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Category: Asylum

CROTTY, Susan
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

CROTTY, Susan

Jane AllenOctober 28, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1869 - d.1909 Early years Susan Elizabeth Smith was born in the autumn of 1869, the daughter of George Smith, a cab driver, and his wife Susan. On the 1871...
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COLLINS, John
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males

COLLINS, John

Hazel BallanOctober 28, 2021November 5, 2021
b.1876 - d.1902 Highly possible but not certain (yet) story for John Collins According to the GRO Death Index, John Collins was aged 25 when he died in Epsom, which...
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DICK, Andrea Elder
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

DICK, Andrea Elder

Brian CullenOctober 28, 2021February 2, 2026
b.1874 - d.1915 Andrea was born in the 4th quarter of 1874 in the Registration District of Prescot, which is near Liverpool.In 1881 she was living with her parents and...
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ALAIS, Sarah Elizabeth
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

ALAIS, Sarah Elizabeth

Brian CullenOctober 28, 2021January 9, 2023
b. 1874 - d.1914 Early Years Sarah Elizabeth Norris was born in the 4th Quarter of 1874 in the District of Eastry in Kent. Eastry is a town slightly inland...
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BIGFORD, Emma
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Asylum Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

BIGFORD, Emma

Sylvia BromileyOctober 28, 2021November 16, 2022
b.1838 - d.1912 Early life – 1830s to 1840s Emma was born on 14th April 1838 in Paddington and lived to be nearly 74 years old, dying on 20th January...
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PFAFFENBACH, Augustus
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Horton Asylum Males Photo

PFAFFENBACH, Augustus

Steve JohnsonOctober 26, 2021October 17, 2022

The German Tailor who came to London

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THEO, Walter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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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Female Burials 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...
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DOODY, Thomas
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Horton Asylum Males

DOODY, Thomas

Hazel BallanOctober 2, 2021July 2, 2025
b.1849-d.1902 Thomas’ parents Owen Doody and Caroline Amelia Wilson married on 3 August 1845 in St Nicholas Church in Deptford, Greenwich. Four months later, on 14 December, Thomas’ older brother,...
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BYFORD, Walter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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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DORLEY, Harriet
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

DORLEY, Harriet

Brian CullenSeptember 29, 2021November 12, 2021
b.1830/5-d.1913 Introduction Harriet was born in the early 1830s in Ramsholt. This is a small village in East Suffolk. It is best known for its 13th century Church of St...
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GODFREY, Susannah
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Female Burials Manor Asylum

GODFREY, Susannah

Brian CullenSeptember 29, 2021April 16, 2023

Eliza Susannah was born in 1860. Her maiden name was Eliza Susannah Portsmouth.

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AVES, Thomas
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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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VAHID, Henrietta
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Female Burials Manor Asylum Photo

VAHID, Henrietta

Brian CullenSeptember 17, 2021May 18, 2023
b.1873-d.1915 A story full of mysteries and unanswered questions Henrietta Vahid was buried in Horton Estate Cemetery at Epsom in Grave number 1789b on the 28th of May 1915. Her...
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SAWKINS, Thomas
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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SCOTT, Alexander
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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SIMMONS, William
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Horton Asylum Males

SIMMONS, William

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 17, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1868-d.1910 Early life William Henry Simmons was born in the April to June quarter of 1868 in Rotherhithe. Although later evidence suggests his birth date may be 16 March 1868....
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RAINE, James George
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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PENN, William George Joseph
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PENN, William George Joseph

Linda Miles-CartwrightSeptember 17, 2021October 28, 2021
b.1884-d.1910 The early death of the bread winner causes his wife and children great hardship. And subsequently great sadness with the subject, William, and his sister Rose both being admitted...
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HANCOCK, John Charles
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Female Burials 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...
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JAMES, Henry Walter
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males 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....
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JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

JUDD, Minnie Marie Ann

Brian CullenAugust 23, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1885 - d.1906 Minnie’s birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1885 in the District of Fulham. She was born on the 11th January at her parent’s home at...
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STASZEWICZ, Felicja
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

STASZEWICZ, Felicja

Steve JohnsonAugust 10, 2021October 30, 2023

How the Russian Revolution destroyed a family of Polish nobility

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PENN, Rose Esther
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Female Burials 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...
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JAKEMAN, George
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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MORRISH, Mary
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

MORRISH, Mary

Hazel BallanAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1860 - d.1902 Mary’s age was recorded by the General Register Office as being 42 when she died unmarried on 21 September 1902. This would give her year of birth...
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LEVELL, Nellie Louisa
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

LEVELL, Nellie Louisa

Elizabeth AumeerAugust 9, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1899 - d.1914 Nellie Louisa Levell was born on 17th November 1899 in Paddington, London. Her parents were Alfred Levell and Ellen Hodghton. Nellie was the fifth of six children....
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MCDONALD, Ethel
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

MCDONALD, Ethel

Linda Miles-CartwrightAugust 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882-d.1910 1880s Ethel was born on 14th September 1882 and was the fifth child of John Hamilton McDonald and Augusta Mahala Annie, née Page. They had married on 31st May...
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LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph
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Horton Asylum Males

LEWIS, William Grosvenor Joseph

Tony McGarryAugust 9, 2021October 3, 2021
b.1873-d.1918 William’s parents and older siblings William’s parents were John James Lewis and Louisa Lewis, née Jenkins. John was born in the December quarter of 1844, reference Strand 1 377....
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BOUTTELL, Catherine
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Female Burials 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,...
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HILLIER, Emily
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Female Burials 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...
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HENNESSEY, Charles
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas
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Horton Asylum Males

GUILMARTIN, Patrick Thomas

Hazel BallanJuly 26, 2021October 2, 2021
b.1844-d.1902 The Find a Grave website states that Patrick Thomas Guilmartin was born in Toem, Tipperary, Ireland but this is incorrect. Patrick was the eldest child of Michael and Ellen...
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CUTHBERT, Alfred
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Long Grove Asylum Males

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...
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ASHWELL, Amy
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

ASHWELL, Amy

Stephen MundayJuly 9, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1861-d.1918 Amy Ashwell was born in the 2nd quarter of 1861 to William Ashwell and his wife Amy (née Heath). At the time of Amy’s birth the couple were living...
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

DUNCAN, Maud

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1862-d.1908 1860s Maud was born Mary Bridget in 1862 in the Westminster registration district to Thomas GANLEY, 1826-1877, and Mary, née MEANY, 1828-1896 - the seventh of ten children. Both...
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JERVIS, Arthur
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Long Grove Asylum Males

JERVIS, Arthur

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021October 4, 2021
b.1863-d.1908 Early life Arthur was born in the December Quarter of 1863 in the Lambeth registration district. His parents Henry William Bury Jervis (1824-1876) and Caroline, née Burnett (1827-1913), had...
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KELLY, Henry
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Long Grove Asylum Males

KELLY, Henry

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1867-d.1908 Early life Born in 1867 in the December Quarter in Camberwell registration district. He was baptised at St Mary, Newington on February 9th, 1869, along with siblings George William,...
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DAVIS, Charles Augustus
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Long Grove Asylum Males

DAVIS, Charles Augustus

Jenni LlewellynJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1863-d.1908 1850s-1860s Charles was born on 29 January 1863 at 27 Hemsworth Street, Shoreditch, Hoxton Old Town registration district to Alfred Davis, a Master Cabinet Maker, and Jane, née Hunt....
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PASTEAU, Maurice
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Horton Asylum Males

PASTEAU, Maurice

Sylvia BromileyJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1881-d.1913 Early years Maurice’s parents were Louis Stanislav Pasteau and Mary Ann Thoumine. Louis was born in Sarthe, a region in the North West of France, in 1850 or 1851...
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RUMBOLD, Bertram
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Long Grove Asylum Males

RUMBOLD, Bertram

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1877-d.1918 Bertram Rumbold was born Bertie Frederick Rowter in Epsom in the March quarter of 1877. He was baptised on the 4th of February 1877 at St. Mary’s Church Ewell....
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MANNOCK, Walter
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Long Grove Asylum Males

MANNOCK, Walter

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1876-d.1918 Introduction This is a sad story of a child born in a poor area of London. Throughout his life he was in and out of various institutions and spent...
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LIDDIARD, William Bromley
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Long Grove Asylum Males

LIDDIARD, William Bromley

Tony McGarryJuly 9, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1874-d.1919 Introduction William was admitted to three institutions during his life. The causes of his mental health problems are unknown, but they started when he was only 13. 1860s William...
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MUNDAY, Mary Ann
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Dead-End-Story Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

MUNDAY, Mary Ann

Steve JohnsonJuly 8, 2021October 3, 2021
b.~1840 - d.1910 The only thing we can be sure of with Mary Ann, is that her life came to an end at Long Grove Asylum on 13 March 1910,...
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HALLÉN, Hjalmar
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

HALLÉN, Hjalmar

Roger MillerJuly 8, 2021December 8, 2021
b.1847 - d.1908 Hjalmar Hallén died on 19th April 1908 in Long Grove Asylum and was buried in Horton Cemetery on 25th April in grave 133a. The 1881 census The...
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BLOMQUIST, Caroline
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

BLOMQUIST, Caroline

Hazel BallanJuly 7, 2021July 27, 2026
b. 1849 - d.1902 Caroline Blomquist [Karoline Kirstine Blomquist, formally Jensen, nee Sørensen] Caroline was Danish, and although she and her family have been found in the 1850, 1860 and...
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CATHERWOOD, William Pearson
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Long Grove Asylum Males

CATHERWOOD, William Pearson

Tony McGarryJuly 6, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1875-d.1919 Introduction This is the story of an American who moved to Ireland and from there to London. 1870s William Pearson Catherwood was an American. In the Irish Census of...
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LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

LEFEVRE, Edmond Frederick

Laura BrownJuly 6, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1884-d.1909 Introduction Frederick Lefevre died at the young age of 24 years, having suffered epilepsy for 16 years. It is possible that he suffered with status epilepticus, a condition where...
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WRIGHT, Eliza
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

WRIGHT, Eliza

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1861-d.1910 1860s Eliza’s maiden name was Rhodes and her parents were Richard and Sarah Rhodes. I have been unable to accurately trace their marriage, although it could have been prior...
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TENNANT, Herbert John
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Horton Asylum Males

TENNANT, Herbert John

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 6, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1858-d.1910 1850s Herbert was born at Saham Toney in Norfolk in January 1858. He was the sixth child of Edward and Mary Ann Tennant. His parents were married on 18th...
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PYATT, Sidney
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PYATT, Sidney

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021November 8, 2021
b.1886-d.1910 1870s to 1880s Sidney Pyatt’s parents were William and Charlotte, they were married at St. John’s Church in Hoxton on 25th December 1871. A note from history: In 19th...
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PRESTRIDGE, Frederick
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males

PRESTRIDGE, Frederick

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 5, 2021
b.1882-d.1910 1880s & 1890s Frederick (born Edward Fred) Prestridge’s parents were George Prestridge and Mary Ann Lewis who were married at Holy Trinity Church on the edge of Clapham Common...
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MURRELL, James
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Horton Asylum Males

MURRELL, James

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1864-d.1910 1860s James Murrell’s parents were married on 29th December 1862 at St Giles' Church in Camberwell. It was a second marriage for his father James Murrell senior, his first...
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LAIT, Alfred Benjamin
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Long Grove Asylum Males

LAIT, Alfred Benjamin

Louise TaylorJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1866-d.1909 Alfred’s birth – 1866 Alfred was born in 1866, in the small village of Weeley in Essex. The village is approximately 7 miles from Clacton-on-Sea, it is part of...
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EMBLEM, Henry
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Horton Asylum Males

EMBLEM, Henry

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1878-d.1910 Initial difficulties researching the Emblem family The surname of Emblem seems to have a number of variations such as Emblen/Emblin/Emblan/Embling/Emblow/ Embler. This has made tracing difficult. Variations are often...
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BLACKWELL, Charles
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Horton Asylum Males

BLACKWELL, Charles

Linda Miles-CartwrightJuly 2, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1872-d.1910 Starting research Although the burial note describes Charles Blackwell as aged 28, no trace could be found including a Death Certificate. Searching under Blackwell in the relevant quarter, a...
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PAPE, William Edwin
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Horton Asylum Males

PAPE, William Edwin

Linda Miles-CartwrightJune 28, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1880-d.1910 1880s His birth was registered in the December quarter of 1880 in Camberwell. He was the eldest child of William George Pape, an ironmonger, who had a business at...
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KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John
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Long Grove Asylum Males

KENNY, Alexander Sylvester John

Tony McGarryJune 28, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1894-d.1919 Early Life Alexander’s parents were Alexander Sylvester Kenny and Sophia Kenny, née Green. The birth of Sophia Green was registered in the June quarter of 1874 in Bethnal Green....
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JONES, Archibald
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Horton Asylum Males

JONES, Archibald

Linda MartinJune 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1853 - d.1909 Early life Archibald was born in 1853 in Rotherhithe to Jenkin Jones, born 1819 of Cardiganshire, Wales, and Mary Watt, born 1818, Scotland. His parents registered him...
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ELVIN, Harry
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Long Grove Asylum Males

ELVIN, Harry

Louise TaylorJune 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1866 - d.1909 Early life Harry Elvin was born in 1866 at Long Milford on the borders of Suffolk and Essex. Long Milford is a quintessential picturesque village. This area...
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TIDYMAN, Samuel
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Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

TIDYMAN, Samuel

Lesley LeeMay 28, 2021October 17, 2022

Escaped childhood murder!

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DACOMBE, Amy
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

DACOMBE, Amy

Julie JacksonMay 18, 2021October 4, 2021
b.1877 - d.1911 Amy Dacombe née Ludgate was born in the September quarter 1877, in the registration district of Pancras, London. She was the 3rd child of Edward Ludgate from...
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KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.
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Asylum Horton Asylum Males Photo

KOEKKOEK, Hendrick B.

Hazel BallanMay 18, 2021November 22, 2022

A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?

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SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

SPACKMAN, Lily Sophia

Elizabeth AumeerMay 12, 2021October 17, 2022

The giggling tomboy

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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum Photo

ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

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JORDAN, Edward George
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Long Grove Asylum Males

JORDAN, Edward George

A CMay 10, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1877 - d.1917 Taking his year of birth from his age at death, only two children with his name were born in 1877 according to the GRO. One died in...
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STEBBINGS, Mahala
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

STEBBINGS, Mahala

Sylvia BromileyMay 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1887 - d.1913 Parents and Birth – 1850s to 1880s  Her parents were William Charles Stebbings and Emily Taylor who married on 29th March 1880 in St. Marks Church Southwark. ...
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VOLCKMAN, Henry
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Asylum Males

VOLCKMAN, Henry

A CMay 9, 2021November 12, 2021
b.1872 - d.1917 Intro Long Grove records say Henry died in 1917 age 44 meaning a birth year of about 1873. I found his birth registered in June quarter 1872...
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SYKES, Gertrude
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum

SYKES, Gertrude

Linda Miles-CartwrightMay 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1882? - d.1910 A tragic story of a young girl all alone, who lived in institutions from the age of three until her death at a young age. Very little...
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FAY, Tottie
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Female Burials Horton Asylum Photo

FAY, Tottie

Isabel KnightMay 4, 2021October 17, 2022

The Worst and Wickedest Woman in London

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PEDLEY, Byron
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Asylum Complete Kids Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

PEDLEY, Byron

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021July 29, 2026

The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage

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GARCÍA, Félix
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males Photo

GARCÍA, Félix

Steve JohnsonApril 23, 2021October 17, 2022

Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse

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DODD, George
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

DODD, George

Sylvia BromileyApril 22, 2021October 17, 2022

The French Polisher

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BATES, Beatrice Miriam
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Asylum Female Burials West Park Asylum

BATES, Beatrice Miriam

Steve JohnsonApril 22, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1881 - d.1933 - A Grieving Wife Intro Much of the story of Beatrice is a result of information given to us by a living relative; in which we discover...
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FRANCIS, Amelia
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Asylum Female Burials Kids Long Grove Asylum Photo

FRANCIS, Amelia

Steve JohnsonApril 21, 2021January 9, 2023

The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.

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PARKYNS, Ann
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Female Burials Horton Asylum

PARKYNS, Ann

Elizabeth AumeerApril 16, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1874 - d.1914 Early Life Ann Parkyns was born Ann Rebecca Witherington, in the March Quarter of 1874. Her birth was registered in Bethnal Green. Ann was named after her...
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CASSAN, John Sheffield
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Asylum Ewell Epileptic Colony Males Photo

CASSAN, John Sheffield

Lesley LeeApril 15, 2021July 22, 2026

The Hollywood film star’s brother.

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FLYNN, James David
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

FLYNN, James David

A CApril 12, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1873 - d.1917 Intro The burial register has James' burial as 7th April 1917 age 44. This gives an approximate year of birth as 1873. 1870s I found and confirmed...
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BARFORD, Maria Celia
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Asylum Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

BARFORD, Maria Celia

Stephen MundayApril 12, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1863 - d.1918 1860s Marian (or Maria) Celia Barford was born in Brixton in the first quarter of 1863 to Frederick Sayer Barford, aged 39, and his 31 year old...
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SKULL, Mark
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

SKULL, Mark

Martin KnightApril 9, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1857 - d.1915 - A Victorian Murder Case Intro For a brief, but intense period, Mark Skull found himself an unwilling player in a classic Victorian murder case and...
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HARDWICK, Dorothy
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

HARDWICK, Dorothy

Anne DaviesApril 1, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1888 - d.1910 Early Life Dorothy Betty Hardwick was born in Cheltenham on 17 February 1888, the second child of Walter Henry Hardwick and Sarah Mary West. They had married...
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FURY, Sylvester
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Asylum Kids Long Grove Asylum Males

FURY, Sylvester

Theresa Kenefick-ConwayMarch 30, 2021November 17, 2025

Found wandering the streets by the Police, aged 3 years old. Sylvester was taken to the workhouse.

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SCHMIDT, Ethel
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Female Burials Long Grove Asylum

SCHMIDT, Ethel

Anne DaviesMarch 25, 2021October 27, 2022
b. 1887 - d. 1910 On 26 September 1870 Hanrich Frederick Ferdinand Schmidt married Sophia Hutchings at Christ Church, Somers Town, Pancras. Ferdinand, the name he seems to have used,...
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MAIDMENT, Edward
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

MAIDMENT, Edward

Stephen MundayMarch 24, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1867 - d.1918 Intro. According to Poor Law Removal and Settlement records, Edward Maidment, aged 46 and described as ‘lunatic’ was, on the 25th of April, 1914, resident at Long...
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ELLERTON, Edward
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Asylum Long Grove Asylum Males

ELLERTON, Edward

Steve JohnsonMarch 24, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1871 - d.1910 - Hoxton Crew Gang Member - The story of Edward hit an obstacle very early on. The Find a Grave index assumes a birth in Ireland with...
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STAFFORD, Henry Alfred
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Long Grove Asylum Males

STAFFORD, Henry Alfred

Stephen MundayMarch 22, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1864 - d.1918 Henry Alfred Stafford was born in Holborn in the third quarter of 1864 to George Richard Stafford, aged 28, and his wife Emma (née Nichols), aged 27....
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BECKETT, Ebenezer John
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Long Grove Asylum Males

BECKETT, Ebenezer John

Stephen MundayMarch 22, 2021October 24, 2022
b.1867 - d.1918 Black Horse Pub c1834, Richard Beckett (Ebenezer's Grandfather) Ebenezer John Beckett was born in the second quarter of 1867 in the village of Steeple Claydon, Aylesbury, in...
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MASTIN, Alfred
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Long Grove Asylum Males

MASTIN, Alfred

Louise TaylorMarch 17, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1864 - d.1909 Alfred was born in September 1864 in Bethnal Green, to William age 34 and Mary age 33, her maiden name was Haddon. Alfred had 2 older brothers...
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GOYMER, Hugh
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GOYMER, Hugh

John WillmottMarch 17, 2021October 8, 2021
b.1879 - d.1917 Hugh Goymer born 16th of January 1879. Hugh Goymer was born in Stockwell in the London area of Lambeth, on the16th of January 1879 to Abraham and...
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YAXLEY, Alice
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YAXLEY, Alice

Martin KnightMarch 15, 2021October 5, 2021
b.1873 - d.1915 Alice Gray/Grey was born in 1873 in the village of Ashill, near Swaffham in Norfolk. Her mother was Sarah Gray and she was unmarried when she gave...
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BROOK, Herbert
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BROOK, Herbert

Louise TaylorMarch 15, 2021September 17, 2021
b. 1864 - d.1909 Herbert was born 10 April 1864; their address was 1 Sparkes Cottage, Graham Street West, St. George, Hanover Square, London. His father was James Joseph Brooks...
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YEO, Marian Elizabeth
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YEO, Marian Elizabeth

Lesley LeeMarch 11, 2021October 17, 2022

The silver polisher

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BELL, Herbert John

Linda MartinMarch 9, 2021October 27, 2022
b.1855 - d.1909 Herbert John BELL was buried in Horton Cemetery on 18th June 1909. According to the Lunacy Patients Admission Register he had been admitted to Horton Asylum on...
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FUZZENS, William

Martin KnightMarch 8, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1875 - d.1915 Intro The wider Fuzzens family are well-established in Windsor, particularly, and one member was the first Labour Mayor of the town. There is a Fuzzens Walk in...
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WILSON, Frederick Leon
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WILSON, Frederick Leon

Lesley LeeMarch 8, 2021February 26, 2023

The common story of someone with epilepsy whose life was marred by a lack of understanding of the condition.

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BEADON, Walter

Martin KnightMarch 6, 2021October 24, 2022
b.~1871 - d.1915 The story of Walter Beadon is among the saddest of the many troubled souls who ended their days at Long Grove Hospital and subsequently received a pauper’s...
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CUSHNIE, George Barnes

Stephen MundayMarch 6, 2021October 25, 2022
b.1867 - d.1918 1860s George Barnes Cushnie was born on the 28th August 1867 to William Cushnie, aged 38, and his wife Eliza (née King), aged 36. At the time...
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COPPING, Ada
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COPPING, Ada

Sheila CummingMarch 3, 2021October 17, 2022

An epileptic since birth

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KRZYZOWSKI, Josef

Sheila BerryFebruary 26, 2021September 17, 2021
b.1913 - d.1948 Intro Josef's story has been compiled by FOHC researcher, MOD records and information provided by Josef's son. Early Years Josef was born in Krzyzowa, Kraków, Poland on...
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EVANS, Ida Ellen

Brian CullenFebruary 25, 2021February 20, 2023
b. 1876 - d. 1913 1870s Born Ida Ellen Jacobs, Ida's birth was registered in the 1st Quarter of 1876 in the Registration District of Oundle. Her actual birthplace was...
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Story 518: On his death certificate, Baby Boy Finn is the ‘one-day-old male child of Jessie Finn, of no occupation, of Fulham Workhouse’, this story is one of questions and sadness.

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Story 506: Thomas LINES. Wife Clara found her child George dead at nursery. Some time later, she jumped from Hammersmith Bridge into the Thames. A policeman happened to be close, jumped in after her ...and managed to get her to shore. http://www.hortoncemetery.org/lines-thomas/

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Fanny Emma Hervey - Seduced by a clergyman in confirmation classes. An extraordinary story of a girl -a life is embroiled in scandal, court proceedings and many spells in asylums.
...http://www.hortoncemetery.org/hervey-fanny-emma/

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Horton Story no. 503: Charles John McNab. His son, Colin, wrote, "I never knew my father. As I understand it he was in the Horse Artillery and was killed at Dunkirk."
In fact Charles actually died
...in Long Grove Asylum, Epsom. Read his biography here: http://www.hortoncemetery.org/mcnab-charles-john/

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