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Category: Long Grove Asylum

Epsom Cluster #4

O’HALLORAN, Bridget
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O’HALLORAN, Bridget

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 7, 2025September 7, 2025
b.1876-d.1911 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry Who was Bridget O'Halloran? Little is known about Bridget O’Halloran. We can never be completely sure where she came from. Despite searching extensively, there...
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SAMSON, Hugh
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SAMSON, Hugh

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 21, 2025August 21, 2025
b.1877-d.1911 This story also includes details of Flora Jean Samson, Hugh’s sister, born April 1888. She was born in April 1888 and died 11 December 1934. She was buried in...
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BRICKER, Samuel Henry
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BRICKER, Samuel Henry

Stephen MundayApril 22, 2025April 22, 2025
b.1867-d.1915 Samuel’s parents Samuel Henry Bricker was born in Isleworth in the 4th quarter of 1867. His parents were mason Henry Bricker and his wife Emma (née Payne or Paine)....
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BROOKER, Emily Alice
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BROOKER, Emily Alice

Jenni LlewellynMarch 22, 2025March 22, 2025
b.1883-d.1918 Emily’s birth Emily Alice was born on 16th September 1883. Her mother was Alice Brooker, a Factory Hand. No father’s name has been found. Alice’s mother, (and Emily’s grandmother)...
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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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BANNELL, Walter
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BANNELL, Walter

Stephen MundayMarch 21, 2025
b.1869-d.1910 Introduction Walter Bannell died in Long Grove in 1910 aged just 40. Sadly, research has revealed that his mother also suffered from mental health problems. Walter’s parents Walter was...
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THURSTON, Ernest Alfred
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THURSTON, Ernest Alfred

Stephen MundayMarch 21, 2025June 17, 2025

The silversmith at work

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COOK, Dorothy Fanny
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COOK, Dorothy Fanny

Stephen MundayMarch 8, 2025March 8, 2025

This story has been written following an approach from a family member in Australia who is Dorothy’s great grandson.

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ALLEN, Frederick (George Frederick Allen)
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ALLEN, Frederick (George Frederick Allen)

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 25, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1868/9-d.1926 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/173802352/family/familyview?cfpid=402253983788 Foreword by Julia Morris Linda Miles-Cartwright has kindly put together a story of my Great Grandfather who was buried at Horton Cemetery. Later Frederick's wife, Rose, would also...
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COLE, Jane Ann
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COLE, Jane Ann

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/201247488/family?cfpid=362626940999&invitetoken=ECvF3Jfxn3lU_5wA5mYLccWXtM7LXR9AwSOFXQb65_A%3D Introduction Jane was a long way from home when she died but details from her death certificate helped to identify her and where she came from. Jane was...
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WALKER, Frank
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WALKER, Frank

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry A mysterious young man from Argyle Street Frank Walker was only 32 years old when he died, and he had spent the last 9...
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DASSITER, Emma
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DASSITER, Emma

Alison CookJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1834-d.1917 Introduction  Emma Dassiter died at Long Grove Asylum on 28 January 1917 aged 83 having been admitted to Long Grove Asylum on 7 August 1907.  She is buried in...
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BRADY, James Ernest Quinland
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BRADY, James Ernest Quinland

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1872-d.1921 Although our subject was baptised and registered as Ernest James Quinland Brady, his name appears as James Ernest Brady in Lunacy Patients Admission Registers.  Ernest’s parents Ernest was the...
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ANDREWS, Mabel
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ANDREWS, Mabel

Linda Miles-CartwrightJanuary 23, 2025January 27, 2025
b.1879-d.1911 Introduction Unfortunately, none of the definite records found for Mabel referred to her family. Not even her death certificate gave me any mention of a family. The 1911 census...
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REEVES, Caroline
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REEVES, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024
b.1845-d.1918 Caroline’s parents Caroline was born on 5th February 1845 at 11 Moor Street, Marylebone to John EADE junior, a Waiter and Charlotte née BUNNEY his wife. John and Charlotte...
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LINSTEAD, Edward Charles 
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LINSTEAD, Edward Charles 

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 9, 2024September 9, 2024
b.1878-d.1911 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197837746/family?cfpid=182576820417&invitetoken=-kaa24ju61ETbuYNxFnn5DYmoTRb6lMyMLccv1zJass%3D “He had been strange in his manner for three months” There is no evidence that Edward Charles Linstead’s parents ever married. I can trace no marriage certificate for...
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SHEARMAN, Emma
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SHEARMAN, Emma

Stephen MundaySeptember 8, 2024September 8, 2024
b.1873-d.1922 It would appear, from the evidence provided by censuses and baptismal records, that our subject, Emma, grew up in a stable family environment with her parents and five siblings....
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OSBORN, Frederick John. 
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OSBORN, Frederick John. 

Linda MartinJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024
b.1872-d.1909 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/197110760/family/familyview?cfpid=202566346884 The wrong Frederick Osborne when an "e" makes a difference Frederick entered the Asylum system under the name of Frederick Osborne. This led to some confusion and it...
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COOPER, William Henry 
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COOPER, William Henry 

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 9, 2024
b.1879-d.1911 The Demise of a Young Bank Clerk Without William’s death certificate it would have been difficult to trace him with any certainty. Fortunately, it had some vital information –...
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BARRETT, Edward Dillon
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BARRETT, Edward Dillon

Stephen MundayMay 28, 2024May 28, 2024

Edward spent half if his life in institutions.

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JOYCE, Bertha
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JOYCE, Bertha

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024
b.1878-d.1911 Introduction It was difficult to trace Bertha at first. The age recorded on her burial record was misleading. This led me to trawl a wider date range for her...
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CURWOOD, Rose Hester 
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CURWOOD, Rose Hester 

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024
b.1881-d.1917 Rose’s parents Rose Hester Curwood was born 28th February 1881 to Thomas Curwood (1839 -1914) a House  Painter and his wife Harriett, née Beckett, (1839 - 1909). They had...
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HARLEY, Alice
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HARLEY, Alice

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024
b.1882-d.1911  A tale of poverty and illness Alice was born on 12 May 1882, but she was registered under the name of Alice Maud Lehan. Her parents were Timothy Lehan...
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POPPLEWELL, James
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POPPLEWELL, James

Rosie SpenceMarch 10, 2024March 11, 2024
b.1867 – d.1914 Introduction This story is about my 2x Great Grandfather and has been made up from family memories and notes as well as records found in various archives. ...
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RYAN, Mary
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RYAN, Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1875-d.1911 Destitution, disorder and despair. Discovering Mary’s story has been difficult to piece together and the key to her identity was through one of her sisters a “Mrs Smedley” whose...
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BOX, Archibald
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BOX, Archibald

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024
b.1882-d.1911 The Youngest child Archibald Box was a young 24-year-old man when he was admitted to Hackney Workhouse. Scared and confused he would live out the rest of his days...
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SODEN, George
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SODEN, George

Roger MillerFebruary 3, 2024February 14, 2024

George died at 70 years, after a long life as a tarpaulin maker, a sail maker and a blind maker.

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HARMSWORTH, Louisa
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HARMSWORTH, Louisa

Jenni LlewellynNovember 5, 2023November 5, 2023
1892-1918 Louisa Emily Harmsworth was born on the 10th April 1892, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Harmsworth, a general servant and a single woman. Louisa was baptised at Tooting Graveney...
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SKERMER (also Skinner/Skirner), Charles
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SKERMER (also Skinner/Skirner), Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1885-d.1911 The Grandson of a high-flying career man who fell from grace. Charles proved to be difficult to trace as the Find a Grave website had Charles’s surname noted as...
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AMES, Agnes

Lesley LeeOctober 29, 2023October 29, 2023
b.1857–d.1914 Birth and marriage in Ireland Agnes was born Agnes Regnell (Wregnell) in Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland in about 1857. No Irish census information remains following a fire which destroyed...
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Leslie
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ANDERSON, Elizabeth Leslie

Jenni LlewellynOctober 29, 2023October 30, 2023
b.1891-d.1918 Elizabeth was born on the 2nd March 1891 in the St Pancras registration district to John Leighton  Anderson and Mary Ann nee Wood, known as Lilly.   John had been...
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EATON, Samuel
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EATON, Samuel

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 17, 2023October 3, 2023

A gas fitter born in St Martin in the Fields, London

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HALL née Grey, Emma Mary
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HALL née Grey, Emma Mary

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 9, 2023September 17, 2023

A short life for a mother who entered Long Grove when her youngest child was barely a month old.

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SOPER, George Edward Worsley
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SOPER, George Edward Worsley

Stephen MundayJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

In the 1881, George’s occupation was given as a ‘language teacher’. He was living in the house of a teacher of pianoforte, and one of the other boarders was a professor of singing and elocution, all of which suggests a very refined and respectable household.

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COMPTON, Emma
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COMPTON, Emma

Roger MillerJuly 30, 2023July 31, 2023

The story of Emma Compton appeared unexceptional at the outset. However, we did uncover a few surprises during our research.

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CAPLING, John
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CAPLING, John

Stephen MundayJune 25, 2023July 30, 2023

John is missing from the records for 46 years! A soldier with the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards who disappears from our sight.

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EYRE, Ada (née Heath)
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EYRE, Ada (née Heath)

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 4, 2023May 4, 2023
b.1884-d.1911 Did Ada's pregnancy lead her to the asylum? Ada Eyre was only 26 when she died, a young married woman who was pregnant on arrival at Long Grove. What...
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WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick
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WALLACE/WALLISS, Frederick

Hazel BallanMay 3, 2023May 3, 2023
b.1850-d.1902 Walliss or Wallace The General Register Office recorded that Frederick WALLISS was aged 52 [born 1850] when he died in the June quarter of 1902 in the registration district...
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PARKER, Walter Gilbert
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PARKER, Walter Gilbert

Jenni LlewellynMay 3, 2023May 3, 2023
b.1902-d.1918 Walter’s mother and grand-parents Walter Gilbert Parker was born 25th May 1902, at 53 Buller Road, Fulham, the son of Ariel Elizabeth Parker. There is a blank in the...
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PASKELL, Kate
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PASKELL, Kate

Roger MillerMay 2, 2023May 2, 2023
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/177664957/family/familyview?cfpid=412311265291 b.1838-d.1908 Kate’s birth and early years Kate Harriet Beck was born in Lambeth in early 1838 to John Beck (1806-1868) and Hannah née Gray (1808-1884). She was baptised Harriet...
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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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READ, George Richard
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READ, George Richard

Tony McGarryApril 11, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1871-d.1918 George’s parents George Richard Read was born in the March quarter of 1871, ref. Wandsworth 1d 596. The Wandsworth Registration District covered Battersea.. His parents were Richard and Dorothy...
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POULTON, George Henry
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POULTON, George Henry

Tony McGarryApril 10, 2023April 17, 2023
b.1878-d.1919 George’s parents This man was born and baptised as Henry George Poulton. He was born in the June Quarter of 1878, reference Islington 1b 440. He was baptised Henry...
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FULLER, John Alfred
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum

FULLER, John Alfred

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 10, 2023April 10, 2023
b.1886-d.1911 Always deep in thought John Fuller’s life was short and typically little is known about him. However, the discovery of some of his case notes has given an insight...
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ROENNE (Ferdinand) Frederick Adam
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ROENNE (Ferdinand) Frederick Adam

Tony McGarryMarch 11, 2023March 15, 2023

This is the fabulous story of a true man of mystery – a confidence trickster, fraudster and swindler. He also may have been an accomplished airship and naval engineer. Right at the beginning of WW1, this story raises more questions than the answers it gives.

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SAGE, Henry Charles
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SAGE, Henry Charles

Tony McGarryFebruary 26, 2023March 8, 2023

No reason is given for Henry Charles’s admission to Long Grove. He was a munitions worker just prior to entry.

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CHAPMAN, Harriett
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CHAPMAN, Harriett

Linda Miles-CartwrightFebruary 3, 2023March 8, 2023
(Registered as Rosa, also known as Rose) b.1886-d.1911 Rose Harriett Chapman was the name given on her death certificate but by tracing Mr Edward Foreman, the informant, it confirms this...
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HARTNOLL, Thomas
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HARTNOLL, Thomas

Tony McGarryJanuary 8, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1864-d.1919 The Horton Cemetery Burials record has the name Thomas William Hartnoll, all other records show the name as just Thomas Hartnoll. Thomas’s family Thomas Hartnoll was born in the...
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EBELTHITE, Sarah
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EBELTHITE, Sarah

Megan BakerJanuary 4, 2023March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1911 Sarah's birth The GRO revealed that Sarah Ebelthite was born Sarah Dudley in 1873, in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Specifically, Sarah was born in a small village called Great Horwood. Her...
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GORSUCH, Joseph
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GORSUCH, Joseph

Nari FairbanksDecember 5, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1846 - d.1916 Joseph Francis Gorsuch was born on the 7th of May 1846 at City Road, St Luke, Shoreditch, London, England to parents William James Gorsuch (Bootmaker) and Mary...
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HARPER, James
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HARPER, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightNovember 27, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1888-d.1911 The Search Uncovering the story of James Harper was a challenge as his short life appears to have left very little in the way of tangible records. Sadly, his...
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VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy
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VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy

Tony McGarryNovember 27, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1896-d.1944 (The Horton Cemetery Burials record had mis-transcribed the name as “Vanderpont “, and had no Christian names.) Margaret’s parents and siblings On 3 September 1893 John Walter Vanderpant, a...
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COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey
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COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1869-d.1918 Henry’s father Henry’s father, Henry Bentinck Coathupe was born in 1832, at Westbury, Gloucestershire. Westbury was a suburb of Bristol. He was Christened on 7 March 1832 in Westbury....
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CLARKE, William Robert
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CLARKE, William Robert

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1882-d.1918 William's parents and siblings William’s parents were William James Clarke and Emma née Tilley. They were married on 26 March 1882 at St. Pancras, Camden. Both were of “full...
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HAWKINS, Frederick
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HAWKINS, Frederick

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1881-d.1918 Frederick's parents Frederick’s parents were Frederick Robson Hawkins and Sophie née Oglas. Their marriage was registered in the March quarter of 1880, reference Kent 2a 555. The birth of...
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HOLDGATE, Charles
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HOLDGATE, Charles

Nari FairbanksOctober 27, 2022March 8, 2023
1854 - 1933 I have recently been researching my GGG Uncle Charles Holdgate and discovered that he is buried at the Horton Cemetery, which is how I came upon your...
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CRESSWELL, Frank Ernest
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CRESSWELL, Frank Ernest

Tony McGarryOctober 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1893-d.1918 Frank’s parents Frank Ernest Cresswell (sometimes spelt Creswell) was born on 9 February 1893. He was baptised on 26 March 1893 at St. Paul’s church Camden. His parents were...
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GREENE, Archibald
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GREENE, Archibald

Tony McGarryOctober 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1877-d.1918 Archibald’s parents Archibald’s parents were Henry John Greene and Elizabeth Julia née Mitchell. They were married on 17 July 1873 at St. George the Martyr church, Battersea. He was...
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RAYSON, Walter Sydney
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RAYSON, Walter Sydney

Tony McGarrySeptember 21, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1873-d.1918 Walter’s parents Walter was born in the March quarter of 1873 in Southwark (reference St. Olave Southwark 1d 305). His parents, Philip  Rayson  and Agnes Amelia , née Ashby, ...
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GLENISTER, Arthur
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GLENISTER, Arthur

A CSeptember 21, 2022May 14, 2023
b.1873-d.1917 Long Grove records have Arthur dying in 1917 at the age of 44, so he was born about 1873. I found his birth registered in the General Record Office...
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CURWOOD, Thomas Edward
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CURWOOD, Thomas Edward

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 21, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1870-d.1908 Thomas’s parents Thomas Edward Curwood was born in the Kensington registration district in the December quarter of 1870 to Thomas Curwood and his wife Harriet née Beckett. Thomas senior...
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CHESTERMAN, Henry
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CHESTERMAN, Henry

A CSeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1870-d.1917 A challenging subject Henry was recorded as being 47 years of age when he died in Long Grove in March 1917, and buried in grave number 1178a, so he...
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FRIZELL, Frederick Robert
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FRIZELL, Frederick Robert

Tony McGarrySeptember 13, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1874-d.1912 Frederick's parents Frederick’s father, Frederick Fenton Frizell, was born in Dublin about 1841. Frederick’s mother was Harriet Frizell née Butress. Frederick Fenton Frizell’s parents were Robert Nicolls Frizell and...
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GILLAM (GILLAN), Ellen
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GILLAM (GILLAN), Ellen

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 12, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1891-d.1911 Ellen was only 20 years old when she died and has sadly left little trace of her existence but we can glimpse at her short life from the few...
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HACKETT, Edward
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HACKETT, Edward

Isabella StefaniSeptember 11, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1861-d.1917 Childhood: 1861-1878 Edward Hackett was born Robert Edward Hackett on 23 October 1861 in Newington, Surrey (now part of the London Borough of Southwark). His parents were Richard (né...
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DOLDING, Annie
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DOLDING, Annie

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1861-d.1917 When Annie Kelland married Robert Dolding in 1884 she could not have imagined that within ten years she would be widowed, destitute and that she and her children would...
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WESLEY, James 
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WESLEY, James 

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1857-d.1917  James’s parents James Wesley was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the 4th quarter of 1857. He was the fourth child of agricultural labourer Thomas Wesley (though in two censuses...
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HEDINGER, Otto John
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HEDINGER, Otto John

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1854-d.1917 Born in Zurich, married in London All we know of Otto John Hedinger’s early life is that he was born in Zurich, Switzerland in about 1854, the son of...
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BLAZDELL, Mary Jane
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BLAZDELL, Mary Jane

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1847-d.1917 A quiet and comfortable life Throughout her life Mary Jane’s surname was written variously as Blasdell, Blazedell, Blaisdell and Blayzdell but she was registered at birth as Blazdell. From...
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ATTWOOD, Leslie Charles
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ATTWOOD, Leslie Charles

Jenni LlewellynJune 2, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1899-d1917 Leslie's family Leslie Charles Attwood was born in the June quarter of 1899, the third child and second son of Charles Attwood and Alice Amelia née Appleby. Charles, born...
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KING, Ernest Albert
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KING, Ernest Albert

Stephen MundayJune 2, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1858-d.1916 Ernest's family Ernest Albert King was born in the 3rd quarter of 1858 to Matthew and Elizabeth King (née Barrett) in Nash, a small village in the north of...
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PENZA, Peter
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PENZA, Peter

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1856-d.1917 Peter Pensa (or Penza in some documents) was born in Clerkenwell on the 3rd of March, 1856. He was the second child of Peter John Pensa and his wife...
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AUDAIN, Cyril Bannatyne
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AUDAIN, Cyril Bannatyne

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1861 -d.1916 During his early life Cyril Audain must have enjoyed advantages and privileges most of the patients in Long Grove could only dream about. The son of a prominent...
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THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas
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THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022March 8, 2023

The Solicitor’s Clerk

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HARDING, Harriet Emma
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HARDING, Harriet Emma

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1864-d.1918 From the few documents we have that refer to Harriet Emma Harding it would appear that she led a very uneventful life due, perhaps, to the mental health problems...
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JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose
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JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

Jenni LlewellynMay 22, 2022September 9, 2023
b.1899-d.1918 Grace Ethel Primrose Jones was born on 19th April 1899. She was the eldest child of Frederick Albert Jones (1874 - 1927), a stationer's packer, and Ada Rebecca née Byford...
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ROLFE, Thomas Philip
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ROLFE, Thomas Philip

Stephen MundayMay 2, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1851 - d.1910 Thomas’s parents and siblings Although he appears in Long Grove records as Thomas Philip Rolfe, our subject was actually registered at birth as Philip Thomas Rolfe. He...
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SOAR, Mary Ann
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SOAR, Mary Ann

Jenni LlewellynApril 30, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1861-d.1907 Mary Ann Soar was born in the 1st quarter of 1861 to Josiah Paul Soar and his wife Maria (née Torond). Josiah, born in Deptford, Kent, in 1820 was...
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JOBLING, Sophia
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JOBLING, Sophia

Stephen MundayApril 30, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1866- d.1910 Sophia’s parents and siblings Sophia Jobling was born Sophy Ann Buttery in the 2nd quarter of 1866 to John Thomas Buttery and his wife Mary Ann (née Denton)....
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CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth
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CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth

Linda MartinApril 7, 2022March 8, 2023

The Domestic Servant

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LEWIS, Francis
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LEWIS, Francis

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1866-1908 Francis was born in the March quarter of 1866, in St. George in the East registration district, London. His parents were Jacob Lewis (Lowies/Lowres?) born about 1830 and Anita...
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SPURRETT, Thomas Richard
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SPURRETT, Thomas Richard

Jenni LlewellynApril 3, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1851-d.1908 Thomas Richard Spurret was born in the December quarter of 1851 to Richard (1829 - 1893) and Emma CRIPPS (1833-1887). They had married in 1851 at Witney, Oxfordshire. Thomas...
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SKINNER, Alfred
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SKINNER, Alfred

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 3, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1891-d.1911 Alfred Skinner was just 19 years old when he was admitted to Long Grove Hospital. He was in the minority being a young man, as most of the patients...
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HYATT, George
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HYATT, George

Tony McGarryApril 3, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1878-d.1919 George Hyatt’s birth was registered in the March quarter of 1878, (reference Hendon 3a 141). Hendon Registration District covered Willesden. George was baptised on 6 February 1878 at St....
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MASON, Benjamin Albert
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MASON, Benjamin Albert

Tony McGarryMarch 20, 2022March 8, 2023
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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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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TARR, Samuel Peter
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TARR, Samuel Peter

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1862-d.1917 From early adulthood mental illness overshadowed Samuel Peter Tarr’s life. He would spend more than thirty years in mental health institutions and die in Long Grove at the age...
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SHORTLAND, Edward James
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SHORTLAND, Edward James

Jenni LlewellynMarch 6, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1853-d.1908 Edward was born on 15th March 1853 in Whitechapel and baptised on 10th April at St Botolph Without, in Aldgate. His parents were Edward Shortland and Maria née Jones....
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JAMES, Susan
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JAMES, Susan

Jenni LlewellynMarch 6, 2022March 8, 2023
b. 1865-d.1908 Born in the June quarter of 1865, in the Greenwich registration district, to John Street and his wife Margaret née Bower. They had married in June 1846 in...
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BLEWITT, Emily Florence
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BLEWITT, Emily Florence

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1859-d.1917 The 1860s -Emily’s parents Emily Florence Blewitt was born on the 4th of July 1859 to Charles James Blewitt, a wine merchant, and his wife Ann (née Allum). At...
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AUSTIN, Percy John
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AUSTIN, Percy John

Tony McGarryMarch 6, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1870-d.1919 He was born in the March quarter of 1870, in Bridgend, Wales (reference 11a 483). In the 1871 Census, at an unnumbered house in Church Street, Midhurst Sussex present...
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TURNER, Elizabeth
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TURNER, Elizabeth

Steve JohnsonFebruary 28, 2022March 8, 2023
b. ~1866 - d.1910 Elizabeth TURNER is another common name to research. There are quite a few people in the workhouses and asylums with this name so we need to...
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POSFORD, Emily Caroline
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POSFORD, Emily Caroline

Stephen MundayFebruary 20, 2022March 8, 2023
b.1861 - d.1910 Emma’s parents The Long Grove records show that a woman known as Emily Caroline Posford was admitted to the institution in June 1909, who sadly died there...
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BELL, James Kennedy
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BELL, James Kennedy

Stephen MundayFebruary 20, 2022October 25, 2022
b.1862 - d.1918 Introduction Although we know from Long Grove’s records that James Kennedy Bell died there in 1918, it has not been possible to find his name in the...
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BOULTON, Alfred William
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BOULTON, Alfred William

Stephen MundayFebruary 18, 2022October 27, 2022
b.1860 - d.1910 Alfred William Boulton was born in Lambeth on the 18th of June 1860, the first child of William Boulton and his wife Elizabeth Ann (née Ennor). The...
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SMITH, Emily Clara
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SMITH, Emily Clara

A CFebruary 18, 2022October 28, 2022
b.1879 - d.1917 This lady seems to have spent much of her life needing support. 1870s Emily was born on 6th August 1879 in Bethnal Green, to William James Smith,...
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HORWOOD, William
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HORWOOD, William

Roger MillerFebruary 18, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1872-d.1915 William Horwood was buried in Horton Cemetery on 20th April 1915. Workhouse records document his admission to Mile End Workhouse, Bancroft Road, Bethnal Green on 23rd March 1912 and...
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TREVAIL, Gertrude
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TREVAIL, Gertrude

Anne DaviesFebruary 18, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1845 - d.1910 Childhood Gertrude Augusta Shepherd was born in the June quarter of 1845, in the south Devon village of Colaton Raleigh. Her unmarried mother, Eliza Shepherd, worked as...
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SYMES, David
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SYMES, David

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 18, 2022
b.1865-d.1908 There is a birth for David B. Symes in the September quarter in 1866, in Greenwich, with a mother who had the surname of Lawrence. I have not found...
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GOODING, Sarah Ann
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GOODING, Sarah Ann

Roger MillerFebruary 15, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1841-d.1908 Sarah’s birth was in Tweedmouth in 1841 Sarah was the daughter of Mary (nee Paxton) and James Unthank, a tailor, of Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The Rev. William Ritchie of...
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Hendrik B Koekkoek - youngest son of Dutch painter Hermanus Koekkoek (1815-1882).

His grandfather was Dutch painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek.

Hendrik’s paintings can be found in museums,
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Sylvester first appears in the workhouse in 1866. He was found wandering, aged 5 years and is taken to the workhouse. He is discharged the same day to his mother. There starts his institutional life.... Sylvester spent his whole life in institutions.
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Félix Garcia was a famed Spanish dancer, and art subject of Picasso. He was confined at the Long Grove asylum, in Epsom, after he started acting peculiar, soon after being possibly deceived by The ...Ballet Russes director, Sergei Diaghilev.
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