Long Grove Asylum Archives - Friends of Horton Cemetery

HARTNOLL, Thomas

Tony McGarryJanuary 8, 2023January 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...

Long Grove Asylum

EBELTHITE, Sarah

Megan BakerJanuary 4, 2023January 4, 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...

GORSUCH, Joseph

Nari FairbanksDecember 5, 2022January 6, 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...

Long Grove Asylum

HARPER, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

VANDERPANT, Margaret Lucy

Tony McGarryNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

COATHUPE, Henry Waldegrave Lacey

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022November 20, 2022

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....

Long Grove Asylum

CLARKE, William Robert

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022November 20, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

HAWKINS, Frederick

Tony McGarryNovember 20, 2022January 13, 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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

HOLDGATE, Charles

Nari FairbanksOctober 27, 2022November 7, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

CRESSWELL, Frank Ernest

Tony McGarryOctober 13, 2022October 13, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

GREENE, Archibald

Tony McGarryOctober 12, 2022October 12, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

RAYSON, Walter Sydney

Tony McGarrySeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022

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, ...

Long Grove Asylum

GLENISTER, Arthur

A CSeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

CURWOOD, Thomas Edward

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 21, 2022October 5, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

CHESTERMAN, Henry

A CSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

FRIZELL, Frederick Robert

Tony McGarrySeptember 13, 2022October 26, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

GILLAM (GILLAN), Ellen

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 12, 2022September 14, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

HACKETT, Edward

Isabella StefaniSeptember 11, 2022October 26, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

DOLDING, Annie

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

WESLEY, James

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

HEDINGER, Otto John

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022August 20, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

BLAZDELL, Mary Jane

Stephen MundayAugust 20, 2022October 27, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

ATTWOOD, Leslie Charles

Jenni LlewellynJune 2, 2022October 24, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

KING, Ernest Albert

Stephen MundayJune 2, 2022June 3, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

PENZA, Peter

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022October 28, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

AUDAIN, Cyril Bannatyne

Stephen MundayMay 30, 2022October 25, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum Photo

THOMPSON, Samuel Thomas

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022October 17, 2022

The Solicitor’s Clerk

Long Grove Asylum

HARDING, Harriet Emma

Stephen MundayMay 29, 2022June 3, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

JONES, Grace Ethel Primrose

Jenni LlewellynMay 22, 2022June 3, 2022

b.1899-d.1918 Grace's parents 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...

Long Grove Asylum

ROLFE, Thomas Philip

Stephen MundayMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SOAR, Mary Ann

Jenni LlewellynApril 30, 2022April 30, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

JOBLING, Sophia

Stephen MundayApril 30, 2022

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)....

Asylum Long Grove Asylum Photo St. Ebba's

CAMPBELL, Emily Elizabeth

Linda MartinApril 7, 2022October 17, 2022

The Domestic Servant

Long Grove Asylum

LEWIS, Francis

Jenni LlewellynApril 7, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SPURRETT, Thomas Richard

Jenni LlewellynApril 3, 2022April 3, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

SKINNER, Alfred

Linda Miles-CartwrightApril 3, 2022April 3, 2022

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...

Long Grove Asylum

HYATT, George

Tony McGarryApril 3, 2022April 3, 2022

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....

Ewell Epileptic Colony Long Grove Asylum

MASON, Benjamin Albert

Tony McGarryMarch 20, 2022March 20, 2022

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...

Horton Asylum Long Grove Asylum

DRINKWATER, John

Tony McGarryMarch 12, 2022March 12, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

TARR, Samuel Peter

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2022April 7, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

SHORTLAND, Edward James

Jenni LlewellynMarch 6, 2022March 6, 2022

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....

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

JAMES, Susan

Jenni LlewellynMarch 6, 2022April 7, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

BLEWITT, Emily Florence

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2022October 27, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

AUSTIN, Percy John

Tony McGarryMarch 6, 2022October 24, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

TURNER, Elizabeth

Steve JohnsonFebruary 28, 2022March 5, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

POSFORD, Emily Caroline

Stephen MundayFebruary 20, 2022April 30, 2022

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum Manor Asylum

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,...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum Photo

STACE, Louisa

Roger MillerFebruary 15, 2022October 17, 2022

The glove maker

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum Photo

BENTLEY or MACHON, Minnie

Steve JohnsonNovember 25, 2021October 27, 2022

The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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,...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum Photo

MAURISCHE, Marie Theresa

Roger MillerOctober 30, 2021October 25, 2022

Additional difficulty of not speaking English

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum

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...

Complete Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

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...

Long Grove Asylum

SAWKINS, Thomas

Stephen MundaySeptember 17, 2021October 4, 2021

b.1865-d.1918 Birth Although it has not been possible to find Thomas Sawkins’ official birth registration, it may be assumed from censuses and his marriage certificate that he was born in...

Long Grove Asylum

SCOTT, Alexander

Stephen MundaySeptember 17, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1861-d.1918 Early life Note the name Ann, Anna and Annie are synonymous throughout the story. Alexander Scott was born in Marylebone in the first quarter of 1861, the first child...

Long Grove Asylum

RAINE, James George

John WillmottSeptember 17, 2021October 3, 2021

b.1882-d.1917 1880s James George Raine was born In Bermondsey, London in Q2 of 1882 in the registration district of St Olave. I found out later, in my research from school...

Long Grove Asylum

HANCOCK, John Charles

Jenni LlewellynSeptember 17, 2021October 8, 2021

b.1869-d.1908 Introduction Initially I searched for John (Charles) Hancock born circa 1869. There were several John’s – far too many to research and only a couple of John Charles who...

Asylum Long Grove Asylum War dead

JAMES, Henry Walter

Steve JohnsonAugust 25, 2021April 4, 2022

b. 1887-d.1941 Intro Private Henry Walter JAMES is one of the confirmed war dead buried within Horton cemetery. He is one of the 'serviceman' referred to on the Horton Memorial....

Long Grove Asylum

PENN, Rose Esther

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1886-d.1917 Initial research difficulties The search for a Rose Esther Penn buried at Horton Estate Cemetery on 24th April 1917, aged 30, proved to be fruitless but research for a...

Long Grove Asylum

JAKEMAN, George

Roger MillerAugust 9, 2021October 4, 2021

b.1853-d.1908 George Jakeman died on 31st March 1908 in Long Grove Asylum and was buried at Horton Cemetery on the 4th April 1908. The Lunacy Patients Register shows that he...

Long Grove Asylum

BOUTTELL, Catherine

Anne DaviesAugust 9, 2021October 27, 2022

b.1849-d.1910 Childhood Catherine was born in the June quarter of 1849 in South Witham, Lincolnshire to Robert Selby (b.1813) and his wife Elizabeth (née Merry b.1820). In the 1851 Census,...

Long Grove Asylum

HILLIER, Emily

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1857-d.1910 Introduction Tracing Emily back in time from her death in 1910 reveals that she was institutionalised from as early as 1881, when she would have been no more than...

Long Grove Asylum

HENNESSEY, Charles

A CJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1870 - d.1917 Long Grove records show Charles as being buried on 27th November 1917 age 45 – giving a birth date about 1872. 1870s The only Charles Hennessey I...

Long Grove Asylum

CUTHBERT, Alfred

Stephen MundayJuly 26, 2021September 17, 2021

b.1861-d.1918 Alfred Cuthbert was born in Ipswich in the third quarter of 1861, the third child and second son of Richard Fleetwood Cuthbert, a coach painter, and his wife, Ann...