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 married at the Parish Church in the Parish of Christ Church, Surrey on 14 September 1845. Henry gave his occupation as a tailor – as did his father Edward. Caroline’s father, David, was a silver plater.
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Arthur was the eighth of nine children:
- Henry William Bury 1846 – 1901 (married Anne Frances Clarke in 1868)
- Caroline Mary Ann Elizabeth 1848 – 1906 (married Henry Witham in 1868)
- Frederick Adolphus Edward 1851 – 1905 (married Charlotte Stock in 1876)
- Charlotte Amelia 1853 – 1907 (married William Bale in 1876)
- George Arthur Freeman 1855 – 1920 (married Harriet Longman in 1877)
- Emily Sarah Frances 1857 – 1941 (married Walter Longman in 1876)
- Louisa Burnett 1861 – 1930 (married George Morgan in 1879)
- Arthur Henry Rolfe 1863 – 1908
- Minnie Eliza 1867 – 1867
Asylum admission and death
Arthur worked as a labourer or a navvy. Sadly, he contracted syphilis and found himself in the Infirmary and was transferred to Long Grove Asylum on 23 September 1907.
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He died on 20 June 1908, the cause of death being General Paralysis of the Insane (about 10 months) i.e., tertiary stage syphilis, and was buried in Horton Cemetery
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