen

Elizabeth AumeerMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025
b.1880-d.1914 Stephen's parents and siblings Stephen was born on 24 December 1880 at 9 Rope Yard Rails, Woolwich. He was registered as Stephen Henry Emery-Gilliam and was the son of...
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McCOUBREY, Elizabeth
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McCOUBREY, Elizabeth

Jenni LlewellynMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025
b.1886-d.1918 Elizabeth's parents and siblings Elizabeth was born on 17th March 1886 at 16 New Fenwick Street, Woolwich. Her father James, who had been born about 1857 in Northern Ireland,...
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CARROLL, Luke
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CARROLL, Luke

Stephen MundayJanuary 29, 2025January 29, 2025
b.1860-d.1908 Luke Carroll was the son of Luke Carroll and his wife Elizabeth (née Moore) who were married in the church of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, in the...
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NORTHMORE Robert Henry
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NORTHMORE Robert Henry

Stephen MundayJanuary 29, 2025January 29, 2025
b.1847-d.1914 When Robert Henry Northmore died in Horton Asylum in 1914 at the age of 67 he had spent almost half of his life in mental health institutions.  Robert Henry’s...
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CERVI, Theresa
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CERVI, Theresa

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJanuary 27, 2025March 21, 2025
b.1879-d.1912 This story was written by Barb Monteath about a family member, Theresa Cervi, (née Persico) “I am bound to them, though I cannot look into their eyes or hear...
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MUNK, William 
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MUNK, William 

Hazel BallanJanuary 27, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1905 Introduction Back in 2008 I was shown the photograph above of some of the remaining headstones in the Horton Estate Cemetery that had been photographed on 28 February 1971...
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LAMBERT, Ernest Archibald
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LAMBERT, Ernest Archibald

Elizabeth AumeerJanuary 25, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1883-d.1914 Ernest’s parents Ernest Archibald Lambert’s birth was registered in 1883 in Southwark. His parents were William and Christina Lambert (née Clark). Ernest was their last child.He had eight siblings. ...
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BARNSLEY, Rose Ellen
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BARNSLEY, Rose Ellen

Alison CookJanuary 25, 2025January 25, 2025
b.1881-d.1923 Rose Ellen DALY was born at 23 Rhyl Street, Kentish Town, St. Pancras on 3rd July 1881 to James & Mary Ann/Marian DALY (née Townshend).   Rose’s parents Rose’s parents...
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BEECH, Thomas
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BEECH, Thomas

Shaun JonesSeptember 22, 2024
b.1863-d.1908 Beginnings Thomas was born on 10th July 1863 at Tubby’s Alley, Scotland Green, Tottenham. He was the third of eight children born to Thomas Beech, a labourer, and his...
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CALFE, William
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CALFE, William

Alison CookSeptember 11, 2024September 11, 2024
b.1851-d.1933  Author’s note I was very lucky with my research on William.  Several Horton team members gave me advice and help, and I was fortunate to find that William’s gt-gt-grandson...
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TAYLOR, Robert
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TAYLOR, Robert

Elizabeth AumeerSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
b.1884-d.1914 Robert Taylor was born on 17 August 1884. His birth was registered in the Strand, London Family  Robert’s parents were Robert  (senior) and Jane Taylor (nee Northfield}. They had...
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WHITE, Emma
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WHITE, Emma

Julie JacksonSeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
1857-1911 née Emma Virginia Neale An initial search for Emma White, with the details given on the Horton Cemetery burial records, didn’t produce any results. From her Horton address book,...
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HARTLEY, Richard Johnson (Robert)

Lesley LeeSeptember 8, 2024May 8, 2025
b.1860-d.1914 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197875114/family?cfpid=202577313805&invitetoken=fgPlO-Pn2BgyokqbXpD0mDZia2RI5hWNJ-sZJPN9GWw%3D Introduction This gentleman caused some confusion.  In his Colony records he is always referred to as Robert Hartley but I could find nothing in any online records for...
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JONES, Thomas
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JONES, Thomas

Shaun JonesJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1878-d.1908 Early days Thomas was born on 25th January 1871 at 14 Verulam Street in Holborn. His parents were Henry Jones, a former cattle drover, and his wife Keziah Tadgell...
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BERRY, Henry
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BERRY, Henry

Shaun JonesMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

A really interesting read, one of lost years and of a mysterious family death

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DAWES, Jane Eliza
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DAWES, Jane Eliza

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024March 21, 2025
b.1856-d.1914 Jane Eliza Dawes was 58 years old when she died in Horton on 12th September 1914. This would give a birth year of c1856. The Findagrave website gives her...
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TYSON, John

Linda MartinMay 5, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1867-d.1909 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry We are fortunate to have a photograph of John and his Reception Order and medical notes from the London Metropolitan Actives.  John’s parents -...
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COLEMAN, Mark
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COLEMAN, Mark

Marion TurnerMay 5, 2024May 28, 2024
b.1846-d.1923 Introduction When Mark went into Horton Hospital in early 1902 he was 56 years old and described as melancholic. His notes over the years show a fairly constant pattern...
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ALDER, Sarah
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ALDER, Sarah

Shaun JonesMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1844-d.1912 (With thanks to family member Alan Stewart who produced the first draft of this story, to which I have added very little.) Sarah’s family Sarah was born Sarah Mary...
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George
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KLESENDORF, Alfred George

Shaun JonesApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1861-d.1913 Alfred was born in London in 1861, to John William Klesendorf, a waiter, and his wife Mary Willgoose.  History of the Klesendorfs: Great-grandfather Joakim The origins of the Klesendorf...
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MASSEY, Harriet
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MASSEY, Harriet

Sally NestorApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024
b.1832-d.1907 Death I have had to start at the end of Harriet Massey's life and try to work backwards in order to tell her story.  The Horton Cemetery Records provided...
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OLIVER, Caroline
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OLIVER, Caroline

Shaun JonesApril 7, 2024April 22, 2024
b. 1857-d.1909 Caroline was born Caroline Ann Harwood 0n 19 July 1857 at 11 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town, London, the daughter of Edward Reuben Harwood, a lithographic printer, and his...
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LEIGH, Jessie
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LEIGH, Jessie

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024
b.1867-d.1909 Jessie was a housewife and mother of a young family when she was admitted to Horton Asylum in 1905 aged 37. Without her case notes it is not possible...
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STANDLY,  Louisa
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STANDLY,  Louisa

Linda MartinApril 6, 2024April 6, 2024
b.1862–d.1909 A Tie Maker An illustration from Pearson's Weekly dated 21 November 1901 of Tie Makers. Courtesy of British Newspaper Archives. Louisa was a Victorian tie maker; we first find...
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HODLEY, Jane
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HODLEY, Jane

Linda MartinMarch 19, 2024March 19, 2024
b.1861 – d.1909 Jane Hodley died in Horton Asylum on 25 April 1909 and was buried in Horton Cemetery on 30 April.  Who was Jane? The Lunacy Register recorded Jane...
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BREMMICOMBE, Henry
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BREMMICOMBE, Henry

Diane GardnerMarch 9, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1856-d.1910 Henry Bremmicombe’s birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1856 and his baptism record gives his date of birth as 17th January. He was baptised along with his...
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BOLD, Maria
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BOLD, Maria

Isabel KnightMarch 9, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1862-d.1908 EARLY YEARS I have been unable to categorically determine where Maria was born, or who her parents were. The burial record states that she was born in Lower Clapton,...
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PUTMAN, William John
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PUTMAN, William John

Linda MartinFebruary 26, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1861-d.1909 William’s parents William John was the first child of Alfred and Elizabeth Putman.  Alfred was born in the City of London on 3 Sept 1842 and baptised at the...
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LAUGHTON, Ethel
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LAUGHTON, Ethel

Charlotte PayneFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1880-d.1911 Early life in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Ethel’s story starts in Wisbech: a market town in Cambridgeshire with an inland port, sitting on the river Nene. She was born here in...
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CLARKE, George
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CLARKE, George

Alison CookFebruary 26, 2024March 10, 2024
 b.c1832-d.1913  George Clarke was born c1832. Admission to Hoxton House Asylum On 2 July 1901, George was admitted to Hoxton House Asylum in Shoreditch.  He was discharged the following year...
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FOX, John
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FOX, John

Isabel KnightFebruary 18, 2024February 18, 2024

John Fox led a full life with an extended family. A shoemaker then railway porter and also a church verger for a while. He saw the birth of four grandchildren before his demise and rapid death in Horton.

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ANDREWS, Kate
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ANDREWS, Kate

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 4, 2024February 4, 2024

The daughter of a chimney sweep, from Dublin, brought four children into the world before she died just aged 28 at Horton. The fact that her children survived and apparently led full and long lives is testament to her.

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KIDD, James
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KIDD, James

Linda MartinFebruary 3, 2024February 4, 2024
James was born on 4 April 1864, and baptised in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. James was the first child of 4 found to be born to parents James Kidd 1843 from...
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DEAN, George
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DEAN, George

Hazel BallanNovember 19, 2023November 19, 2023
b.1850-d.1902 Like many of our stories, there was little to go on for George Dean when searching in the available online records. So little in fact, that a copy of...
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CRACKNELL, Alfred William
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CRACKNELL, Alfred William

Alison CookNovember 5, 2023March 10, 2024

“A quiet old dement who…gives no trouble and works contentedly in the vegetable shed….the place cannot get on without him.”

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PHILLIPS, William
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PHILLIPS, William

Linda MartinOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1864-d.1909 Author’s note William Phillips was not an easy name to research, Phillips being quite a common surname in the UK.  I did find a good candidate only to discover...
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JOSLIN, Ada
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JOSLIN, Ada

Charlotte PayneSeptember 9, 2023September 11, 2023

The short life of a buttonhole maker from Lambeth.

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VOWLES, Thomas John Milton
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VOWLES, Thomas John Milton

Linda MartinAugust 6, 2023September 11, 2023

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.

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BAKER, Richard Joseph
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BAKER, Richard Joseph

Isabel KnightAugust 6, 2023September 11, 2023

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.

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HORRIGAN, William
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HORRIGAN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Little is known about William, except that he seems to have been acquainted with the Police on more than one occasion.

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VENN, William
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VENN, William

Hazel BallanJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

Epilepsy ultimately was the reason why William ended his life in Horton Hospital.

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GALLIANO, James Price
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GALLIANO, James Price

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2023July 28, 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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HUNT, John James
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HUNT, John James

Linda MartinJune 27, 2023July 28, 2023
b.1825-d.1909 Rural Beginnings John’s story starts in the old Oxfordshire village of Sibford Gower, which is a village 6.5 miles west of Banbury.  John was born in 1825 to parents...
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HAYCOCK, Hannah
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HAYCOCK, Hannah

Laura BrownJune 27, 2023July 28, 2023
b.1868-d.1908 Hannah’s parents and siblings Hannah Haycock was born in 1868 in Rochford, Essex to parents Thomas and Caroline (née Thompson). Hannah was the eldest of five children. She was...
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ROBERTS, Benjamin
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ROBERTS, Benjamin

Stephen MundayJune 25, 2023July 28, 2023

Benjamin said he had made a harp with 1,000 strings and could play any tune and instrument! He worked as a musician.

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KROMBACH, Edward
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KROMBACH, Edward

Stephen MundayJune 25, 2023July 28, 2023
b. 1874-d.1912 On the 1911 Census form our subject signed his name Edward Krombach. However, during his lifetime his name appeared on documents variously as Kromback, Krumbach, Krombak, Krombagh, Grombach,...
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YOUNG, Kate
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YOUNG, Kate

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2023June 4, 2023
b.1862-d.1920 Kate’s parents Catherine – or Kate as she would later be known – was the seventh of the eight children born to Joseph Young and his wife Elizabeth (née...
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BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle
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BRANSCOMBE, Frederick Neyle

Hazel BallanMay 28, 2023May 31, 2023
b.1837-d.1902 Frederick’s parents and siblings On 22 January 1834, William Henry Branscombe married 19 -year-old Grace Cholwich Neyle in St Andrews Church, Plymouth.  Their daughter Elizabeth Eunice was baptised on...
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MAUER, Charles
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MAUER, Charles

Linda MartinMay 27, 2023May 27, 2023
b.1860-d.1809 ttps://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/172327691/family/familyview?cfpid=272235080660  Born in Cologne, Germany Charles Mauer was born in Cologne Germany, 1860 his estimated year of birth. He was the eldest child of David Mauer c1829 and Gertrude...
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ATKINSON, Alfred Brereton
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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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GOLDER, Edward
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GOLDER, Edward

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2023May 4, 2023
b.1857-d.1908 Edward's story The family history detailed in the census records and birth, marriage and death registers for Henry and Mary Golder might not be Edward’s family. Since he did...
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ALLIBON, Sarah Emma
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ALLIBON, Sarah Emma

Stephen MundayMay 4, 2023May 4, 2023
b.1843-d.1914 Sarah’s parents Sarah Emma Allibon was born in Marylebone on the 16th of February 1843. She was the first (and, it would appear only) child of farrier James Allibon...
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EFFEMEY, John
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EFFEMEY, John

Linda MartinMay 2, 2023May 9, 2023
b.1851-d.1909 John’s family The Effemey name has been quite a challenge to research due to its change of spellings when transcribed. Effamy, Effemy, Efeny, Evamy, Eppamy, and Affamy being examples....
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BAKER, Cassidy (née Trull)
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BAKER, Cassidy (née Trull)

Linda MartinMay 2, 2023May 2, 2023
b.1869-d.1909 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/171003100/family/familyview?cfpid=422219945300 Who was Cassidy Baker? The following research regarding the mystery of this lady’s complex life has proved to be very challenging! No census returns found, no birth recorded,...
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HELLICAR, Infant Child
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HELLICAR, Infant Child

Roger MillerMay 2, 2023May 9, 2023
b.1902-d.1902 A short life leads us to learn about two women who prevailed against the odds  The London Metropolitan Archive holds the register of the baptisms that took place in...
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CARTWRIGHT, Walter
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CARTWRIGHT, Walter

Isabel KnightApril 16, 2023April 17, 2023

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.

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MAPLE, Louisa
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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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LEVERETT, John Henry
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LEVERETT, John Henry

Tony McGarryApril 12, 2023April 17, 2023

Appearing twice in the 1911 Census was an interesting find for this man, John Henry Leverett.

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UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland
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UNDERWOOD, Septimus Rowland

Stephen MundayApril 10, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1873-d.1913 Septimus’s parents Septimus Rowland Underwood was born in Groton, Suffolk, in the 2nd quarter of 1873. He was the seventh of nine children born to farmer Daniel Underwood and...
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MOSS, Thomas
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MOSS, Thomas

Hazel BallanMarch 11, 2023January 27, 2025

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, 2023April 16, 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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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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