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Category: Long Grove Asylum

Epsom Cluster #4

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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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, 2022April 13, 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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SPURRET, Walter George Blofeld
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SPURRET, Walter George Blofeld

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 15, 2022October 28, 2022
b.1900 -d.1934 Walter George Blofeld Spurrett was born on 17th February 1900, the son of Thomas Richard Spurrett (1851 - 1908) and Clara Debank (1872 - 1910). He was baptised on...
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NEAL, Susan Eliza and Neal, Walter Charles
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NEAL, Susan Eliza and Neal, Walter Charles

Roger MillerFebruary 15, 2022November 18, 2022
b. 1872-d.1908 and b.1908-d.1908 Walter Charles Neal was born in Long Grove Asylum on 7th June 1908 and died there 18 days later on the 25th June. He was buried...
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PYM, Edward
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PYM, Edward

Louise TaylorFebruary 15, 2022
b.1857-d.1909 Edward’s father James had 11 children before Edward was born Before Edward was born his father, James Pym, had married his first wife Mary Gibson in 1822. They went...
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MORIVAL, Louis
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MORIVAL, Louis

Tony McGarryFebruary 15, 2022February 15, 2022
b.1886-d.1919 Having been born in France, Louis is living in London in 1901 In the 1901 Census, Louis A G Morival, (he is mis-transcribed as “Monical”), described as an errand...
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HORSEY, Joseph Maslen
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HORSEY, Joseph Maslen

Tony McGarryFebruary 15, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1897-d.1918 Joseph Maslen Horsey's parents were Henry and Sarah Ann née Maslen. They were married on 14 September 1890 in St. John’s Church Hoxton. Henry was 26 years old and...
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GILLER, Frederick William
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GILLER, Frederick William

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 15, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1861-d.1908 Frederick was born in 1861 in the Camberwell registration district to Frederick Gustavus Giller (1834 - 1881), a merchant’s clerk and Elizabeth ‘Minnie’, née Peacock (1837 - 1870). They...
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STACE, Louisa
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STACE, Louisa

Roger MillerFebruary 15, 2022October 17, 2022

The glove maker

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BROGAN, Mary
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BROGAN, Mary

Anne DaviesFebruary 14, 2022February 14, 2022
b.1848-d.1910 To research Mary’s story I needed to start with her death certificate. This stated that she was a spinster aged 62, a domestic servant and had lived at 3...
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PAXTON, William Spencer
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PAXTON, William Spencer

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022April 3, 2022
b.1859-d.1908 William was born in 1859 to Thomas Paxton (1826-1867) and his wife, Emma née Cotton (1827-1880). They married in 1848 at Woburn. Thomas was a land agent/ostler, son of...
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WATKINS, Caroline
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WATKINS, Caroline

Jenni LlewellynFebruary 14, 2022October 26, 2022
b.1864-d.1907 Caroline was born in the September quarter of 1864, in the St Pancras registration district, London, to George Daniel Watkins, born in 1837 and Lucy Elizabeth Watkins, born in...
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DONEGAN, Lottie Enid
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DONEGAN, Lottie Enid

Elizabeth AumeerFebruary 6, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1886-d.1914 Identifying Lottie Enid Donegan was very difficult. Only when records written five years after her death came to light was it possible to piece things together and unravel her...
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ORPWOOD, Edith Annie
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ORPWOOD, Edith Annie

John WillmottFebruary 5, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1881-d.1917 Edith Annie Orpwood was born in 1881 to Richard and Elizabeth Orpwood. At this time, the family lived at 10 Cambridge Road, Kilburn, London. Edith’s birth was registered at...
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SHINE, John James
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SHINE, John James

Louise TaylorFebruary 5, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1855 - d.1909 John James Shine was born on 9th September 1855, to Denis age 31 and Martha age 26. They were living in Castle Street, Holborn. John was baptised...
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GOODING, George
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GOODING, George

Tony McGarryJanuary 30, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1895-d.1918 George’s Story George Henry Gooding’s birth was registered in the March quarter of 1896 (reference Holborn 1b 710). The Holborn Registration District covered the St. Luke’s district. He had...
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ROBB, David
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ROBB, David

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2022January 24, 2022
b.1856-d.1917 Compared to many of those who died in Long Grove and are buried in Horton Cemetery, David Robb lived a life seemingly unaffected by poverty. The son of a...
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MOSS, Joseph William
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MOSS, Joseph William

Stephen MundayJanuary 23, 2022April 7, 2022
b.1860-d.1917 Joseph William Moss was born in the fourth quarter of 1860 in Lawshall Green, a hamlet in the parish of Lawshall, in Suffolk. It is a small village situated...
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OLDFIELD, William George
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OLDFIELD, William George

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJanuary 23, 2022February 16, 2022
b.1858-d.1910 Finding evidence for William’s life prior to his entry to the workhouse and then asylum system has been very challenging. This has been a time-consuming labour of love and...
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CURSON, Charles Robert
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CURSON, Charles Robert

Stephen MundayDecember 31, 2021April 7, 2022
b.1864-d.1917 When Charles Curson died in Long Grove in 1917, he had spent the last seven years of his life in this institution. A married man with two children and...
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CAMPLISSON, George
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CAMPLISSON, George

Stephen MundayDecember 30, 2021February 16, 2022
b.1868-d.1917 Although his birth year was estimated incorrectly in a number of censuses and workhouse registers, our research confirms that George Camplisson was born in Dublin on the 9th of...
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KIMBER, Thomas
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KIMBER, Thomas

Stephen MundayDecember 30, 2021April 7, 2022
b.1865-d.1918 We know that Thomas Kimber died in Long Grove on the 17th of May 1918 at the age of 51. It has not yet been possible to find an...
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LANDROS, Peter
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LANDROS, Peter

A CDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021
b.1870 - d.1917 Calculated from his age of 47 when he died in 1917, he was born about 1870. The GRO has no birth registered under this name – perhaps...
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BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie
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BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie

Steve JohnsonNovember 25, 2021October 27, 2022

The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant

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BUNCE, Maurice
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BUNCE, Maurice

Stephen MundayNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021
b.1861 - d.1918 Introduction Maurice (or Morris) Bunce was born in Lambeth in the first quarter of 1861, to Maurice Bunce, a labourer, and his wife Johanna. Both of Maurice’s...
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MORGAN, Jemima

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayNovember 25, 2021February 16, 2022
b.1859- d.1910 Jemima is a name of Hebrew origin meaning dove, a bird often given as a symbol of peace. We can only hope when researching that the people whose...
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JELLIMAN, Elizabeth
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JELLIMAN, Elizabeth

Stephen MundayNovember 2, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1850 - d.1918 Elizabeth Jelliman was born in Shoreditch in the third quarter of 1850 to Daniel Jelliman and his wife Elizabeth (née Knowles). At the time of Elizabeth’s birth,...
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FRASER, Arthur Alfred
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FRASER, Arthur Alfred

Stephen MundayNovember 2, 2021November 16, 2021
b.1865-d.1918 1860s Arthur Alfred Fraser (or Frazer) was born on March 16th, 1865, in St James, Westminster, to Thomas Fraser and his wife Elizabeth Emma (née Barker). At the time...
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GOMMERING, Elizabeth
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GOMMERING, Elizabeth

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayNovember 1, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1858 -d. 1909 It is probably irrelevant but interesting that Elizabeth Gommering has a number of significant dates in her timeline. She is admitted to one asylum on St George’s...
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FORMAN, Thomas
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FORMAN, Thomas

Stephen MundayOctober 31, 2021November 9, 2021
b.1866- d.1918 Introduction Thomas Forman may well have ended his days in Long Grove Hospital as a direct result of his experiences of serving with the Royal Artillery in India...
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MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa
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MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa

Roger MillerOctober 30, 2021October 25, 2022

Additional difficulty of not speaking English

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HALEY, Samuel Thomas
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HALEY, Samuel Thomas

Roger MillerOctober 30, 2021November 9, 2021
b.1846 - d.1908 Samuel Thomas Haley died on 17th September 1908 and was buried in grave 201b of Horton Cemetery on the 24th September. The Lunacy Patients Admission Register records...
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FRYER, Edward
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FRYER, Edward

Louise TaylorOctober 30, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1865 - d.1909 Early Life Historians believe that Shoreditch got its name from water that ran across the area's marshland. It was originally known as Soersditch, or Sewer's Ditch. Edward...
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RUDKIN, Elizabeth Jane
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RUDKIN, Elizabeth Jane

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayOctober 29, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1849 - d.1910 Introduction Sometimes the loose ends of family history research do not tie up neatly and that can leave doubt in mind. As a research subject, Elizabeth leaves...
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THEO, Walter
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THEO, Walter

Tony McGarryOctober 4, 2021April 4, 2022
b.1871 - d.1918 Walter's Father John Theodoridi, Walter’s father was born in 1833 in Constantinople Turkey. He was a Greek gentleman, former Captain in the Russian army, a freemason of...
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WHITAKER, Isabella
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WHITAKER, Isabella

A COctober 4, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1876 - d.1917 Isabella was quite hard to find – was she married or single? Once I found a record, I worked around it and found her birth registered in...
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BYFORD, Walter
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BYFORD, Walter

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayOctober 2, 2021April 7, 2022
b.1859-d.1910 A summary of the evidence it has been possible to locate for Walter suggests an ordinary life. Walter was born on January 11th 1859 in Hoxton, London. His parents...
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AVES, Thomas
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AVES, Thomas

Theresa Kenefick-ConwaySeptember 29, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1862-d.1910 Introduction Thomas’ life is straightforward as far as we can tell. There is little in the evidence to suggest anything other than a normal family life, which ended too...
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