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PETERSON, Sophia
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Asylum Female Burials Horton Asylum Manor Asylum

PETERSON, Sophia

Brian CullenFebruary 15, 2022January 9, 2023
b.1858-d.1915 Buried Horton Estate Cemetery. Indicated age at death is shown as 56 years. Sophia Peterson was born in the 2nd Quarter of 1858 in the District of Lambeth and...
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