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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

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

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

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

Hazel BallanJuly 7, 2021October 30, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

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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

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

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

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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

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

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

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

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 10, 2021April 16, 2023

Poor Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter in Horton Hospital – baptised Elizabeth Lilian Board. We do not know what happened to the baby.

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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

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

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

Hazel BallanJanuary 15, 2021November 9, 2024

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...